A prison in the United States (illustration).

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It is a sordid affair and one which affects an already particularly vulnerable population.

NGOs have complained to the US government and denounced Monday a large number of hysterectomies performed on migrants placed in a detention center in Georgia, in the United States.

A whistleblower nurse

A nurse at the facility briefed NGOs on these practices taking place in the Georgia Private Detention Center, where some women are being held on behalf of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a customs police agency. and border control of the United States Department of Homeland Security.

“When I met all these women who had this surgery, I thought it looked like an experimental concentration camp.

It was as if they were doing experiments on our bodies, ”said an inmate at Project South, one of the NGOs behind the complaint.

The whistleblower said several women told her they did not understand why they had been given a hysterectomy.

"Several inmates told me that they went to see the doctor and had hysterectomies without being informed" beforehand, she said.

According to the same source, one doctor in particular "performed hysterectomies on just about everyone".

A courageous nurse at Irwin Country Detention Ctr is speaking out about abuses, racism and # COVID19 hazards for detainees and guards: https://t.co/Ne3dLZtmWC



We & @GovAcctProj are representing her & have filed complaint w / DHS Office of Inspector General: https://t.co/1HPQl96PVP

- Project South (@ProjectSouth) September 14, 2020

The NGOs Project South, Georgia Detention Watch, Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights and South Georgia Immigrant Support Network are at the origin of this complaint, filed on behalf of the immigrant detained and the whistleblower nurse.

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