Berks County to pay $75,000 to settle sexual assault case brought by woman in ICE detention

Berks County will pay $75,000 to a woman who spent eight months inside of the Berks County Residential Center. Under a contract with ICE, the facility was used to house immigrants detained at the border during the pendency of asylum cases. 

She says the staffer had sex with the woman in bathrooms and in hallways several times and when she reported it, she was retaliated against. 

Authors
Cherri Gregg
Type
News
Standards
None
State
Pennsylvania
Terms
Immigration
Immigration detention facilities
Sexual abuse
Staff-inmate relations
Staff sexual misconduct
Retaliation