Calling the medical care provided to detained migrants ”poor and sometimes appalling,” immigrant advocates Tuesday called on the U.S. government to halt the jailing of non-dangerous migrants, dramatically improve care to those who are jailed and employ better oversight of medical care at all detention centers. Advocates with both the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center and Human Rights Watch released detailed reports on the provision of medical care at U.S. migrant detention centers and more than 300 county jails that routinely incarcerate migrants whom the government wishes to deport. The Human Rights Watch report deals primarily with the plight of women in detention, who, the report says, often receive substandard care for pregnancies, breast cancer and even routine gynecological matters. Women often have trouble just getting sanitary napkins, advocates said.
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