DHS Model Immigration Detention Facility Hutto Again in the News

The Austin Statesman (here) reports that an employee of the private company that operates an immigrant detention center in Taylor, Texas has been fired after being accused of sexual contact with another adult at the facility, officials said Wednesday. The incident involved “relations between two adults” at the T. Don Hutto Detention Center and occurred over the weekend, Nina Pruneda, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said in a statement. Pruneda said the incident is being reviewed by the agency’s Office of Professional Responsibility.

Hutto has been in the news because of, among other things, its use for detaining immigrant families. 

Thanks to Cappy White for finding this story.

KJ