Tuberculosis outbreak at Colorado ICE jail sickens at least 12 detainees

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The reported infections are the latest in a series of health concerns at the federal immigration jail in Aurora

At least 12 people detained at a federal immigration jail in Colorado have contracted tuberculosis in recent days, according to testimony from inside the facility where dozens of others have reportedly been placed in quarantine.

Those affected by the outbreak are also being made to endure their isolation without air conditioning, one detainee who has been at the facility in Aurora since December told the Guardian, through his partner, in a telephone call on Monday afternoon.

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