CDPHE laid out the request in a July 14 letter to Warden Juan Baltazar and Health Administrator Anhtuan Pham of The GEO Group, which manages the facility in Adams County. The letter, signed by CDPHE Executive Director Jill Hunsaker Ryan, asks GEO to "immediately provide the access, records, and information needed to conduct the public health investigation of a confirmed case of active tuberculosis disease" at the facility.
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The letter lists five specific actions CDPHE wants GEO to take by July 17:
Turn over all medical records for the patient diagnosed with TB
Turn over records for any other staff or detainees screened or tested for TB since that patient arrived at the facility
Provide the information needed for contact tracing
Allow CDPHE, the tuberculosis clinic and county health staff into the facility to conduct a disease control investigation
Provide any additional records CDPHE deems necessary as the investigation continues
Joy Athanasiou is an immigration attorney whose client is being held at the processing center.
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https://www.denver7.com/lifestyle/health/state-health-dept-gives-geo-group-until-friday-to-allow-tuberculosis-investigation-at-aurora-ice-facility
Tuberculosis outbreak at Colorado ICE jail sickens at least 12 detainees
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.
Neither the Department of Homeland Security, nor the Geo Group, the Florida-based private company that operates the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing center under government contract, responded to a request for comment or confirmation.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/14/tuberculosis-outbreak-colorado-ice-jail
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