U.S. suspends visitation programs at 3 immigrant facilities in SouthlandKate Linthicum, August 19, 2013, 7:29 p.m.
Federal officials have suspended volunteer visitation programs at three immigrant detention facilities in Southern California, drawing criticism from civil liberties groups...
Last month's suspension came days after Christina Fialho, who heads an organization that represents visitation groups nationwide, published a Huffington Post article criticizing the agency's treatment of transgender detainees at an immigrant holding facility at the Santa Ana Jail.
Fialho alleged that some transgender inmates were being delayed access to hormone treatment and accused some guards of telling transgender women to "use their male voice." She did not identify the detainees or guards by name.
