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The Colorado Attorney General\u2019s Office filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to force the operator of the state\u2019s sole immigrant detention center to comply with a tuberculosis investigation at the facility.<\/p>\n

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The lawsuit, filed in Denver District Court, was expected after private prison company Geo Group ignored a Monday deadline to turn over records about the June tuberculosis case at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement\u2019s facility to state health authorities.<\/p>\n

The state\u2019s lawsuit argues that, because Geo and ICE have not provided records to health inspectors, Colorado is \u201cflying in the dark when it comes to a contagious and deadly infectious disease within its borders.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lawsuit asks a Denver judge to issue a ruling enforcing the public health order.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Geo Group is endangering Coloradans\u2019 public health by refusing to follow the state health department\u2019s order and by violating Colorado law,\u201d Attorney General Phil Weiser said in a statement. \u201cThis law keeps our residents safe and enables the health department to take necessary measures to prevent the spread of infectious diseases like tuberculosis.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement Tuesday, Geo spokesman Christopher Ferreira did not comment on the company\u2019s refusal to comply with the health order. He said there were no active cases of TB at the Aurora detention center and that federal authorities \u201cremain actively involved in disease-prevention and control measures\u201d at the facility.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit was filed under a Colorado law requiring investigations of tuberculosis cases, which directs the state \u201cto use every available means to investigate immediately and ascertain the existence of all reported or suspected cases of active tuberculosis within (its) jurisdiction.\u201d The suit was not filed under a new law passed earlier this year, which requires more regular inspections of the Geo facility and empowers state authorities to penalize the company for failing to comply with communicable disease probes. Geo is currently challenging that new law in federal court.<\/p>\n

In the lawsuit filed Wednesday, lawyers for the state argue that health inspectors had partnered with Geo to conduct disease investigations in the past, including a mumps case in 2019 and another TB infection in 2024. But in this case, Geo stopped speaking with Adams County officials after the company set up a call between inspectors and the infected patient in late June.<\/p>\n

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The company instead directed health officials to send all questions through Geo\u2019s lawyers, according to the suit. Gov. Jared Polis made at least two attempts to speak to senior Geo staff, both of which were rebuffed.<\/p>\n

In a statement Wednesday, Polis said that \u201cGeo\u2019s consistent lack of transparency\u201d was blocking a routine health investigation.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPublic health orders carry the weight of law, and we appreciate the collaboration from Attorney General Weiser\u2019s office on this effort,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI am hopeful the courts will ensure that local public health officials get the information needed to protect public health.\u201d<\/p>\n

The standoff in Colorado began in June, when Adams County health officials learned that a Geo detainee had tested positive for TB, a potentially fatal respiratory disease.<\/p>\n

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Adams County officials issued a health order later that month seeking access to the facility and more information about the patient and anyone with whom they had come into contact. Geo ignored that order and a mid-July request from state health officials for the same information.<\/p>\n

Amid pressure from advocates, state officials from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issued another public health order to Geo last week. The order dropped the prior request for access to the detention center, though it still sought records about the patient and their potential contacts.<\/p>\n

In a statement Wednesday, state health department spokeswoman Hope Shuler said the agency was disappointed that legal action was necessary.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe remain ready to work collaboratively, but cooperation requires GEO to provide access and information required by law,\u201d she wrote. \u201cWe hope this action results in prompt compliance so public health officials can complete the investigation and ensure that anyone who may have been exposed receives appropriate follow-up care.\u201d<\/p>\n

Washington state and New Jersey have both also filed recent lawsuits against Geo to force the company to allow health inspectors access to its facilities in those states.<\/p>\n

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