​Officials at ICE facility miss Colorado public health order deadline in tuberculosis case

By: Sara Wilson

Outlets: Colorado Newsline

Published: August 19, 2026

Words: 356

Last Updated: 3 days, 19 hours ago


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The private company that runs Colorado’s only immigration detention center missed a compliance deadline set by the state’s health department to provide information about a recent tuberculosis case in the Aurora facility.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issued a public health order on the issue Thursday and gave The GEO Group until Monday to respond. GEO did not.

“The GEO Group has not complied with the public health order or provided …

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