WA inspectors must be let inside Tacoma immigrant detention center, judge rules

By: Jake Goldstein-Street

Outlets: Washington State Standard

Published: July 9, 2026

Words: 575

Last Updated: 1 day, 4 hours ago

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The private company that runs a Tacoma immigrant detention center must allow state inspectors inside after years of refusing, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

But U.S. District Court Judge Benjamin Settle ruled the Florida-based operator of the Northwest ICE Processing Center, The GEO Group, doesn’t need to admit officials from the state Department of Health to administrative and medical areas run by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Settle’s order takes effect in two weeks, …

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