Inspection finds health care ‘crisis’ at SeaTac federal detention center
A federal inspection found serious health care issues for people housed at the federal detention center in SeaTac.
According to the acting inspector general, the unannounced inspection found that only three of nine nursing positions and one of two pharmacist positions at the detention center were filled.
The center is unrelated to the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, which has come under scrutiny during the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts. The detention center can hold up to 1,000 imprisoned people and people awaiting trial.
At the SeaTac facility, the inspection found half of the detention’s health service positions were vacant last winter, including the clinical director position, which had been vacant for at least 18 months as of the time of the inspection in December.
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