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Residents and advocates accuse conditions at Moshean Valley processing center; commissioners schedule facility visit
Summary
Multiple public commenters alleged abusive treatment and prolonged solitary confinement at Moshean Valley processing center, which contracts with GEO Group; commissioners said they will tour the facility and reiterated they have no ownership stake in its daily operations.
Multiple residents and advocates told the Clearfield County Board of Commissioners during public comment that people detained at the Moshean Valley processing center — a facility operated by GEO Group on county property — have experienced abusive treatment, prolonged solitary confinement and restricted access to attorneys.
The allegations came from several speakers who identified themselves during the public-comment period. Abigail Grama Sullivan told the board she and others had filed and circulated ACLU complaints and witness statements detailing “human rights violations occurring in our backyard.” She recounted testimony she…
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