A Celebration of Black Whistleblowers Who Made History
In honor of Black History Month, our nation celebrates the brave individuals who have stood up for their communities and for what is right, even when it endangers themselves. Over the past few years, our country has had a reckoning with its long history of racism as protests like Black Lives Matter occur across the country, voting rights legislation struggles through Congress, and countless other movements towards equity take effect. If not for these Black leaders, educators, and truthtellers, this change would not continue to forge ahead. To celebrate Black History Month, Government Accountability Project is highlighting some of the brave whistleblowers who have stood up to wrongdoing in favor of what is right:
In September 2020, nurse Dawn Wooten’s story went viral as she blew the whistle on horrific medical failures at ICE’s Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC). Ms. Wooten had raised concerns internally first about the endangerment of immigrants and workers from the spread of COVID-19 at ICDC and hysterectomies and other gynecological procedures being performed on female detainees with dubious consent. Because of these internal reports, Ms. Wooten was demoted to an on-call nurse and was not offered work. Government Accountability Project filed a retaliation complaint on Ms. Wooten’s behalf and sent a joint letter to congress requesting an official investigation of the center after her disclosure with the DHS OIG.
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