The detention facility refused to cooperate with tuberculosis contact tracing procedures, claiming they only answered to the CDC and National Institute of Health, not state or county health departments.
OverstatedJohn Hickenlooper, at Colorado U.S. Senate General Election Debate (Colorado Sun)
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Why we checked itSpecific allegation that the Aurora detention facility refused standard TB outbreak protocols and asserted jurisdictional exemption from state/county health authorities — a verifiable claim about government/facility conduct.
What we foundThe detention facility's refusal to cooperate with state and county TB contact tracing is well-documented, and references to CDC compliance as its standard are on record, but no source confirms the specific claim that the facility said it 'only answered to the CDC and National Institute of Health.'