Moshannon Valley Detention Center

Read a letter from the husband of a detained woman describing a Mother's Day visit through plexiglass, vending-machine food, and his struggle to explain his wife's detention to their eight-year-old son.

Identified as a co-founder of Indivisible Outcry in Clarion County, read a letter from the detained woman's co-worker urging the facility be closed, citing reported deaths, lack of medical care, and the detainee's role as a medical assistant and mother of two.

Directly rebutted statements by all three commissioners from prior meetings, arguing the county's name on the IGSA contract makes it a local issue, questioning GEO's transparency, and asking how the board verifies information from GEO and ICE.

A Clarion County citizen who cited a Marshall Project article and historian Andrea Pitzer's definition of concentration camps to argue that mass detention without due process, including of green card holders and citizens, fits that description.

A local minister and hospice chaplain who challenged the commissioners to use their influence — not just claimed lack of authority — to hold GEO accountable, calling acceptance of GEO's own word on abuse allegations 'obtuse' and 'negligent.'

An immigrant-services worker who drove two and a half hours, described a gap between official GEO statements and what families report, and urged the commissioners to use their oversight authority and consider alternatives for the local economy.

An Allegheny County resident who visited a detained neighbor nine times, describing unexplained solitary confinement, freezing cells with no way to wash clothes, English-only forms for Spanish speakers, a no-touch visitation policy, and no access to religious sacraments.

A Democratic committee person from District 11 in Philipsburg who briefly addressed the board, appearing to facilitate the next commenter.

A U.S. citizen whose husband has been detained at Moshannon for 15 months without answers; she asked the commissioners to at least investigate conditions and urged the facility be closed so tax dollars are put to better use.

Delivered a pointed, sarcastic appeal to the commissioners' self-interest, warning of re-election turbulence in 2027, noting Google results dominated by detention center coverage and the $3.5 million taxpayer cost, and suggesting alternate employment options.