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CDB_77 @cdb_77 2/08/2014

Immigrant Placed in Solitary Confinement As Hunger Strike Hits Tacoma Detention Center, Again
Immigrant detainees outraged by shoddy food, high commissary prices, and the government’s failure to reform its “broken”—President Obama’s words—immigration system began a second hunger strike on Wednesday at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, which is run by GEO Group, the nation’s second largest private prison corporation.
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CDB_77 @cdb_77 16/04/2014

At detention center, immigrants kept indoors for years
Standing amid the noticeable stench from a nearby toxic waste site, scores of Unitarian Universalists joined hundreds of others outside the #Northwest_Detention_Center in #Tacoma, Wash., on Saturday, April 5, to protest U.S. immigration policy. They rallied as part of a national day of action to stop the record number of deportations by the Obama administration.
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CDB_77 @cdb_77 9/03/2014

Hunger strike by 750 immigrants at Washington state detention centre
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has confirmed that 750 detainees at the Northwest Detention Center in Washington state have refused to eat and say they are on a hunger strike.
An immigrant activist said the hunger strike started on Friday as a protest against deportations as well as conditions at the centre.
The centre currently houses nearly 1,300 people being investigated for possible deportation.
An ICE spokesman, Andrew Munoz, said the agency respected the right of people to express their opinions without interference. The detainees are under continuous observation by centre staff and medical personnel.
Activist Maru Mora said the hunger strikers are seeking better food and treatment as well as better pay for centre jobs.
ICE detention standards state that a detainee who has not eaten for 72 hours is considered to be on a hunger strike.
▻http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/08/hunger-strike-immigrants-washington-detention-centre
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- CDB_77 @cdb_77 11/03/2014
  
  #vidéo: 750 on Hunger Strike at Washington State Immigration Prison
  Around 750 prisoners at a Washington state immigration jail have launched a hunger strike. The strikers at the Northwest Detention Center are protesting the Obama administration’s record deportations as well as poor conditions that include wages of just one dollar a day for prison labor. Some areas of the prison have been locked down, and around 30 people are reportedly being held in isolation or crowded cells. Speaking on Friday, two prisoners appealed for public support.
  Prisoner 1: “So that they give us better food, so that they give us lower prices on what they sell here in the commissary, and so that they stop the deportations.”
  Prisoner 2: “I’m hoping we can get some support from all the people who are listening, because, don’t believe what you hear, life in here is not very easy. They have us here working for one dollar a day. We work for four hours, five hours sometimes, and for just one dollar.”
  The prison is run by The GEO Group, a contractor for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. According to The Nation magazine, GEO recently violated a pledge to refrain from lobbying Congress on immigration reform, presumably in favor of for-profit jails.
  ▻http://www.democracynow.org/2014/3/10/headlines/750_on_hunger_strike_at_washington_st_immigration_prison
  
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- CDB_77 @cdb_77 11/03/2014
  
  Immigrant detention centre hunger strike in fourth day
  About 150 people are on the fourth day of a hunger strike at an immigration detention centre in the US state of Washington, officials say.
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  ▻http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-26523111
  
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- CDB_77 @cdb_77 17/03/2014
  
  Lawyer: Immigrant hunger strikers threatened with force-feeding
  As strike enters sixth day, Washington state detainees report increased retaliation
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