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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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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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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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