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Work Stoppage in Bristol ICE Detention in Response to COVID-19

ByperilousMarch 30, 2020

March 30, 2020 - ongoing: Immigrant detainees at the Bristol County House of Correction (BCHOC) organized a work stoppage to protest the lack of action on the part of the prison to protect them from the threat of a COVID-19 outbreak.

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51 ICE Detainees Sign Petition Expressing COVID-19 Concerns

ByperilousMarch 23, 2020

March 23, 2020: Immigrant detainees in the Bristol County House of Correction released two letters expressing concerns about COVID-19 and demanding the release of some detainees. One of the letters was signed by 51 detainees.

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Hunger Strike at Bristol County House of Corrections, Massachusetts

ByperilousJuly 17, 2018

July 17-26, 2018: Approximately 60 immigrant detainees went on hunger strike on July 17 in protest of conditions in the part of the jail operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). When prisoners in the general population unit of the same jail heard of the hunger

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Work Stoppage in Bristol ICE Detention in Response to COVID-19

51 ICE Detainees Sign Petition Expressing COVID-19 Concerns

Hunger Strike at Bristol County House of Corrections, Massachusetts

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