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Black August Hunger Strike at Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center

ByperilousAugust 25, 2020

August 10: Forty-eight African detainees in the Bravo Delta dorm of the Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center declared their collective refusal to eat on August 10, continuing a yearslong saga of collective protest and repression that has characterized their fight for asylum in

ByperilousAugust 7, 2020

August 2, 2020: Detainees in Elm Unit at the Winn Correctional Center in Winn Parish, Louisiana launched a protest against indefinite detention and to demand action and information related to their cases. During the protest, detainees shouted and banged on food dishes.

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Uprising at Stewart Detention Center, Georgia

ByperilousApril 10, 2020

April 9, 2020: Detainees at Stewart Detention Center participated in an uprising on the yard and guards responded with chemical weapons.

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Over 100 Detainees at Mesa Verde ICE Facility Stage Hunger Strike Over COVID-19

ByperilousApril 9, 2020

April 9, 2020: More than 100 detainees engaged in a hunger strike, demanding ICE officials do more to protect them from the spread of COVID-19. The strike was initiated by the women detainees and it eventually spread to one of the male wings of the facility.

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Hunger Strike at Adelanto ICE Processing Center, California

ByperilousApril 5, 2020

April 5 - ongoing: A series of hunger strikes have occurred in the Adelanto ICE Processing Center involving an estimated 100-180 detainees. The strikers are protesting the lack of basic sanitation and their continued confinement during a global pandemic that continues to

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Hunger Strike at Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility Over COVID-19, Rhode Island

ByperilousApril 4, 2020

April 3rd, 2020: Nearly 70 detainees engaged in a hunger strike to demand their immediate release amid concerns about the potential rapid spread of COVID-19 among detainees

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ICE Detainees Hunger Strike at Farmville Detention Center in Response to COVID-19

ByperilousApril 3, 2020

March 31: Approximately 100 detainees at the Farmville Detention Center organized a hunger strike in response a COVID-19 outbreak.

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“Breaking Down Borders” Hunger Strike at Northwest Detention Center in Response to COVID-19

ByperilousMarch 27, 2020

March 27, 2020: Immigrant detainees started a hunger strike to protest the lack of adequate response to the outbreak of COVID-19. By the following day, the number had reached at least 80. As of Sunday, March 29, between 300 and 500 detainees were on strike.

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Hunger Strike at Stewart Detention Center, Georgia in Response to COVID-19

ByperilousMarch 26, 2020

March 26, 2020: At least 350 immigrants detained at the for-profit Stewart Detention Center held a hunger strike demanding their immediate release.

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ICE Detainees Hunger Strike in Richwood, Louisiana in Response to COVID-19

ByperilousMarch 25, 2020

March 25, 2020: A group of detainees held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody at the Richwood Detention Center in Louisiana organized a hunger strike demanding their freedom in the midst of a growing outbreak of COVID-19 in jails, prison and detention

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Black August Hunger Strike at Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center

“If they kill me in the hole, I’ll go out satisfied”: Protest at Winn Correctional