Over a Decade of Resistance to the Northwest Detention Center
For years, Washington's only immigration detention facility, the NWDC has amassed considerable criticism on its operations.
Tag: Immigrant Detention Center
Uprising at Stewart Detention Center, Georgia
April 9, 2020: Detainees at Stewart Detention Center participated in an uprising on the yard and guards responded with chemical weapons.
Over 100 Detainees at Mesa Verde ICE Facility Stage Hunger Strike Over COVID-19
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.
Uprising at Krome Detention Center, Florida
April 7, 2020 - Detainees at Krome Detention Center came into conflict with guards in two different units on Tuesday, April 7th. Krome had been the site of a sizable hunger strike just 5 days prior, involving at least 62 detainees. The prisoners had been demanding immediate
Hunger Strike at Adelanto ICE Processing Center, California
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
Hunger Strike at Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility Over COVID-19, Rhode Island
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
Hunger Strike at Otay Mesa ICE Detention Center, California
April 3 - (end date unknown): At least 12 detainees at the Otay Mesa Detention Facility organized a hunger strike to demand an effective response to Covid-19.
ICE Detainees Hunger Strike at Farmville Detention Center in Response to COVID-19
March 31: Approximately 100 detainees at the Farmville Detention Center organized a hunger strike in response a COVID-19 outbreak.
Hunger Strike at Krome Detention Center, Florida
April 2, 2020 - Detainees at the Krome Detention Center in Miami-Dade County, Florida launched a hunger strike on Thursday, April 2. The detainees cited the pandemic as a primary motivator in the strike, releasing a video statement at the start of the strike to a Miami
Work Stoppage in Bristol ICE Detention in Response to COVID-19
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.
