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Hunger Strike and Protest at Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center, Louisiana

ByperilousJuly 27, 2019

July 27 - August 3, 2019: Guards deployed pepper spray after more than 100 immigrant detainees held a demonstration in the prison yard at Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center, a privately run ICE detention Facility owned by GEO Group. The event comes just a day after ICE

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Hunger Strike and Protest at Bossier Medium Security Facility, Louisiana

ByperilousJuly 26, 2019

July 26 - August 2, 2019: Approximately 30 immigrant detainees were pepper-sprayed following a protest in the cafeteria of the Bossier Medium Security Facility. The protest occurred in the midst of a hunger strike at the facility that began Friday, July 26.

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Hunger Strike at River Correctional Facility, Louisiana

ByperilousJuly 9, 2019

July 9, 2019-end date unknown: According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement Spokesperson Bryan Cox, seven immigrant detainees at the River Correctional Facility were engaged in a hunger strike as of July 11, 2019. The hunger strike began on July 9, 2019.

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Hunger Strike at Adams County Correctional Center, Mississippi

ByperilousJuly 9, 2019

July 9-11, 2019: Several detainees at the Adams County Correctional Center participated in a hunger strike in protest of conditions at the facility. According to the Clarion Ledger, the detainee at the facility who began the hunger strike was an electrician working and

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Hunger Strike at Otero County Processing Center, New Mexico

ByperilousJuly 9, 2019

July 9, 2019-ongoing: Five detainees started a hunger strike to protest their detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. All of those participating are from Cuba. As of July 16, all of the men had not eaten a meal and some were refusing water.

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Hunger Strike at El Paso ICE Processing Center, Texas

ByperilousJuly 8, 2019

July 8, 2019: At least four prisoners at ICE Facility in Texas went on hunger strike seeking bonds to be free while appealing deportation orders. They were stuck in detention in as long as fifteen months.

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Hunger Strike at Yuba County Jail, California

ByperilousJune 30, 2019

June 30-July 7, 2019: Thirty-six immigrant detainees at the Yuba County Jail launched a hunger strike in protest of various conditions at the facility including inadequate medical care, unhealthy food, a lack of access to showers, and cockroaches and rodents. By Wednesday,

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Hunger Strike at River Correctional Facility, Louisiana

ByperilousMarch 22, 2019

March 22-30, 2019: Approximately 150 immigrant detainees at the private prison owned by the LaSalle Management Corporations launched a hunger strike to protest treatment. Their complaints included being denied bond and unfairness at immigration and asylum hearings. In the

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Hunger Strike at Adelanto Detention Facility, California

ByperilousMarch 14, 2019

March 14, 2019: Approximately 150 immigrant detainees participated in a coordinated food strike at one of the largest privately run immigrant detention facilities in the county, owned and operated by Geo Group. The detainees refused to go to the cafeteria for a

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Hunger Strike at Suffolk County House of Corrections, Massachusetts

ByperilousFebruary 15, 2019

February 15-20, 2019: Seventy-two ICE detainees in the 8-2 unit of the Suffolk County House of Corrections launched a hunger strike in response to a number of grievances related to jail conditions. The hunger strikers presented a list of demands to prison staff on February

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Hunger Strike and Protest at Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center, Louisiana

Hunger Strike and Protest at Bossier Medium Security Facility, Louisiana

Hunger Strike at River Correctional Facility, Louisiana

Hunger Strike at Adams County Correctional Center, Mississippi

Hunger Strike at Otero County Processing Center, New Mexico

Hunger Strike at El Paso ICE Processing Center, Texas

Hunger Strike at Yuba County Jail, California

Hunger Strike at River Correctional Facility, Louisiana

Hunger Strike at Adelanto Detention Facility, California

Hunger Strike at Suffolk County House of Corrections, Massachusetts

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