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: Northwest Detention Center
“Breaking Down Borders” Hunger Strike at Northwest Detention Center in Response to COVID-19
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.
Hunger Strike at Northwest Detention Center, Washington
October 18, 2019: More than two hundred detainees began a hunger strike on Friday at the Northwest Detention Center, a privately-run immigrant detention center, according to the immigrant advocate group La Resistencia.
2018 National Prison Strike: Northwest Detention Center, Washington
August 24-27, 2018: According to the group Northwest Detention Center Resistance, approximately 200 detainees participate in a hunger strike "in response to the call for a national prison strike in the U.S."
Hunger Strike and Encampment at Northwest Detention Center, Tacoma
July 14-17, 2018: More than 40 detainees in pod A2 begin a hunger strike "to share the opinions of mistreatment that occur inside, and to ask for changes in ICE and GEO’s policies" the detainees say in a public statement. The hunger strike lasts four days. In early July,
Work Stoppage and Hunger Strike at Northwest Detention Center, Washington
February 7, 2018: Following a work stoppage by detainees employed in the kitchen on February 7, over 120 detainees launch a hunger strike on February 9 in protest of abuses by guards, food quality issues and other conditions. In retaliation for the hunger strike, guards beat
Hunger Strike at Northwest Detention Center, Washington
August 8, 2017: For at least the fourth time in a year, detainees at the NWDC go on hunger strike. This time 20 detainees refuse meals after being placed in the hole for protesting an assault by guards on an 18-year-old detainee.
Hunger Strike at Northwest Detention Center, Washington
March 7, 2014 - May 1, 2014: At least 750 detainees launch a hunger strike and call for an end to deportations. The action begins a series of hunger strikes and outside demonstrations that will unfold throughout the year. Years later in 2017 and 2018, NWDC will be the site
