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Daily Archives: April 10th, 2017

Detainees at NWDC immigration prison revive hunger strike in response to abuse

Excerpt: Today at noon, over one hun­dred peo­ple being detained in the West Coast’s largest immi­gra­tion prison in Taco­ma — the North­west Deten­tion Cen­ter  — launched a hunger strike in response to inhu­mane liv­ing con­di­tions at the prison. Detainees refus­ing their lunch­es cir­cu­lat­ed a let­ter of demand regard­ing vio­la­tions of what most Wash­ing­ton res­i­dents would con­sid­er […]
Published at:5:42 PM on Monday, April 10th, 2017
Written by:Kaylinne Shaffer
Categories:Civil Liberties, Policy Topics
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