Hunger Strikes Breaking Out in Jails & Detention Centers Nationwide
reposted from It’s Going Down In the last week, we’ve seen a successful hunger strike take place at a detention facility in Northern…
Tag: NWDC
People in NW Detention Center Solitary Confinement Are On Hunger Strike; Have Issued Demands to GEO Group and ICE
From Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Aug 8, 2017: Fourth Hunger Strike Starts in Northwest Detention Center Facility in “Modified Lock Down” Since August 5th…
Support the Tacoma12 on Hunger Strike!
For Immediate Release Contact: maru Mora Villalpando, (206) 251 6658, maru@latinoadvocacy.org Women Start Second Hunger STrike this Year at the Northwest Detention Center,…
Maru on Hunger Strikes at North West Detention Center
From Its Going Down Podcast: Play in new window | Download For the past several weeks, a series of hunger-strikes has been launched…
Fifty Detainees Continue On Hunger Strike as Public Pressure Grows Against NWDC
Submitted Anonymously Immigrants incarcerated at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) continued their protest of conditions inside the Tacoma immigration prison as the hunger…
Tacoma: Detainees Enter Third Week of Hunger Strike after GEO Lies in Negotiations
On Sunday, April 23, women detained at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) ended their hunger strike to call attention to worsening nutrition and…
Fierce Resistance at the Northwest Detention Center
From Seattle GDC The Northwest Detention Center is a sad complex, both in appearance and in purpose, tucked away next to the Port…
Support Hunger Strikers Fighting Worsening Detention Conditions Under Trump
Submitted Anonymously A new group of immigrants have joined a hunger strike at the Northwest Detention Center, run by the private corporation GEO Group (GEO).…
Tacoma, WA: Hunger Strike Grows, Encampment Beings as Prisoners Speak to Outside
Submitted Anonymously A hunger strike that has began inside an immigrant detention facility in Tacoma, Washington, has now spread to 9 pods and…
Trans and/or /Women’s Action Camp Blocks Downtown Seattle Street to Call for Justice for Immigrants in Detention
Yesterday the Trans and/or Women’s Action Camp (TWAC) blocked a road in downtown Seattle in solidarity with the Northwest Detention Center Resistance and…