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April 12, 2017

400+ Prisoners at Tacoma, WA, Immigrant Prison Launch Hunger Strike
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In Washington state, organizers say hundreds of immigrants imprisoned at
the for-profit Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma have launched a
hunger strike to protest the poor living conditions inside the immigrant
prison. Organizers say prisoners have also launched work stoppages to
protest the fact they are paid only $1 a day to cook, clean and do the
laundry necessary to keep the prison running. The prison is owned by GEO
Group, which is facing a class-action lawsuit arguing the company
violates federal anti-slavery laws at its Aurora, Colorado, prison,
where it also pays only $1 a day.


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