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May 3, 2017

Imprisoned Immigrants' Hunger Strike Spreads to Oregon Jail
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In Washington state, imprisoned immigrant women continue a hunger strike
at the for-profit Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington.
Organizers say some of the hunger strikers have faced threats of forced
transfers or forced medical treatment from GEO Group, the company that
operates the prison. Organizers also say the strike has spread across
state lines, to the NORCOR jail in Oregon, which contracts with the
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, known as ICE, to imprison
immigrants, including some transfered from the Tacoma prison.


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