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March 31, 2021

Washington State Lawmakers Vote to Ban For-Profit Prisons
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Lawmakers in Washington state have passed a bill banning for-profit
prisons and immigrant detention facilities, in a move that could result
in the eventual shutdown of the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma,
which is run by the GEO Group. During the pandemic, many asylum seekers
imprisoned at Northwest launched several hunger strikes protesting the
squalid and dangerous conditions inside the ICE jail. The bill now heads
to Governor Jay Inslee's desk.


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