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August 30, 2024

Immigrant Prisoners in California Are on Labor and Hunger Strike Against Their Inhumane Detention
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Back in the U.S., dozens of detainees at two immigrant prisons in
California relaunched a hunger and labor strike this month to protest
their inhumane treatment at the Mesa Verde and Golden State Annex
facilities. Both of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement prisons are
run by the for-profit prison company GEO Group. Among other things,
detainees report medical neglect, lack of drinking water, poor food
quality that has made them sick, sexual harassment and abuse, working
for just $1 a day, and retaliation for speaking out. Protesters rallied
in solidarity with the striking detainees in San Francisco on Wednesday
and delivered copies of recent civil rights complaints to Senator Alex
Padilla.


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