Detainees risk retaliation to get out messages about what they’re experiencing, including inadequate medical care, prolonged isolation, poor nutrition, and limited communication
The death of a 61-year-old migrant with mental illness from Trinidad and Tobago is raising questions about the U.S. federal immigration agency’s adherence to international, federal, and state regulations governing the treatment of detainees. Charles Leo Daniel died on March 7 after being held in solitary confinement for
Activists who participated in the hunger strike said they wanted to escalate their tactics to drive the message home
The announcement at a news conference where protesters had been on a hunger strike outside of the White House marks a major development for labor and the larger call for a ceasefire
The Washington state immigration prison has a history of using retaliatory tactics and solitary confinement to punish detainees that strike for better living conditions
Dangerous conditions at two New Mexico ICE facilities have led to deteriorating mental and physical health for asylum-seekers
Building on the foundation of previous strikes and organized movements, people on the inside of Alabama prisons are now regrouping to continue the fight for abolition
Immigration advocates fear that Biden’s administration policies contribute to prolonged immigrant disappearances while in custody
Men detained in Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, are protesting inhumane conditions
The decision follows a nine-day hunger strike by an Oakland teacher and administrator in protest of the closures
Last week, approximately 200 incarcerated people began a hunger strike to protest the increasingly dangerous conditions at Rikers
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