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Texas: Hunger-Striking Immigrants in Private Prison Report Retaliation

HeadlineMar 21, 2014

Immigrants on hunger strike at a detention prison in Conroe, Texas, say they are facing retaliation. The strike is in its fifth day after it began with a reported 120 participants calling for better treatment and an end to record deportations. The hunger strikers say they have been placed in solitary confinement and pressured to sign voluntary deportation papers. The prison is run by the for-profit GEO Group. At another GEO-run prison in Tacoma, Washington, prisoners who launched a hunger strike two weeks ago say they have also faced punishment, including threats of force-feeding.

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