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Imprisoned Immigrants’ Hunger Strike Spreads to Oregon Jail

HeadlineMay 03, 2017

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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