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Immigrant Prisoners in California Are on Labor and Hunger Strike Against Their Inhumane Detention

HeadlineAug 30, 2024

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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