ACLU sues ICE for placing hunger strikers in solitary confinement

*The hunger strike has been ongoing since March 24. The strikers were placed in solitary confinement on the 27th. A hearing for a temporary restraining order has been scheduled for Friday morning. VL

By Latino Times

The ACLU of Washington and Columbia Legal Services are seeking a court order to prohibit U.S. Immigration and Enforcement officials from retaliating against detainees who participated in a hunger strike at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma last month by putting them in solitary confinement.

In early March, several hundred of them began a hunger strike, protesting national immigration policy and what they characterized as unfair conditions inside the center.

Eventually all ate, but on March 24 some began a new hunger strike. The ACLU said ICE began placing detainees in solitary confinement on March 27.

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[Photo by Seattle Globalist]

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