Northwest Detention Center on Lockdown Following Guard
Beating of 18-Year-Old
Even attorneys are being turned away from visiting their
imprisoned immigrant clients
Press Release, NWDC Resistance
August 4, 2017
Tacoma, WA – At five this morning, immigrants detained in at
the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) began e-mailing supporters with reports
of a lockdown in section F3 of the facility. The NWDC, the largest immigrant
detention center on the West Coast, has been the site of frequent protests,
including a recent series of hunger strikes. The lockdown was triggered after a
guard assaulted an 18-year-old detained at the facility, and those witnessing
the assault vocally protested the mistreatment. Lights have been turned off and
those detained are not being allowed to make any phone calls.[…]
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| Protesters support striking detainees in April. Photo: Tacoma Action Collective |
Detainees flood unit with toilet water after early morning
incident, ICE says
By Kenny Ocker, News Tribune
August 4, 2017
A guard at the Northwest Detention Center on Tacoma’s
Tideflats watched a detainee draw on a sleeping bunkmate’s back Friday morning,
according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The detainee’s lack of cooperation, as well as the behaviors
of others in his residence unit, led guards at the privately operated facility
to enter a lockdown, according to a statement from ICE spokeswoman Virginia
Kice.
“After the offending detainee refused multiple commands to
leave the unit with the officer, guards were required to remove him using
minimal force,” Kice wrote.[…]
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Detainees have repeatedly protested conditions at the
Northwest Detention Facility. Here are some earlier stories:
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