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Detainees at Northwest immigration detention center on hunger strike over COVID concerns

The Northwest ICE detention center in Tacoma is among the largest immigration detention centers in the U.S. The center has capacity for about 1,500 people held as they go through immigration-status proceedings. Photo credit/ Greg Gilbert, The Seattle Times

May 18, 2022

Seattle Times, Paige Cornwall: Detainees at Northwest immigration detention center on hunger strike over COVID concerns, featuring UWCHR’s work monitoring conditions at the Northwest Detention Center.