Detained immigrants embark on hunger strike
A group of people detained inside a privately-run Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) jail in Georgia have launched a mass hunger strike this week to protest against their prolonged detention and the facility’s conditions, according to advocates and family members. Advocates estimate at least 73 detained immigrants are participating in the hunger strike inside the … The post Detained…
A mass hunger strike involving at least 73 detained immigrants took place this week at the Folkston D Ray James ICE processing centre in Georgia, in protest against prolonged detention and the poor conditions of the facility. The private prison company GEO Group operates the centre under a contract with ICE. The detainees, who are primarily asylum seekers from various countries, have released a video and open letter requesting their release while they continue pursuing their legal cases.
Allegations of substandard medical care, threats by guards, moldy food, and lack of due process were made by detained Russian asylum seekers. MONICA WHATLEY, an organiser from Georgia, reported that one of the lead organisers, Idris Makhmudov, has been placed in solitary confinement. The majority of detainees have been locked up for between 16 months and nearly three years, despite never being accused of any crime.
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