The situation at the immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” has gotten so bad that detainees have been on a hunger strike for over ten straight days. They’re refusing to eat to protest the inhumane conditions inside the facility conditions that include filthy living spaces, lack of medical care, overcrowding, and mistreatment by staff. We’ve posted about these issues before, and so have many others.
One of the detainees, Pedro Hernández, had to be hospitalized during the strike due to health problems. Even in the hospital, he continued refusing food to stand with his fellow detainees.
This hunger strike is a powerful act of protest from people who feel they have no other way to be heard. It’s also a reminder that many immigration detention centers, especially those run by private companies, operate with little oversight and often put profits ahead of people. These detainees are risking their health to demand basic human rights.
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