ICE Detention Centers Face Hunger Strikes Over Coronavirus Concerns

Aired April 8, 2020.

In late March, hunger strikes broke out at at least two Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities in Louisiana to protest unsafe conditions from the coronavirus epidemic.

At Jackson Correctional Center in Jonesboro, Louisiana, roughly 300 detainees went on hunger strike, according to immigration reform advocates.

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