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October 16, 2017 Press Release SEATTLE – Today, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Congressman Adam Smith (WA-09) convened local stakeholders in support of the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act to dramatically reform the injustices in our current immigration detention system. At present, the detention system is driven by private, for-profit [...]

Immigration detention is a booming business in the U.S., mostly run by private, for-profit contractors. A new bill in Congress aims to phase out these private facilities, including the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. “One thing I am 100 percent confident of is that there is a cheaper, more humane [...]

Sept. 20, 2017 AG Ferguson sues operator of the Northwest Detention Center for wage violations Multi-billion dollar company pays detainees in snacks or $1 per day for labor TACOMA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced a lawsuit against The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO), the second-largest private prison provider in [...]