Hunger Strikes at Wackenhut Detention Center

Title

Hunger Strikes at Wackenhut Detention Center

Description

Two people hold a large banner stating "INS Tortures Wackenhut Hunger Strikes" outside of the Wackenhut Detention Center in Queens, NY. Prisoners began hunger strikes in protest of brutal prison conditions and to motivate the INS to review prisoner cases for asylum. CAAAV and other organizations came out to demonstrate outside of the prison in support of the inmates.

Date

August 1999

Contributor

Hannah Berman

Rights

Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities.

Format

Photograph

Identifier

CAAAV_490

Files

https://maggie.hosting.nyu.edu/caaav/files/original/50f4994345893e8f9f1f6245d68e4469.jpg

Citation

“Hunger Strikes at Wackenhut Detention Center,” CAAAV Digital Archive, accessed December 26, 2024, https://archives.caaav.org/items/show/1986.

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