
Alexander Antonio Burgos Mejia was detained at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in 2017, when he went on a hunger strike to protest conditions at the facility. He said he and the other detainees suffered burns and other injuries after GEO Group staff used pepper spray. "I will never forget seeing the faces of my friends, seeing them crying," he said.
Jessica Pons for NPRFootage from a privately run immigration detention center in California shows eight men linking arms in a hunger strike. Officers responded with pepper spray, saying the men were inciting "rebellion."
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DOJ To Investigate Mississippi Prisons After Spate Of Inmate Deaths National News
The Justice Department's civil rights division will examine conditions at four state prisons, including the oldest, Parchman, where a prison riot broke out on Dec. 29.
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'I Did Nothing Wrong': Trump Defiant After Senate Acquittal National News
The Senate found President Trump not guilty of the impeachment charges against him. "We went through hell, unfairly," he said in a statement at the White House.
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Hong Kong Mandates Quarantine For Mainland Arrivals; Coronavirus Cases Surpass 31,000 National News
Hong Kong authorities say that beginning Saturday they are mandating that anyone entering the city from mainland China "self-quarantine" for the 14-day incubation period of the virus.
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Who Owns Florida's Wisteria Island, A Developer Or The Government? Judge To Decide National News
Just off Key West, undeveloped Wisteria Island — long home to a ragtag community — is at the center of a legal fight. The U.S. government and a Florida developer are fighting over ownership.
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The Pegasus Airlines flight from the western city of Izmir skidded off the runway in Istanbul and dropped more than 100 feet onto adjacent land, where it broke into pieces.
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'Not Guilty': Trump Acquitted On 2 Articles Of Impeachment As Historic Trial Closes National News
Senators voted as expected to clear President Trump on both articles of impeachment filed by the House. Now Washington must try to pick up the pieces.
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Canadian Court Clears The Way For Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion National News
The court said the government has adequately consulted with indigenous groups about the pipeline expansion. First Nations have said that they remain concerned about the project's environmental impact.
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