{"id":47839,"date":"2026-04-22T11:50:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=47839"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:51:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:51:57","slug":"exclusive-hundreds-of-prisoners-launch-hunger-strike-at-largest-ice-prison-in-midwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/exclusive-hundreds-of-prisoners-launch-hunger-strike-at-largest-ice-prison-in-midwest\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds of Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike at Largest ICE Prison in Midwest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SC learned of hunger strike at Michigan’s North Lake Detention Center: “I peed on myself when they were beating me,” female prisoner wrote in Habeas corpus petition SC obtained<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Status Coup has exclusively learned that a hunger strike has launched inside one of the largest ICE prisons in the midwest currently imprisoning approximately 1,400 immigrants under horrid conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At this point, approximately 200 male prisoners at Michigan\u2019s North Lake Detention Center have begun their strike in the ICE prison located in rural Baldwin, Michigan. The prison is owned by controversial for-profit prison operator GEO Group. At the time of publishing this story, it\u2019s unknown if female prisoners will be joining the strike. Prisoners hail from a variety of origin countries including Venezuela and Ecuador.

Multiple sources told Status Coup that the prisoners launching the strike are being detained in multiple units, called pods, and are begging for help as they suffer through horrid conditions including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n