Hunger strikes hit GEO Group.

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Detainees went on hunger strikes in March at two facilities of the GEO Group, the worlds largest owner of immigration detention centers.

At the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, between 750 and 1,200 of the more than 1,300 detainees participated in the strike, which began March 7 and quickly spread to another GEO contract facility in Conroe, Texas. Strikers' demands included a halt to all deportations, which are tearing families apart, an end to crowding in cells, adequate food and medical care, affordable calling prices, and lower rates at the commisaries. GEO made $1.4 billion in revenue in 2012, and its CEO, George Foley, raked in $5.9...