The detention center operated by the privately-run company opened in 2004, and advocates say problems emerged soon after as detainees complained of poor conditions.
TACOMA, Wash. — Surrounded by high fences and barbed wire sits the Northwest ICE Processing Center, nestled in the Port of Tacoma.
The detention center, operated by the privately-run company GEO Group, first opened in 2004, and advocates say problems emerged soon after, as detainees complained of poor conditions inside.
“They say the water is not good, the conditions are not good, the treatment is not good,” said Wendy Pantoja of La Resistencia, and advocacy group that works with the
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