{"id":394,"date":"2026-06-09T21:07:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T21:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=394"},"modified":"2026-06-09T21:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T21:07:35","slug":"hunger-strikers-in-adelanto-ice-jail-moved-to-solitary-after-meeting-congressmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=394","title":{"rendered":"Hunger Strikers in Adelanto ICE Jail Moved to Solitary After Meeting Congressmen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- begin partial\/series-card --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><i><span>Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with <\/span><\/i><i><span>a donation<\/span><\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=392\">Trump Has Said Iran War Deal Is Close at Least 38 Times Since Start of Conflict<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Three hunger strikers at an immigration jail in Adelanto, California, have been moved to solitary confinement in an act of apparent retaliation after meeting with members of Congress last week.<\/p>\n<p>Last Monday, California Reps. Judy Chu, Jimmy Gomez, and Pete Aguilar visited Adelanto Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Processing Center as the hunger strike in the immigration jail entered its second week. The Democrats met with three of the hunger strikers, who gave them a petition, signed by some 150 people inside the facility, speaking of inhumane conditions inside the jail and degrading treatment by staff. The Adelanto ICE jail is run by private prison company GEO Group. <\/p>\n<p>The next day, GEO Group staff entered a unit \u201cin riot gear holding pepper spray, tear gas canisters and zip ties,\u201d and removed two of the people who had met with congressional staff the day before. And on Wednesday, they removed the third person, according to other detainees. <\/p>\n<p>Detainees also said that at least two units were put on lockdown for around 24 hours starting on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>One hunger striker said that a GEO Group staff member told his unit, \u201cCan you guys do me a favor and stop lying to these Congress people?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Around 40 people launched the hunger strike in mid-May, and were joined a few days later by an additional 20 people in Desert View Annex, the immigration jail next door \u2014 which is also run by GEO Group. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe hunger strike and the petition signed by 150 detained immigrants are the latest examples of people risking their own well-being just to have their voices heard,\u201d said Esmeralda Santos with the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice. \u201cTheir testimonies make clear that these facilities cannot be reformed, they must be shut down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has denied that there is a hunger strike ongoing at Adelanto. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=390\">Trump Claims NBA Finals Crowd Cheered Him After \u201cThunderous\u201d Booing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since the start of President Donald Trump\u2019s second term, four people have died while in Adelanto, and a fifth person died shortly after being transferred from the facility. At least 13 people have died in Adelanto since it opened in 2011, making it \u201cone of the deadliest\u201d immigration jails in the country. <\/p>\n<p>GEO Group is the world\u2019s second largest private prison company, and the largest private prison operator in the U.S. It owns and operates Adelanto ICE Processing Center as well as Newark, New Jersey\u2019s Delaney Hall, under multimillion dollar contracts with ICE.<\/p>\n<p>In Delaney Hall, some 200 people being detained have been hunger striking since May 22. Participants have spoken of both GEO Group and ICE agents retaliating against hunger strikers with threats, transfers of strike participants, teargas, and beatings. <\/p>\n<p>Private prison companies have seen a major increase in revenue in Trump\u2019s second term \u2013 one report noted that GEO Group\u2019s revenue in 2025 \u201cjumped 12% from last year, driven largely by new contracts at facilities like Delaney Hall in Newark.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The U.S.\u2019s other major private prison company, CoreCivic, also saw significant revenue increases. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur business is perfectly aligned with the demands of this moment,\u201d said Damon Hininger, CEO of CoreCivic, in 2025. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on Sunday, ICE reported the death of 43-year-old Mamuka Artmeladze, who was being detained in Louisiana. She is the 50th person who has died in ICE custody in Trump\u2019s second term. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=388\">Judge Blocks Trump Administration\u2019s $100K H-1B Visa \u201cFee\u201d as Unlawful<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People are \u201crisking their own well-being just to have their voices heard,\u201d said one advocate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hunger Strikers in Adelanto ICE Jail Moved to Solitary After Meeting Congressmen - Smart Moving Home<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=394\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hunger Strikers in Adelanto ICE Jail Moved to Solitary After Meeting Congressmen - 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