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Lashawn "Suga Ray" Marston, an artist and member of the Western QueensCommunity Land Trust, says he has not eaten since his strike began on Feb. 28.
An estimated 200 incarcerated people are going without food to protest conditions on the island. Officials deny that detainees have stopped eating completely.
Despite fear of retaliatory transfers, the hunger strikes continue at local ICE jails.
The hunger strikers are inspired by the release of an immigrant who went on a nine-day hunger strike before ICE suddenly released him.
Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, subjected himself to the procedure on camera for the human rights organization Reprieve.
The NYPD confirmed the arrests but couldn't confirm the charges, which a spokesperson for the strike said were for trespassing.
For a week now, young New York immigrants have been participating
Savitri D., normally acting as director of the Church of Stop Shopping,
Reverend Billy and Savitri D have been named King Neptune and Queen