Northwest Detention Center

"[3] The prison is expected to close in 2025 when GEO's contract with ICE expires, as the state has passed a law banning private detention facilities.

[10] U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Andrew Muñoz disputed the account, adding that "ICE policies forbid retaliation" toward detainees.

[13] On September 20, 2017 WA State Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit against GEO Group, Inc., the private prison company that runs Tacoma's Northwest Detention Center (NWDC).

The lawsuit alleges that GEO Group, Inc., the second-largest private prison provider in the country, has for years violated Washington State's minimum wage law, paying its workers $1 per day or in some instances, with snacks and extra food.

"[14] On July 13, 2019 an armed individual allegedly attempted to attack the detention center with a rifle and threw incendiary devices.

[15] On April 17, 2020, a group of female detainees began a hunger strike to protest the dangerous conditions they faced at the NWDC during the COVID-19 epidemic.

A GEO Transport bus arrives from the Northwest Detention Center to pick up detained people from the ICE office at the 511 NW Broadway federal building in Portland, Oregon.