Here is more background information about the Hunger Strike at Berks Family Detention Center described in the August 2016 issue of Peace & Justice News.
- An update on the families in the Berks County detention facility; unaccompanied child migrants (WHYY, 9/5/2016)
- Mothers Suspend Hunger Strike at Berks Detention Center, Citing Intimidation (Democracy Now: 8/24/2016)
- Shut Down Berks – (Juntos, background on the hunger strike).
- Hunger strike enters second week for 22 immigrant mothers stuck in family detention (Fusion.net, 8/15/2016)
- Why 22 Mothers Are On a Hunger Strike at the Berks Family Detention Facility (immigrationimpact.com, 8/15/2016)
- And last year … Mothers at Berks Family Detention Camp Launch Work Strike, Demand Not To Be Left Behind (June 11, 2015)
