#nwdc — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #nwdc, aggregated by home.social.
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#FreeFelix rally & vigil at #NWDC
THIS SUNDAY 2:30p#ICEOUT #ShutdownNWDC
#LaAllianza #Tacoma @EvergreenResistanceTacoma -
Puget Sound Anarchists: **7 Years Since Your Death in Combat….Willem Van Spronsen Present in the Struggle!**
https://pugetsoundanarchists.org/7-years-since-your-death-in-combat-willem-van-spronsen-present-in-the-struggle/
via Fugitive Distro – “I’m a black and white thinker. Detention camps are an abomination. I’m not standing by. I really shouldn’t have…
#AntiFascist #Immigration #NWDCResistance #ICE #Inmemorium #NWDC #WillvanSpronsen #Willemvanspronsen -
National Water Availability Assessment Data Companion Launches Interactive Map
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https://water.usgs.gov/nwaa-data/ <-- shared USGS resource link
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https://water.usgs.gov/nwaa-data/interactive-map/ <-- shared USGS webmap
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H/T @USGS NWDC
“The National Water Availability Assessment Data Companion (NWDC) delivers national-scale modeled water data underlying the National Water Availability Assessment Report. The NWDC will be continuously updated to include new data used in future National Water Availability Assessment Reports, with planned reports in 2026 and 2030.
The NWDC also serves information on underlying model methodologies, strengths, and limitations to enable proper use of the data…
USGS scientific teams develop NWDC models to analyze and represent the complexities of water systems. These models fill gaps where USGS observations are unavailable, covering the conterminous United States (lower 48 states) and soon extending to Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.
All NWDC datasets currently cover past conditions over multiple decades, and are standardized to 12-digit [WBD] hydrologic unit code (HUC12) watersheds and monthly timesteps…”
#opendata #monitoring #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #fedscience #publicgood #water #hydrology #waterresources #watermanagement #change #model #modeling #USA #NationalWaterAvailabilityAssessment #NWDC #CONUS #USGS #USGS_water
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I live in #Tacoma, where folks regularly stand vigil outside the #NWDC #ConcentrationCamp
A =~40m drive from #Seattle, where they're hyping #WorldCup in a 100 mile radius
It's a stench in God's nostrils. My profile icon says it all about what I think.
If you wouldn't have gone to the Olympics in #Nazi Germany, you shouldn't be coming here either
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@CliftonR
My guest room is yours, but I live in Tacoma, where folks are pretty chill about queerfolk :better_pride:My parish is organizing a trans-empowering action for #Pride2026 bc we have several #Trans members
But here, it's more about #ICE 💩🤡
Heading for a #MothersDay protest at the #NWDC now
Separating parents from children & putting ALL concerned in cages is NOT something anyone from any party should get away with, sez me
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05-01-2026 - Tacoma WA - GEO Group “CERT” employees hiding in NWDC parking lot.
Background: The Northwest Detention Center, also known as the Northwest ICE Processing Center (NWDC/NWIPC), is for-profit owned and operated by GEO Group, located in Tacoma, Washington.
“CERT Teams are SWAT-Like units meant to surveil and repress detained people at NWDC”. “Every time I see that uniform with CERT, I have a panic attack, think something is going to happen to me. I got assaulted once CERT staff. When I see them, I stay away from them” - NWDC detainee, 04/28/2025, La Resistencia
On September 1st 2025, we attended a protest at the NWDC in Tacoma WA, and took a photo of a GEO Group employee in a black uniform wearing a black tactical vest with a unique patch. We researched the patch at the time, but didn’t find anything conclusive. *If you have a better photo, specific insight, or design-identifying information on this patch, let us know.*
“I have been a subject of sheer retaliation by GEO (officer Berame) and his CERT gang due to my grievances. They have been retaliating with bogus write up, biased hearings, and solitary confinement with the blessing of higher management and ICE. Subsequently, i submitted a couple of grievances against Berame he told me, I’m ‘just an immigrant. Nobody is going to believe (me).’ He is right about that because no one does anything about these dehumanizing and abusive behaviors. They can do anything with impunity, including sexual harassments.” – 02/20/2024, La Resistencia
During a May 1st 2026 protest at the NWDC, we noticed (2) GEO Group employees hiding behind a tinted, black 4x4 Ford F150 truck. Both kept peering over the back of the truck bed off/on. One of them was wearing a black “CERT” hat. Once they decided to stop hiding and go inside, both appeared to be wearing “CERT” hats along with (the now-identified) “CERT” patches on their uniforms.
According to a 2023 PDF on geogroup.com, “C.E.R.T.” is cited as an acronym for “Correctional Emergency Response Team”. However, according to a later 2024 PDF on geogroup.com, “C.E.R.T.” is listed as “Community Emergency Response Team”. This slip-up in the 2024 document is not entirely an accident.
Both 2023 and 2024 documents detail separate instances of CERT directing up to (50) middle school students (in Folkston GA, from a Junior Sheriff’s Academy) in use-of-force demonstrations. In 2023 and 2024 photos, middle school students are pictured “in full riot gear” handcuffing people.
https://geogroup.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/GEO-World-Q2-2023.pdf – (Page 11)
https://www.geogroup.com/media/d4nfxbbz/2q-geo-world-2024_final-resize.pdf – (Page 19)
“GEO Prison sent their CERT Team to demonstrate the importance of their rapid response to unruly prisoners!” - https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10222593249916209&set=pb.1120666873.-2207520000&type=3
NPR’s 2025 article on GEO Group and ICE in Folkston GA is worth the read: https://www.npr.org/2025/10/13/nx-s1-5538441/ice-detainees-folkston-georgia
“How awful for carceral facilities to co-opt the term CERT! The COMMUNITY Emergency Response Team program (in contrast to the correctional Emergency Response Team program), has a history of outstanding support during times of distress and duress during natural disaster, mobilizing citizens and residents to aid in emergency communications and service to anyone regardless of status.” – social media response.
This comment highlights the “CERT” acronym being widely understood and utilized for purposes quite different than instilling fear within a privately operated detention center. A quick Google search for “Community Emergency Response Team” returns a variety of local and federal services across the U.S.
https://www.google.com/search?&q=Community+Emergency+Response+Team
When the (2) GEO Group employees exited from hiding behind the truck, they weren’t just wearing “CERT” gear, they were also wearing name tags. One of the name tags was “Berame”. It would seem certain there’s only one Tacoma GEO Group employee with that name. See quotes from “La Resistencia”
Berame is mentioned 15x in graphic detail within a recent 02/12/2026 article on prospect.org:
“The three plaintiffs, all Black men in Tacoma, Washington’s Northwest ICE Processing Center, say that the assaults reflect a “recurring pattern by a group of guards,” especially defendants Justin Berame and Kobe Suafoa.”
https://prospect.org/2026/02/12/ice-immigration-prison-geo-group-trump/
So, that’s why GEO Group “CERT” employees were hiding in the parking lot.
“The guard was also involved in the alleged assaults on the two other plaintiffs, and he carried a mug adorned with a sticker of the Proud Boys, the right-wing extremist group, according to the suit. The filing, noting each plaintiff is Black, alleges that GEO Group “determined it appropriate to allow openly racist employees substantial power over non-white incarcerated persons.”
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article314608363.html
Assaults and sexual assaults are not new topics at the NWDC. Last year, the University of Washington Center for Human Rights released a detailed report on assaults at the NWDC, largely pinning inaction on the Tacoma Police Department, ICE, and GEO Group. In 2024, TPD erroneously reported the privately run for-profit detention center was “Not TPD jurisdiction” and to “let staff know they can handle the complaint in house”
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#Tacoma #TacomaWA #ICE #GEOGroup #NWDC #NWIPC #ShutdownNWDC #ShutdownNWIPC
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05-01-2026 - Tacoma WA - May Day + NWDC
Photos from Tacoma's May Day Rally & March to NWDC
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For awareness:
GEO Vans, or GEO Group vans.
- From Washington State
- As pictured from April 2025 at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) aka Northwest ICE Processing Center (NWIPC) located in Tacoma Washington
Typically with "GEO Transport" on the side, US DOT # and standard (non-exempt/non-XMT) WA license plates.
#Portland #PortlandOR #PDX #Oregon #ICE #NWDC #Tacoma #TacomaWA #TacomaWashington #GEOGroup #ShutdownNWDC #NWIPC
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> This is a preventable consequence of medical violence due to delayed treatment at the hands of the NWDC and GEO Group. The Tanggol Migrante Movement is also appalled by the blatant inaction of the Philippine Consulate.
Short link:
https://tinyurl.com/DefendKuyaGPetitionLong link:
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/justice-for-kuya-g/#TanggolMigrante #NWDC #GEOGroup #ICE #Philippines #Filipino #Tacoma #TacomaWA #TacomaWashington
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ICE has reportedly been increasing arrests of law abiding immigrants in Yakima WA.
In one incident from earlier this month ICE arrested a legal immigrant on his way to work despite there being no legal reason to stop him let alone abduct the guy.
Initially ICE goons wrapped his phone in tin foil in an attempt to hide his location. Jamie Ortiz's husband was eventually located at the NW Detention center in Tacoma.
#Yakima #WA #PNW #FuckICE #ChingaLaMigra #Tacoma #Cybersecurity #NWDC #acab
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09-01-2025 - All Out for Migrant Defense, Northwest Detention Center
Immigrants make America great and this labor day supporters from all over the state, #PDX and even #California came to one of the worst places on earth, the NWDC.
The #NWDC is a terrible place right in our backyard and we stand in solidarity with anyone and everyone who showed.
We wanted to show our support for @laresistencianw for another well organized event, along with @tanggolmigrantemovement and @imapnw - (INSTAGRAM) - They are on the front lines of dealing with this cesspool of a place. NO HUMAN IS ILLEGAL.
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A #trans woman who has been detained at #NWDC for *months* was released after dark this week, on the #Tacoma tideflats, where there's no public transit, no place to get food, no decent streetlights, no nothing
The aid group that helps folks being released closed at 9pm, & the folks who let her go knew that
The cruelty IS the point
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Two Real Change Vendors Detained by ICE
"This is not merely an unfortunate incident; it is a calculated act of cruelty and intimidation that goes against the very fabric of our mission and our city's values," said Krystal Marx, Executive Director of Real Change.
.. "being held at the Tacoma Detention Facility"
https://www.realchangenews.org/support-ice-detainees
https://givebutter.com/RCLegalDefense
https://www.instagram.com/realchangenews/
#ICE #Seattle #NWDC #FreeThemAll #ShutDownNWDC #AbolishICE #TacomaWA
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#CallToAction #Tacoma Tacoma activists are protesting at the ICE prison starting 11:30am today.
They're demanding the release of local immigrant Union organizer Alfredo Lelo Juarez Zeferino who has been in ICE custody in Tacoma for nearly three months!
So consider stopping by today!
11:30-1pm
Demand Lelo's Release
NW ICE Processing Center
1623 E. J St, Tacoma#MeltICE #PNW #ICE #ChingaLaMigra #NWDC #union #labor #farming #immigrant #SedroWoolley
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As of 11:30 AM - "Migrants are being detained actively at Tukwika USCIS right now. Need people otg at NWDC (1623 E J Street, Tacoma WA) gates to report van activity & number of detainees entering facility. ASAP.
Anyone who is free & familiar with NWDC Plz join this chat to coordinate with Tukwila folks OTG, DM for link.
Do NOT go to NWDC alone."
#ICE #USCIS #chingalamigra #MutualAidRequest #alerta #nwdc #AbolishPrison #AbolishICE
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05-01-2025 - #TacomaWA - May Day
Check out our previous posts on the #NWDC:
03-29-2025: https://kolektiva.social/@iNFoPiG/114252729347439954
03-16-2024: https://kolektiva.social/@iNFoPiG/112114742709558439
2022: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd17DCRDUxe/
laresistencianw @ https://www.instagram.com/laresistencianw/
#FreeThemAll #ShutDownNWDC #AbolishICE #ChingaLaMigra
Follow us on Instagram @ https://www.instagram.com/iNFoPiG2/
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#Tacoma #MAYDAY coming up!
Stand up for #Workers & #ImmigrantRights
Thursday
Marching from
Tollefson Plaza 15th& Commerce St
To #NWDC
Rally w speakers begins 4pm
#LaResistencia #ChingaLaMigra #UnionStrong @tacoma -
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03-29-2025 - #TacomaWA - Northwest Detention Center (ICE)
La Resistencia Solidarity Day - https://www.instagram.com/LaResistenciaNW
"Demand the release of everyone detained, those that have been detained and have made the news, and those that no media cares about"
"Stand with Immigrants! Defend Humanity, Reject the Alien Enemies Act"
Check out our 2024 #NWDC post @ https://www.instagram.com/p/C4pHKtML5m8/
#FreeThemAll #ShutDownNWDC #AbolishICE #ChingaLaMigra
Mastodon users: Higher-quality video @ https://www.instagram.com/p/DH1TXm7SCeL/
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Music: Down The Rabbit Hole
Arist: Produced by Danya Vodovoz
Royalty Free Music
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#Tacoma really turned out at the #NWDC to protest its very evil existence
#ShutDownNWDC #EvergreenResistance
#LaResistencia
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Just called my #WA state Senator and told her that her constituents in #Tacoma didn't need to hear a Welsh woman tell the story to know unconscionable 💩 goes on at the #NWDC
#EvergreenResistance #LaResistencia
#ShutdownNWDC
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03-16-2024 - Northwest ICE Detention Center - Tacoma WA
A vigil was held on Saturday to support hunger strikers inside and outside the NWDC @laresistencianw
Recently, Charles Leo Daniel is believed to have calmittedd sewwisseyed (sp) on March 7th. Charles had been held in solitary confinement for years. Charles had served the second-longest stretch of solitary confinement of any person in ICE custody since 2018. Charles had a long history of mental illness, and had been previously convicted of second-degree murder of Raymond Lindsay aka Ras Bongo, a known Seattle reggae musician. Charles was from Trinidad and Tobago and Raymond was from St. Catherine (Jamaica)
On Saturday the weather was warm and attendance was lively. Many people spoke on topics of immigration and prison reform. We had previously visited the NWDC around two years ago and while the area seemed the same surrounded by fences, pavement and razor wire, one thing we didn't expect was a new clear pattern of aggression by GEO Group employees entering and exiting the facility. Exiting employees quite literally speed their way out of the gate absent of caution or regard, as the same with employees entering at a high rate of speed. No caution for those who might be crossing using a public sidewalk. On two separate occasions we were informed that GEO Group likely employs white supremacists, possibly explaining their hasty attempts to avoid being seen including those with out of state plates.
The NWDC is a private for profit immigration prison operated by GEO Group. NWDC has been in the headlines a countless amount of times on topics such as a recent fire at the facility, self dispatching attempts from inmates, denying medical aid, other inmate deaths, and denying entry to state labor and health agencies, despite hundreds of complaints. Locally, the Tacoma City Council recently approved $10,000 to help fund the 50 cent per minute cost for inmates to make phone calls, which had likely been preventing inmates from getting legal support.
The number of serious concerns with this facility is difficult to summarize. Last week conflicts continued over House Bill 1470, which has recently been ruled unenforceable despite being signed into law. House Bill 1470 would've afforded certain legal protections to inmates, allowed state agency oversight actions including health inspections, and prohibited solitary confinement.
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#Solidarity with detainees at the #NWDC in #Tacoma
#AbolishICE #ChingaLaMigra
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CW: Call to action in response to private prison guards violently attacking detainees at NWDC
Re-posted @marumorav's call to action, with #AltText and CW added. Original post as follows:
Mere weeks after brutally gassing detainees, SWAT unit violently attacked immigrant detainee simply for trying to eat a sandwich; pattern of brutality continues. Join us Sat March 4 12-1pm for a #solidarityday with MECHA, PSU, SAARPR, FRSO from UW to demand immediate releases, investigation of the assault, #ShutdownNWDC.
Email Ice.gov at #nwdc and demand they release the assault victim immediately!
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