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One of the living "pods" housing criminal background detainees at The Northwest Detention Center - a privately run, federal detention center for immigrants in Tacoma. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) Each living pod houses about 60 detainees. They're grouped by background - criminal or non-criminal - and by gang affiliation, if they have one. The Northwest Detention Center is a privately run, federal detention center in Tacoma. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) The Northwest Detention Center has full medical facilities, including a pharmacy, dental clinic (pictured), X-ray lab, and private medical evaluation rooms. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) The Northwest Detention Center has 80 medical professionals of different specialties assigned to treat detainees. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) The X-Ray lab that serves about 1,300 detainees at the Northwest Detention Center. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) A permanent information board that shows detainees their rights at the Northwest Detention Center. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) A permanent information board that shows detainees their rights at the Northwest Detention Center. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) A permanent information board that shows detainees their rights at the Northwest Detention Center. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) Industrial laundry facilities at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) Supplies stacked up in the laundry room at the Northwest Detention Center. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) Detainees on work detail cleaning the industrial kitchen at the Northwest Detention Center. ICE representatives say working at the facility is voluntary and pays $1 per day. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) Detainees using the law library at the Northwest Detention Center. Those awaiting immigration hearings are supposed to get an hour a day to research their cases. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) The intake center at the Northwest Detention Center processes all incoming detainees. More than half come from the southern border and are transferred to Washington. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) The law library at the Northwest Detention Center has access to the Lexis Nexis law library. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) A packed law library at the Northwest Detention Center. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) Nathalie Asher is the Field Operations Director for ICE in Seattle. She guided reporters on a tour of the Northwest Detention Center, a privately run, federal detention center in Tacoma. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) Nathalie Asher, Field Operations Director for ICE in Seattle, stands next to color-coded uniform sweats handed out to detainees. The color corresponds to "threat level" with blue as the lowest and red as the highest for male inmates. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) Maru Mora Villalpando outside the Northwest Detention Center, a privately run, federal detention center in Tacoma. She is an undocumented immigrant and activist who says conditions at the detention center are not as clean as they seem on the tour. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) Detainees await hearings, transport, or medical care in temporary holding cells at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) A private medical room at the Northwest Detention Center. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) A temporary holding cell at the Northwest Detention Center. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) The visitation room at the Northwest Detention Center. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) The visitation room at the Northwest Detention Center. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) A private medical room at the Northwest Detention Center. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) A private medical room at the Northwest Detention Center. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) Artwork along the hallways at Northwest Detention Center, a privately run, immigration detention center in Tacoma. Much of the art here was painted by detainees and signed with the flag of their country of origin. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) Artwork along the hallways at Northwest Detention Center, a privately run, immigration detention center in Tacoma. Much of the art here was painted by detainees and signed with the flag of their country of origin. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) Artwork along the hallways at Northwest Detention Center, a privately run, immigration detention center in Tacoma. Much of the art here was painted by detainees and signed with the flag of their country of origin. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) Artwork along the hallways at Northwest Detention Center, a privately run, immigration detention center in Tacoma. Much of the art here was painted by detainees and signed with the flag of their country of origin. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) Artwork along the hallways at Northwest Detention Center, a privately run, immigration detention center in Tacoma. Much of the art here was painted by detainees and signed with the flag of their country of origin. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) Artwork along the hallways at Northwest Detention Center, a privately run, immigration detention center in Tacoma. Much of the art here was painted by detainees and signed with the flag of their country of origin. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) Artwork along the hallways at Northwest Detention Center, a privately run, immigration detention center in Tacoma. Much of the art here was painted by detainees and signed with the flag of their country of origin. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) Artwork along the hallways at Northwest Detention Center, a privately run, immigration detention center in Tacoma. Much of the art here was painted by detainees and signed with the flag of their country of origin. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio) Artwork along the hallways at Northwest Detention Center, a privately run, immigration detention center in Tacoma. Much of the art here was painted by detainees and signed with the flag of their country of origin. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio)
Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma