Biography
Jesus Chavez Flores was an immigration detainee who led a February 2018 hunger strike against conditions of confinement. A July 2018 federal pleading reports that approximately 120 people participated in the strike, which began February 7. It alleges that ICE punished Chavez Flores with twenty days in solitary confinement and then transferred him to a higher-security facility. His lawyers brought litigation challenging alleged retaliation for protected protest. The twenty days describes a documented solitary-confinement component, not his total immigration detention or a criminal sentence.
Jesus Chavez Flores was an immigration detainee who led a February 2018 hunger strike against conditions of confinement. A July 2018 federal pleading reports that approximately 120 people participated in the strike, which began February 7. It alleges that ICE punished Chavez Flores with twenty days in solitary confinement and then transferred him to a higher-security facility. His lawyers brought litigation challenging alleged retaliation for protected protest. The twenty days describes a documented solitary-confinement component, not his total immigration detention or a criminal sentence. No judicial criminal sentence established. The pleading reports twenty days in solitary confinement in February 2018, followed by transfer to another detention facility. Total custody, first admission and ultimate release remain unknown; leaving solitary is not release from custody.
