Anson Datalos

MARCH 2021

Anson, from Haiti and currently under ICE custody at Essex County Jail, began his hunger strike on March 12th to demand his freedom.

Anson has already faced repression from the guards & is risking his health for his freedom. Anson has kidney issues and fears he may go into kidney failure should his strike continue for a prolonged amount of time. He cannot risk deportation to Haiti.

My name is Anson Datalos and I am detained in Essex County [Jail]. I won my case and ICE appealed, so I started the hunger strike. I'm not a convict. They may deport me and I am still doing it [the hunger strike]. They could release me. I need to go home to go to my kids, my family. Because they live here [the US]. So I hope everything is OK.