RE: Please spread the word about Vigil 8/Hutto Child Prison
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From: ♥ Angel ♥ ™ ~ ~For Truth~ ~
Date: May 5, 2007 8:17 AM
Thank you: Suspension Of DisBelief
Much Love & Respect To: Free The Children of Texas's Hutto Prison
Please, Please, Please Repost.
Friends!
I hate to ask you to repost a bulletin on our behalf, but we're fighting national media disinterest that amounts to a blackout on this shameful situation here in Texas.
Many of you are reposting for us already and I thank you again for the help.
However, if you have not already opportuned your friend list for us -- my request is simple and it would only take a second.
Could you please send out a bulletin regarding our organization and Monday's Vigil 8?
We are working hard to draw attention to the concentration camp for children here in Texas.
Monday might have been our chance to get some national press coverage about it as Jorge Bustamante, the UN's Special Rapporteur for Human Rights, was scheduled to visit the children at the prison.
Now Homeland Security is denying him access.
Regardless, Free The Children's first hero -- Jay J. Johnson-Castro, Sr and all the folks we can reach and motivate to help will be outside the prison Monday, May 7th for Hutto Vigil 8.
If you could post a bulletin -- I've cut and pasted some text below to make it simple -- it would help us ever so much.
Thank you!
B
myspacer for FTC
PS -- just click reply to this bulletin. Then copy the text below and paste it into an open bulletin window, think up a subject that appeals to you or just use the one on this bulletin and then send.
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The children at the T. Don Hutto Residential Center in Taylor, 35 miles northeast of Austin, live in cells; they wear uniforms and receive inadequate medical and educational services, are often cold and hungry, separated from their parents as punishment, and until recently received one hour of schooling per day and rarely played outside.
They are guilty of no crimes, and endanger no one. Their parents, who are incarcerated here because they are seeking asylum after fleeing such circumstances as war, torture, political persecution and rape, or are accused of violating civil immigration laws, have committed no crimes. Many of the children are US Citizens.
Teachers at the center are not required to be licensed in Texas, and the state’s family welfare agency exempted Hutto from child care licensing requirements. Along with one other, less prison-like facility in Pennsylvania, Hutto is operated without official regulations.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the arm of Homeland Security that runs the two centers, relies on custody rules designed for inmates
Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), a for profit company running the majority of privatized prisons in the US, is paid 2.8 million dollars a month (7k per child per month or 84k per child per year) to keep these children behind bars.
It would cost less to put them up at the Austin Hilton with room service.
In contrast, putting a monitoring bracelet/anklet on a parent costs $660 per month.
In past years CCA has made political contributions to key Texas politicians, 100k to Tom Delay and 10k to Governor Perry. Overall, for profit prison companies contributed roughly 519k to state level political campaigns in one year alone. Lt Governor Dewhurt's cut was 53k, while House Speaker Craddick received 34.9k.
Why free the children when keeping them locked up makes so much money?
Monday, May 7th the UN's Special Rapporteur for Human Rights, Sr. Jorge Bustamante, was scheduled to visit T. Don Hutto.
Homeland Security has decided to deny the UN Inspector access.
What are they doing to these children and their mothers that is too horrible to allow the UN to see?
Free The Children will hold an all day Vigil, their eighth, outside the prison on May 7th beginning at 10AM and ending at dusk.
Free The Children of Texas's Hutto Prison:Click on the picture to add!!!
Please consider joining the Vigil, if only to see the security prison that houses over 200 children for profit!
From: ♥ Angel ♥ ™ ~ ~For Truth~ ~
Date: May 5, 2007 8:17 AM
Much Love & Respect To: Free The Children of Texas's Hutto Prison
Please, Please, Please Repost.
Friends!
I hate to ask you to repost a bulletin on our behalf, but we're fighting national media disinterest that amounts to a blackout on this shameful situation here in Texas.
Many of you are reposting for us already and I thank you again for the help.
However, if you have not already opportuned your friend list for us -- my request is simple and it would only take a second.
Could you please send out a bulletin regarding our organization and Monday's Vigil 8?
We are working hard to draw attention to the concentration camp for children here in Texas.
Monday might have been our chance to get some national press coverage about it as Jorge Bustamante, the UN's Special Rapporteur for Human Rights, was scheduled to visit the children at the prison.
Now Homeland Security is denying him access.
Regardless, Free The Children's first hero -- Jay J. Johnson-Castro, Sr and all the folks we can reach and motivate to help will be outside the prison Monday, May 7th for Hutto Vigil 8.
If you could post a bulletin -- I've cut and pasted some text below to make it simple -- it would help us ever so much.
Thank you!
B
myspacer for FTC
PS -- just click reply to this bulletin. Then copy the text below and paste it into an open bulletin window, think up a subject that appeals to you or just use the one on this bulletin and then send.
_____________________
The children at the T. Don Hutto Residential Center in Taylor, 35 miles northeast of Austin, live in cells; they wear uniforms and receive inadequate medical and educational services, are often cold and hungry, separated from their parents as punishment, and until recently received one hour of schooling per day and rarely played outside.
They are guilty of no crimes, and endanger no one. Their parents, who are incarcerated here because they are seeking asylum after fleeing such circumstances as war, torture, political persecution and rape, or are accused of violating civil immigration laws, have committed no crimes. Many of the children are US Citizens.
Teachers at the center are not required to be licensed in Texas, and the state’s family welfare agency exempted Hutto from child care licensing requirements. Along with one other, less prison-like facility in Pennsylvania, Hutto is operated without official regulations.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the arm of Homeland Security that runs the two centers, relies on custody rules designed for inmates
Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), a for profit company running the majority of privatized prisons in the US, is paid 2.8 million dollars a month (7k per child per month or 84k per child per year) to keep these children behind bars.
It would cost less to put them up at the Austin Hilton with room service.
In contrast, putting a monitoring bracelet/anklet on a parent costs $660 per month.
In past years CCA has made political contributions to key Texas politicians, 100k to Tom Delay and 10k to Governor Perry. Overall, for profit prison companies contributed roughly 519k to state level political campaigns in one year alone. Lt Governor Dewhurt's cut was 53k, while House Speaker Craddick received 34.9k.
Why free the children when keeping them locked up makes so much money?
Monday, May 7th the UN's Special Rapporteur for Human Rights, Sr. Jorge Bustamante, was scheduled to visit T. Don Hutto.
Homeland Security has decided to deny the UN Inspector access.
What are they doing to these children and their mothers that is too horrible to allow the UN to see?
Free The Children will hold an all day Vigil, their eighth, outside the prison on May 7th beginning at 10AM and ending at dusk.
Free The Children of Texas's Hutto Prison:Click on the picture to add!!!
Please consider joining the Vigil, if only to see the security prison that houses over 200 children for profit!
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posted by Gandolfo at 5/05/2007
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