Posted on Apr 20, 2021
Immigrant Detention For Profit Faces Resistance After Big Expansion Under Trump
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A dozen Central Americans in T-shirts that read Mujeres Luchadores — Fighting Women — marched through a small Texas town last month toward the gates of an imposing private detention center where they all used to be incarcerated.
"Biden, hear us! Shut down Hutto!" they chanted.
They're referring to T. Don Hutto Residential Center, the former state prison in Taylor — just northeast of Austin — named after the founder of the private prison company that holds the contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
"These corporations are profiting off of our suffering," former Guatemalan detainee Sulma Franco says into a bullhorn. "We want all the cages shut down now!"
"Biden, hear us! Shut down Hutto!" they chanted.
They're referring to T. Don Hutto Residential Center, the former state prison in Taylor — just northeast of Austin — named after the founder of the private prison company that holds the contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
"These corporations are profiting off of our suffering," former Guatemalan detainee Sulma Franco says into a bullhorn. "We want all the cages shut down now!"
Immigrant Detention For Profit Faces Resistance After Big Expansion Under Trump
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Private Prisons Are No Laughing Matter
This clip is really funny and filled with important facts about just how bad private prisons are for workers, inmates, and taxpayers.
Here is old clip from “Last week tonight” about for profit prison. John Oliver segment elaborated on how private companies made money by cutting corners and lowering standards for detainment services. Substandard food, lagging medical care and abuse despite government contracts to ensure proper treatment for those incarcerated.
https://youtu.be/WPVBq8Gt--E
https://youtu.be/WPVBq8Gt--E
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