June 20, 2007
World Refugee Day
World Refugee Day - Hutto Detention Center Vigil
Saturday, June 23, 1-3pm
Hutto Detention Center, 1001 Welch St., Taylor, TX, 75674
The T. Don Hutto detention center, operated by Corrections Corporation of America, a for-profit prison company, incarcerates up to 400 asylum seeking and migrant families, about half of whom are children, who are awaiting hearings before the immigration court. Children spend up to 22 hours a day in prison cells and receive inadequate education and recreational time.
Vigil participants from Austin will leave at 12 noon from 1210 E. Rosewood to carpool to the facility. Please bring signs, sunscreen, hats, and water. For more information, email boblibal@gmail.com or call (512) 971-0487.
Sponsored by Amnesty International USA in honor of World Refugee Day and co-sponsored by Freedom Ambassadors, Texans United for Families, CAFHTA, and LULAC National.
Posted by Captain Kroc at June 20, 2007 04:34 PM
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