18 Dead At Private Immigration Prisons, And Other News

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18 Dead At Private Immigration Prisons, And Other News

Private Prisons for Immigrants Lack Accountability

Between 2003 and 2009, 18 people died in detention centers operated by the Corrections Corporation of America, a private company contracted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ICE has yet to investigate some of the deaths and has offered the corporation new contracts in other locations across the US.

Women of Color Fare Worst in Health

Ten years after U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher called for the end of racial disparities in health, a new report shows that women of color in nearly every state still fare worse than white women. The Kaiser Family Foundation study shows women of color have higher rates of heart disease, AIDS and other chronic illnesses with Alaskan and American Indian women with the highest rates.

AIDS Advocates Turn to Race

Pre-dominantly white-led AIDS organizations are learning a few things from people of color working in AIDS advocacy and service work. Cultural differences, poverty and language barriers are just becoming issues that white-led AIDS organizations are thinking about as people of color work harder in their communities to provide resources and support.

Muslim School At Center of Controversy

Fairfax, Virginia is an uproar over its Islamic Saudi Academy. The school is awaiting approval from the city council to start another academic year but some local parents say it is “a training place for young impressionable Muslim students in some of the most extreme and most fanatical teachings of Islam.”

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INCARCERATING PEOPLE "FOR PROFIT" IS IN A WORD....WRONG!

Even if one does not ask or pretends not to see the rope and the flashing red flag draped around the philosophical question standing solemnly at attention in the middle of the room, it remains apparent that the mere presence of a private “for profit” driven prison business in our country undermines the U.S Constitution and subsequently the credibility of the American criminal justice system. In fact, until all private prisons in America have been abolished and outlawed, “the promise” of fairness and justice at every level of this country’s judicial system will remain unattainable. We must restore the principles and the vacant promise of our judicial system. Our government cannot continue to "job-out" its obligation and neglect its duty to the individuals confined in the correctional and rehabilitation facilities throughout this nation, nor can it ignore the will of the people that it was designed to serve and protect. There is urgent need for the good people of this country to emerge from the shadows of indifference, apathy, cynicism, fear, and those other dark places that we migrate to when we are overwhelmed by frustration and the loss of hope.

My hope is that you will support the National Public Service Council To Abolish Private Prisons (NPSCTAPP) with a show of solidarity by signing "The Single Voice Petition"
http://www.petitiononline.com/gufree2/petition.html

Please visit our website for further information: http://www.npsctapp.blogspot.com

–Ahma Daeus
"Practicing Humanity Without A License"...