Reply #52: yes and they are still

[beezlebum]

abhorrent. the hutto prison in texas, for example, houses approx 150 individuals, about half of which are CHILDREN. the aclu had to SUE to get proper health care for the children, as well as blankets and relief from other inhumane conditions. (kbr is not the only one)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._Don_Hutto_Residential_Center
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2007/08/privatizing-misery-deporting-and.html ("Privatizing misery, deporting and imprisoning migrants for profit")

i can not rest easily just because the people there aren't american citizens (yet). they are human beings being treated as though they were wild animals society needs protection from, only with less humanity.

and finally, if it's americans that are your concern, as the previous poster replied, it does start with the people in the margins. immigrants are being scapegoated, and once it's okay, eventually it will be okay to lock up americans who get in the way of US (corporate) policies, including environmentalists, for example. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-w-whitehead/are-you-a-homegrown-terro_b_82935.html