..@tx ((i))ndependent news service..2/16/09

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Texas Prisoners Riot for Second Time in 2 Months

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Chain Gang Tent City

Riot at Private Immigration Prison in West Texas Leaves Injuries, Significant Damage
Immigrants awaiting deportation who are being held in the Reeves County Detention Facility, a private jail run by the GEO Group in West Texas began a protest last Saturday, January 31. The protest began after a group of immigrant prisoners attempted to meet with the detention facility’s authorities, demanding that a gravely ill detainee be released from solitary confinement and be taken immediately to a hospital. The prison authorities refused to listen and did not take action. The detainees responded by protesting after being ignored

Company Says Riot Over at Private Texas Prison
The company that runs a low-security federal prison in West Texas says the facility's second riot in less than two months ended without serious injuries. (Feb. 2)

Riot Appears to be Calming Down at Reeves County Detention Center
A riot that started Saturday afternoon at the Reeves County Detention Center carried over into Sunday morning, but appeared to be calming down by Sunday afternoon.

Family Members Protest GEO Group in Reeves County
Family members of immigrant prisoners held at the GEO Group's troubled Reeves County Detention Center protested on Thursday against conditions at the prison, according to a video post at Permian Basin 360
http://permianbasin360.com/content/fulltext/?cid=34051

Sheriff Marches Immigrant Inmates to Segregated Tents
Arpaio's latest media stunt has been described as dehumanizing, degrading, barbaric, and worse. During the afternoon of Wednesday, February 4th, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio had about 200 undocumented immigrant inmates marched down a public street to a segregated tent city jail facility. He claims that housing the inmates separately in tents would save money, but has not explained how.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Immigration Enforcement

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Immigration Enforcement - Lou Dobbs

Arpaio's Evil Buckeye Sweep

Parade of Injustice!!!!