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Jail for Immgrant Families Ordered to Change

10:41 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · children|Immigration|Justice|Texas · Comments Off

30 Aug 2007

hutto.jpg Earlier this year I told you all about the inhumane conditions at T. Don Hutto Residential Center in Texas , used to house immigrants being considered for deportation or asylum and their children. Yesterday Federal Judge Sam Sparks, while acknowledging that Hutto wasn’t the best place for immigrant families, it was what it was and at the very least could be improved. The changes ordered ranged from the simple installation of privacy curtains in bathrooms to giving school age children 5 hours of schooling a day (up from one).

Via / Univision.com and Free Speech Radio News

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