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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnDoe2 View Post
    They can't be deported until they serve their federal prison sentence. http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-...221-story.html
    Who says? We can do whatever we want with these people. Expedite their deportations, and get them out of here.
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    Expedite their deportations and get them out of here.
    Load then all into some C-130s with army surplus 'chutes and air drop them back into Mexico. Either they will enjoy the experience and come back for free skydiving or they will shit their drawers and decide to go elsewhere.

    The experiences will slow the flood.
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    Inmates to be transferred after unrest at Texas prison: reports

    Sat Feb 21, 2015 9:58pm EST

    (Reuters) - Thousands of inmates at a federal prison in south Texas will be moved to other facilities after an uprising by angry prisoners left the prison damaged and "uninhabitable," according to officials quoted in local press reports.

    The disturbance began early on Friday at the Willacy County Correctional Center in Raymondville, Texas, which primarily holds individuals who have entered the United States illegally.

    The prison, which is run by the private company Management & Training Corp, is located about 40 miles (64 km) from the Mexican border.


    The unrest began when prisoners refused to come to breakfast or report for work in a bid to protest problems with medical services at the facility, the Express-News newspaper and local broadcaster KGBT-TV reported.


    The inmates broke out of their housing structures and converged in the recreation yard, setting fire to several kevlar domes, or tents, that serve as prison housing, the paper said.


    By Saturday evening, the disturbance was largely under control, but the prison had suffered sufficient damage that as many as 2,800 inmates will be transferred, according to a statement from U.S. Bureau of Prisons published by KGBT.

    The process of moving the inmates is expected to continue into next week, the statement said.


    The facility "is now uninhabitable due to damage caused by the inmate population," the statement said.


    Authorities said there had been no serious injuries.


    Management & Training Corp could not immediately be reached for comment.

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    They need to "move" them out of here. Stop wasting money on these people and get their asses out of here. We don't want to pay for the food and housing or medical care. Now expedite their deportations and get them out of here. The article said they were "low-level offenders". If that's true, expedite their deportations and get them out of here. Oh wait, are you afraid our borders aren't secure after all and they'll come back in? Well, fancy that. Why don't you start telling the truth once in awhile.
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    Calm restored at Texas prison where inmates set fires

    Inmates stand inside the western fence as law enforcement officials surround the Willacy County Correctional Center in Raymondville, Texas, after a prisoner disturbance Friday. (David Pike / Associated Press)

    By SAMANTHA MASUNAGAcontact the reporter



    Officials and inmates still in talks to resolve Texas prison disturbance

    Thousands of inmates at a federal correctional center in Texas are being moved to other federal prisons after a disturbance caused damage that left the facility “uninhabitable,” officials announced Saturday.

    The process, which is being managed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, will continue through next week until all inmates, about 2,900, have been moved, according to a statement from Management & Training Corp., a private company that runs the Willacy County Correctional Center.


    Prison officials move to quell riot at federal facility in south Texas

    Inmates are cooperating with prison officials, the statement said.

    The prison is located in Raymondville, about 40 miles northeast of the border town of McAllen. It houses “deportable individuals” who have been convicted of federal crimes and are eligible to be deported once their prison terms are up, Bureau of Prisons spokesman Ed Ross told the Los Angeles Times on Friday.


    Official details about the disturbance are scant, though authorities said inmates had set fires and tear gas was fired to help restore order.


    The incident, described by officials Saturday as a “demonstration,” began Friday morning when inmates refused to report for work duty or appear for breakfast, said Issa Arnita, spokesman for Management & Training Corp. Some inmates were protesting medical services at the facility, and some wanted to be transferred, he said.

    "Right now we’re dealing with the disturbance, and then we’ll look into the complaints,” Arnita said.


    Correctional officers deployed tear gas, and two officers and three inmates sustained minor injuries, Arnita said Friday. He had no further details on the injuries.The prison was locked down at 12:15 p.m., and soon after, inmates broke out of their Kevlar tent housing units and went into the recreation yard.

    The Willacy County Sheriff's Department was called to surround the facility.


    Prison officials were still determining how many inmates were involved, according to a statement.


    The tension seemed to ease by 5 p.m. Friday, said Willacy County Sheriff Larry Spence.


    In a June report from the American Civil Liberties Union, Willacy was described as "overcrowded" and "unclean." Inmates also said basic medical concerns were "ignored" or "inadequately addressed by staff."


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    Willacy Detention Center

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Location Raymondville, Willacy County,
    Texas, United States
    Coordinates 26°28′03″N 97°45′57″W
    Status Operational
    Security class Immigration detention facility
    Capacity 3,000
    Population 1,453 avg. daily (as of March 12, 2009)
    Opened 2006
    Managed by Management & Training Corporation

    Willacy Detention Center
    is a detention center located on the east side of Route 77, at the edge Raymondville City, Willacy County, Texas.[1][2][3]


    The facility is within the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Prisons, and is managed by the contractor Management & Training Corporation.


    It was the largest immigrant detention facility in the United States,[4][5] but is now used as a prison for repeat offenders who have been captured while crossing the border illegally".[6]

    The facility has been subject of numerous media reports and incidents related to illegal conduct of personnel.

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    History[edit]

    Construction and upgrade[edit]

    Willacy was built at a cost of $65 million by Management & Training Corporation for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in May 2006. It was upgraded in July 2007. In June 2008, 1,086 new beds were added.[1] The first 2000 beds in the facility were constructed in 10 pod-like synthetic domes completed in 90 days.[7]

    2011 agreement[edit]


    Under this new agreement, the maximum capacity of the facility is defined as 3,117 beds filled. At capacity, the county would received an extra $577,612 per year, for a total maximum possible revenue to the county of $2,844,262 per year.[8]

    By 2012, the facility began to seem financially unsustainable.

    Press reports indicated that Willacy County might be responsible for the bonds sold by the Willacy County Local Government Corporation to finance expansion at the jail. A key to the dispute would be the future occupancy rate of the facility and the exact terms of the contract with federal government.[9]


    Present usage of facility[edit]


    The facility is now used primarily as a prison for "repeat offenders caught crossing the border illegally".[6]

    Description[edit]


    The facility comprises ten large, 13,000 square foot, windowless domed structures constructed from a firm, rubbery, Kevlar fabric. These serve as housing units for the detainees.

    The tents are completely windowless with the lights kept on 24 hours a day. There are no partitions separating the showers, toilets, sinks and eating areas.[10]


    There are several other buildings, with the whole compound surrounded by chain link fence and razor-type Concertina wire.


    Population[edit]


    During 2007, the average population was 1,474.[11] According to an standard Annual Detention Review by Creative Corrections on March 12, 2009, the facility had an average daily population of 1,217 males, and 236 females, with a total of 491,636 "man-days" during the previous 12 months.[1]

    Between March 12, 2008 and March 12, 2009, the facility had a total population intake of 27,284.[1]


    As of March, 2009, the capacity for adult males is 2,750 men, and 250 women.[1]


    As at March, 2009, the basic rate per man-day was $78.00.[12][13] In 2009, the average population was 1,381.[11]


    Departures[edit]


    The following table shows detainees leaving detention during a 12-month period between approximately March 2007 and March 2008:[14]

    Nationalities (top 10) Total Deported/
    Voluntary
    Departure
    Percent
    El Salvador 7,779 7,599 97.6%
    Honduras 4,239 4,131 97.4%
    Mexico 1,245 1,022 82.0%
    Guatemala 796 707 88.8%
    Nicaragua 481 454 94.3%
    Brazil 215 187 86.9%
    Ecuador 117 53 45.2%
    China 69 5 7.2%
    Dominican Republic 69 43 62.3%
    Colombia 56 34 60.7%
    Total 15,502 14,406 92.9%

    American Bar Association delegation[edit]


    A memorandum dated March 7, 2008, from the American Bar Association Delegation to Willacy, to James T. Hayes, Jr., Acting Director, Office of Detention and Removal, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, summarized and evaluated information gathered during an August 28m 2007 visit. Some of the findings are as follows:[2]

    Detainees

    • On the day of the delegation's visit, the detainee population was 1,216. This was lower than the normal amount, as the approaching Hurricane Dean may have prompted an evacuation of the facility.
    • The detainees were from twenty-three countries, including Mexico, Panama, South Korea, Russia, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, but none from the Middle East.
    • Detainees making asylum claims get transferred the facilities at Port Isabel, Texas, or Pearsall, Texas.
    • Normally, a detainee stay for twenty-one days.


    Staff

    • Willacy is funded for 109 ICE employees, but the facility has only 60, with many of these ICE officers often being away accompanying detainees or handling other off-site activities.
    • A further 422 employees from Management & Training Corporation work at the facility.
    • Most of the guards are male between 19 and 24 years of age, having a high school education, and earning $6.00 to $7.00 per hour. Each undergoes a criminal background check before being hired, and all receive two weeks of academy training, followed by a week of on-the-job training.


    Facilities

    • Willacy has four immigration courts and a room for attorney visitation, normally with one or two judges per week to preside over immigration proceedings.
    • Detainees are housed in "sprung structures" produced by Hale Mills, the exterior walls of which are constructed from a firm, rubbery, Kevlar fabric.
    • There is a total ten housing units, each being divided into four pods, each approximately 13,000 square feet. The capacity of each pod is fifty detainees, with each building therefore holding a maximum of 200 individuals.
    • There are no children kept at the facility.


    Controversies[edit]


    The facility has been the subject of multiple reports of abuse. Between October, 2011 and October 2008, 170 allegations of sexual abuse have been reported at Willacy.[15] The 2009 audit of the facility states that over 900 grievances were filed.[6]
    Four have been resolved.[15]

    In a report on NPR radio in 2007, former inmates recounted how they were forced to eat with their hands as they were not always given eating utensils.[16]

    In November 2008 Alberto Gonzales, former Attorney General of the United States was indicted along with Dick Cheney and other elected officials, by a Willacy County grand jury.[1] They were accused of stopping an investigation into abuses at the detention center. A judge dismissed the indictments, and chastised Juan Angel Gonzales, the Willacy County district attorney who brought the case. Juan Angel Gonzales had himself been under indictment for over a year and a half before the judge dismissed the indictment.


    Physical abuse
    Former Willacy guard Sigrid Adameit claims to have witnessed two supervisors and two officers beating a detainee, knocking out his teeth, and leaving him with a black eye and broken nose. She claims that she was shown the video of the incident and asked to "clean up" the statements of the guards in order to make them consistent with the evidence.

    The following morning, the detainee was put aboard the "first flight" out of the facility.[citation needed][when?] [6]


    Sexual abuse
    Twana Cooks-Allen, a Former Mental Health Coordinator at Willacy, received numerous complaints, including harassment by guards for sexual favours.[6][17]

    On June 22, 2011, Contract Security Officer Edwin Rodriguez was arrested, and subsequently charged with the sexual abuse of a female detainee.[18][19][20][21][22][23]


    Cocaine distribution
    On November 10, 2010, guard Christopher George Gonzalez was arrested for allegedly conspiring to possess with the intent to distributed cocaine. [24][25][26][27]

    Human trafficking
    In November 2007, four Willacy employees were charged in relation to their use of company vehicles to smuggle illegal immigrants through checkpoints. They were allegedly caught smuggling 28 illegal immigrants through the U.S. Border Patrol's Sarita checkpoint, situated approximately 100 miles north of Brownsville. The immigrants were from Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.

    Two of the men charged were wearing their uniforms and driving a company van, apparently overloaded with the immigrants.[28]

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willacy_Detention_Center

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    Quote Originally Posted by meredit View Post
    If they don't like the medical care and it really is substandard, why not deport them so they can benefit from the great care in their home country? It seems like a solid reason to deport- their needs can't be met here so they go home, right?
    I.C.E. can't deport them until they serve their sentences.

    CLARIFICATION.
    Unless:
    The judge who sentenced them
    or a judge from a higher court
    orders them deported.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Judy View Post
    The article said they were "low-level offenders". If that's true, expedite their deportations and get them out of here. Oh wait, are you afraid our borders aren't secure after all and they'll come back in? Well, fancy that. Why don't you start telling the truth once in awhile.
    Illegals have made their confinement space unlivable. OK, cut off their food and water. Let them dirt and drink their own urine. Make sure that the press in Mexico has some nice snaps to go with the text.

    Then deport them deep into Mexico, a la Ike (President Eisenhower).
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