Eye on Williamson (Free subscription) | 10/13/2008
(These comments are from MaryEllen Kersch and were addressed to the Williamson County Commissioners Court on 10/7/2008). On September 24th, a grassroots group called Immigration Reform Effort sponsored the first, ever, public forum on the T Don Hutto prison in Taylor which has had widespread— and well-deserved– criticism. Since this body is the contractual [...]
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
... books and drawings during their voluntary detention. The performance refers in particular to T. Don Hutto "Family Residential Center," a for-profit private prison located in Taylor, near Austin, and operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the largest private jail company in the world with one of the highest stock market values on Wall Street. T. Don Hutto is the first...
We make money not art (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
In 2008, artist Regina José Galindo organized a 36 hour performance to protest against the U.S.' booming industry of private prisons and in particular T. Don Hutto, a 'residential center' authorized by the state of Texas to lodge whole families: men, pregnant women, adolescents, children, women, and even babies
