The T. Don Hutto detention center — operated by Corrections Corporation of America, a for-profit prison company — incarcerates up to 400 asylum seeking and migrant families who are awaiting hearings before the immigration court. About half of those incarcerated are children who spend up to 22 hours a day in prison cells and receive inadequate education and recreational time. To mark World Refugee Day, join a large protest to demand that this terrible place gets shut down!

Location: Hutto detention center, 1001 Welch, Taylor, TX

Participants from Austin will leave at 12:00 noon from the ACLU office (1210 Rosewood) to carpool / caravan. Please bring signs, sunscreen, hats, and water.

Sponsored by Amnesty International. Co-sponsored by Freedom Ambassadors, Texans United for Families, Free the Children, Children and Families for Humane Treatment Alliance and LULAC. Other sponsors: ACLU of Texas, American Friends Service Committee, Brown Berets of San Antonio, Cesar Chavez March for Justice, Council of American Islamic Relations, Freedom and
Justice Foundation, Fuerza Unida, Grassroots Leadership Texas, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, MADRES, Muslim Legal Fund of America, NAACP, PODER, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Southwest Workers Union, Texas Civil Rights Project, Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, Texas Indigenous Council, Workers Defense Project / Proyecto Defensa Laboral.
More info: (512) 971-0487

To learn more about the Hutto facility: http://shutdownhutto.org