| "Ralph R. Caputo said he is not overjoyed to have the county in the detention business, but it makes fiscal sense for now to provide a solution to the vexing federal issue of illegal immigration"
Please sign the petition and tell the Essex County Freeholders that immigration detention will not solve a broken system http://www.change.org/petition...
Essex County will reportedly be receiving $50 million a year for this contract. But this money will be coming from our federal tax dollars.
Our federal tax dollars are being wasted on a system
• that negatively impacts our local economies and communities.
• that mistakenly detains and deports US citizens
• that neglects the physical and mental health of those in its custody
Not only did the Freeholders vote in favor of wasting federal tax dollars on a broken system, they voted to enter into a "business" that equates the freedom and the human dignity of each of the people in their custody to the fiscal benefit of a per diem rate of $108/day.
Please remind the Essex County Freeholders of their responsibility to protect the human rights of the individuals in their custody. Remind them that these are human beings who deserve dignity and respect not entries on a balance sheet. Tell them that their profit motives will just make a broken system worse!
Sign the petition -
Tell the freeholders to:
1. revoke the contract with ICE
2. immediately improve conditions in the jail
3. create a community oversight board for the detainees in both the jail and Delaney Hall |
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