Shutdown Stewart Detention Center (11-22-13) : Catalina Nieto of Detenti...

Catalina Nieto is the Field Director of the Detention Watch Network, a national coalition of organizations and individuals working to expose and challenge the injustices of the U.S. immigration detention and deportation system. Catalina as an immigrant herself, has been active in the immigrant rights and Latin American solidarity movement for the past ten years as a community organizer and popular educator. Through her work at DWN, Catalina supports local and national organizing against detention expansion and towards policies that promote the rights and dignity of all persons.

A recent interview of Catalina regarding the record deportations under the Obama administration, the current conditions of detention centers in the U.S., and the prospects for meaningful immigration reform may be found here:

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=10923

More information about DWN may be found here:

http://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/
https://www.facebook.com/DetentionWatchNetwork
http://www.linkedin.com/company/detention-watch-network
http://www.youtube.com/user/DetentionWatchNetwrk
http://detentionwatchnetwork.wordpress.com/
https://twitter.com/detentionwatch

Their recent report on the lack of accountability in immigration detention (listing Stewart County Detention Center as one of the worst in the country) may be found here:

http://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/sites/detentionwatchnetwork.org/files/expose_and_close_one_year_later.pdf

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More information about Anton Flores & the amazing work which he is doing with ALTERNA may be found here:

http://www.alternacommunity.com/
https://www.facebook.com/alternacommunity
http://www.youtube.com/user/AlternaMedia

https://www.facebook.com/antonfloresmaisonet

https://twitter.com/ANTONofALTERNA

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More about Georgia Detention Watch may be found here:

http://www.georgiadetentionwatch.com/
https://www.facebook.com/GeorgiaDetentionWatch
https://twitter.com/GaDetWatch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjHbjaHy2ZY

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CIVIC & ALTERNA are among a group of organizations which help support El Refugio at Stewart County Detention Center (a hospitality house part way between the town of Lumpkin and the detention center), the others being ACLU of Georgia (http://www.acluga.org), GA Detention Watch (http://www.georgiadetentionwatch.com), Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR: http://glahr.org) along with Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (http://lirs.org) and Lutheran Services of GA's Volunteer, Congregation and Community Engagement program, Café Campesino (http://www.cafecampesino.com), & Koinonia Farm (http://www.koinoniapartners.org).

More information about El Refugio at Stewart County Detention Center may be found here:

http://elrefugiostewart.org/
https://www.facebook.com/elrefugiostewart

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The facebook events for this vigil/rally may be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/639727109382361/
https://www.facebook.com/events/216808995157834/

The SOAW stub for the event may be found here:

http://soaw.org/november/schedule/stewartdetention/

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Press coverage of the event may be found here:

http://www.wrbl.com/story/24048377/georgia-detention-watch-protests-stewart-detention-center

http://mundohispanico.com/news/2013/nov/27/piden-cierre-de-carcel-de-inmigracion/

An absolute must-see video about the detention center produced by Cuentame for Brave New Foundation should be seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faaMM3zpuoY

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