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| Viewpoint: Central Texas' crimson prison |
| By The Daily Texan |
| Published: 06/26/2007 |
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The T. Don Hutto Residential Facility lies just past the intersection of Welch and Howard streets in Taylor, Texas, half an hour from Austin, but the prison's very existence situates it at painfully important intersections in American society today. Hutto deliberately stands at the crossroads of the worst examples of misguided immigration policy, the mislabeled "war on terror," the punishment-oriented criminal justice system and the privatization of previously nationalized services. These four aspects of American political life coincide like never before in the secluded facility across from the railroad tracks in Taylor. The Hutto detention center does not exist strictly to execute immigration policy, but it serves as a reminder to foreign families seeking political asylum that the sunlit road to the American dream often has a pit stop behind bars. The facility reminds two million other prison inmates, as well as the millions affected by the prison system, that our country's judicial philosophy intends primarily to punish, while rehabilitation and prevention come in far behind. The Corrections Corporation of America, who owns and operates the prison, along with 64 others nationwide, is the domestic equivalent of Halliburton or Kellogg, Brown and Root - a member of the club of misery profiteers. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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