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ATLANTA, GA (WABE) - Today supporters and advocates gathered at a North Georgia detention center in Gainesville to voice their concerns about what they feel is inhumane treatment. WABE's Rose Scott reports on today's rally.
St. Michael Catholic Church, the ACLU of Georgia and Georgia Detention Watch want to end corporations operating detention centers including 3 in Georgia. They say detainees are treated like prisoners. Azadeh Shahshahani is with the ACLU of Georgia. She says detainees pose no threat to nearby communities and often are separated from their families.
Shahshahani says since 2003 more than a hundred people have died in detention centers across the nation. In 2008, 39-year old Roberto Martinez died at the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin County, Georgia.
Shahshahani says he was denied medical care for a heart infection. She adds detainees should be housed in a different facility and operated by non-profit organizations that are assisting with deportation hearings.
The Stewart detention center is operated by Corrections Corporation of America.
Calls to CCA were not returned.
