Press Release 7.18.02W8BNMSWDA\ݹ]mBINaࡱ> NRO@ jbjbܡܡ M/llllllll r,u Bl^llFllllll ll 7]#d   INCLUDEPICTURE "http://www.itapnet.org/chri/art/headwlogo3.gif" \* MERGEFORMATINET  Prison Moratorium Project  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 18, 2002 For more information contact: Coalition for the Human Rights of Immigrants: Beka Wolfe (917) 251-9839, Marc Krupanski (347)723-3617 DRUM- Desis Rising Up and Moving: (347) 385-9113 Human Rights Abuses at Middlesex County Jail in Retaliation after Public Protest After a successful demonstration held on Saturday July 13th at Middlesex County Jail by the Stop the Disappearances Campaign, jail officials have conducted reprisals on detainees at the facility over the past several days. On Monday, July 15th, FBI and INS agents interrogated detainees at the facility who have spoken out against human rights violations they are facing and against their continued imprisonment on immigration violations. Over the past several days, Middlesex County Jail officials removed and transferred many of the same detainees to unknown locations without any notice to their families or attorneys representing them. The Stop the Disappearances Campaign is demanding an immediate end to the clear acts of retaliation by officials at Middlesex County Jail and the INS. On Thursday, July 18th, the Stop the Disappearances Campaign issued a letter to Warden Michael T. Abode of the jail and INS District Director of New Jersey, Andrea Quarantillo demanding that jail officials immediately allow in a team of human rights, legal, and community advocates as human rights observers at Middlesex County Jail. The letter demands a response by July 24th. A detainee, identified only as "Ahmed" spoke with a representative of the Stop the Disappearances campaign on Tuesday night. In this phone call he stated that H Pat, the unit where the INS detainees are mostly held, has been kept at 26 degrees temperature Fahrenheit which is below freezing. He also stated that every detainee was taken out of the range on Tuesday morning at 5am, during which time the guards turned the range upside down, searching every piece of the detainees belongings. "I am shivering as I talk to you on the phone," stated Ahmed "It is freezing in here." Muslim detainees have been particularly singled out and guards have been verbally abusing Muslim detainees. The facility is also refusing to allow a number of formerly Christian detainees to change their religion registered with the facility to Islam. The Campaign held a successful demonstration in front of the jail on Saturday that drew over one hundred demonstrators from New York City and New Jersey. The demonstration highlighted issues such as lack of medical care for the detainees, and the terrible phone system in use at the facility. Warden Michael T. Abode observed the demonstration, stating that he ate the food there himself, and Kerry Gill from the INS responded to the demonstration stating that the INS had not been informed of the problems, though he admitted to receiving dozens of letters about the problems. Community, legal, and human rights advocates are demanding an immediate end to such unjust retaliation. Rarely has the United States government had more to be ashamed of than its treatment of these post 9/11 detainees. Singled out for indefinite detention not because of any wrongdoing, but rather due to their religion and ethnicity, this group of people has been badly mistreated at the hands of the authorities who have detained them. For this group, Constitution is in shreds and the good name of American democracy is a mere joke, a shadow of its former vitality, stated William Goodman, Legal Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights in response to this most recent targeted mistreatment of immigrant detainees. The Stop the Disappearances Campaign is demanding immediately: An end to all forms of retaliation against INS detainees at Middlesex County Jail by officials An end to verbal and physical abuses An end to inhumane treatment and conditions such as housing detainees in temperatures below freezing Public release of information of the whereabouts of detainees transferred from the facility in retribution for their demands for due process Moreover, the Campaign demands a response from jail officials by July 24th to immediately allow in a team of human rights, legal, and community advocates as human rights observers at Middlesex County Jail. The Stop the Disappearances Campaign has been organizing to end the unjust detention of immigrants, as well as conditional abuses since its formation in January of this year. Numerous demonstrations have been held at county jails including Passaic County Jail and Middlesex. The Campaign is directly accountable to families and detainees being held by the INS and continuing to be rounded up through racial profiling since September 11th, 2001. The Campaign is made up of three community organizations: DRUM- Desis Rising Up & Moving, the Prison Moratorium Project, and the Coalition for the Human Rights of Immigrants. 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Arial Black?1MCourier New;Wingdings"qhٕggCb8"!24dr  Yvonne Liu 1h/ =!"#$%n# @~5֥U{PNG  IHDRPPPLTEʶأⵟᷡɹ˻;{Yчeȃdύmԕxاܬݯ㹥ลƳ;ʪL&S/];a=gEkHgGoLqOkLrTy\~aÀeƈoɌrːw͔}Ӝ̗Κԣשٮ۲佬۷޻´߾ƹɽ>J'O.S3V8Y;bEjOmSpVu[{dƒkyd‡qċuȏzȕϞӧֲڎ.< A#D%F*K-N1I/Q6S:R;^EbIeKpZ~iubÎ|ʙȞҩú& 2817 @&z3:$D-;'@,L3J3O8V@ZDUC`MkXq_yit̤Ӳ~} }&,)t)5#=)B/D4M;n^tdĖwsrl w q ^ ku%k${,s-q4([c \ e X ^S dURM b(o @L > E Vt E6D 75J<:3H>:20/-A7530/-+)'%":wybKGD cmPPJCmp0712Hs IDATXG͘iXS5 R쀖( (jʰ)UZq ;&h@G ed ".8uDѱ**))5*Y! -=ssC罿s2 h/]6#C0kffkru:Z/*p\@E<*\fU2c\jF̲v'-Swg-:3t9q` _uwcՋ򯣾#N):sqS]E#B5 ΉX be&@FlC5%7h$jr+V%?` ]評& MD?ϱX@(,pC4k )xLΣ$C \2fy\}Jf-­u?͠X9X{p٢do(u" rg&N;ϔ@#Sf"7fU &TU8׸majaƛȷVd/eg<8}nFUL*=-aR4ZD,IA(gJK[®;96*$?+#> [Acp8_/_-Dk*.gVgO8Of9k6*&mς)?l&ϯy"gM:1pL)+)\Gg,"@C';#dQܱs;앒 f7 (Y,ѳ/@FUR.`A rڥmL̃ puM>idG C( P}+nm<1a/?+%І _VoqپqcF&ȍ[F{`RTU}ӊhIۅt ]W̙A1 +mSin~"gjӾ JO ! .6&!Ž"rHUjG(Lٓ$35I53CCo9Nvt3#̞첱dSpICCtz}wa,nDŽˋe1Ĭn =,A}Yⲁ[^||B;# Kc|^G+ia {VTSnA)픠lk)! ^XV|qaTȎ;,(3%=T.g4 KʐoLnHF: .8߁]iUtGb-;|D"odiA _΀9sS S~#{$Oe!C1D!-53YGv ):6#{rp:# VcOw e"ZHchqXFP<_#NV\GE5GTOZv)P)/VI "_-Zp#Pydz\1*]`׭&9z+^lKFY<X;eXuKq'ao%B. v:}O#dڦvv/}>*} @tUy`s,X°ή/V4okpM@84ISl=R"M}Z[+`N,lzw%nClʠ1rM#f 0^l~q;_;=Çf`GpČHd>'t4f➦2jE¦R!xKJ(=S+uz 1qbtf1_6 jS 1KbCY] ZwYYƬ2P14nχ^4,0}s~8Wo{j3a~I_\tIENDB`@ jbjbܡܡM=lllllll$ _r@VVVVA A A , BElA ^A A A  llVV@ A :lVlV llllA   ?ll4 :]@{ : __3 3   INCLUDEPICTURE "http://www.itapnet.org/chri/art/headwlogo3.gif" \* MERGEFORMATINET  Prison Moratorium Project  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 18, 2002 For more information contact: Coalition for the Human Rights of Immigrants: Beka Wolfe (917) 251-9839, Marc Krupanski (347)723-3617 DRUM- Desis Rising Up and Moving: (347) 385-9113 Human Rights Abuses at Middlesex County Jail in Retaliation after Public Protest After a successful demonstration held on Saturday July 13th at Middlesex County Jail by the Stop the Disappearances Campaign, jail officials have conducted reprisals on detainees at the facility over the past several days. On Monday, July 15th, FBI and INS agents interrogated detainees at the facility who have spoken out against human rights violations they are facing and against their continued imprisonment on immigration violations. Over the past several days, Middlesex County Jail officials removed and transferred many of the same detainees to unknown locations without any notice to their families or attorneys representing them. The Stop the Disappearances Campaign is demanding an immediate end to the clear acts of retaliation by officials at Middlesex County Jail and the INS. On Thursday, July 18th, the Stop the Disappearances Campaign issued a letter to Warden Michael T. Abode of the jail and INS District Director of New Jersey, Andrea Quarantillo demanding that jail officials immediately allow in a team of human rights, legal, and community advocates as human rights observers at Middlesex County Jail. The letter demands a response by July 24th. A detainee, identified only as "Ahmed" spoke with a representative of the Stop the Disappearances campaign on Tuesday night. In this phone call he stated that H Pat, the unit where the INS detainees are mostly held, has been kept at 26 degrees temperature Fahrenheit which is below freezing. He also stated that every detainee was taken out of the range on Tuesday morning at 5am, during which time the guards turned the range upside down, searching every piece of the detainees belongings. "I am shivering as I talk to you on the phone," stated Ahmed "It is freezing in here." Muslim detainees have been particularly singled out and guards have been verbally abusing Muslim detainees. The facility is also refusing to allow a number of formerly Christian detainees to change their religion registered with the facility to Islam. The Campaign held a successful demonstration in front of the jail on Saturday that drew over one hundred demonstrators from New York City and New Jersey. The demonstration highlighted issues such as lack of medical care for the detainees, and the terrible phone system in use at the facility. Warden Michael T. Abode observed the demonstration, stating that he ate the food there himself, and Kerry Gill from the INS responded to the demonstration stating that the INS had not been informed of the problems, though he admitted to receiving dozens of letters about the problems. Community, legal, and human rights advocates are demanding an immediate end to such unjust retaliation. Rarely has the United States government had more to be ashamed of than its treatment of these post 9/11 detainees. Singled out for indefinite detention not because of any wrongdoing, but rather due to their religion and ethnicity, this group of people has been badly mistreated at the hands of the authorities who have detained them. For this group, Constitution is in shreds and the good name of American democracy is a mere joke, a shadow of its former vitality, stated William Goodman, Legal Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights in response to this most recent targeted mistreatment of immigrant detainees. The Stop the Disappearances Campaign is demanding immediately: An end to all forms of retaliation against INS detainees at Middlesex County Jail by officials An end to verbal and physical abuses An end to inhumane treatment and conditions such as housing detainees in temperatures below freezing Public release of information of the whereabouts of detainees transferred from the facility in retribution for their demands for due process Moreover, the Campaign demands a response from jail officials by July 24th to immediately allow in a team of human rights, legal, and community advocates as human rights observers at Middlesex County Jail. The Stop the Disappearances Campaign has been organizing to end the unjust detention of immigrants, as well as conditional abuses since its formation in January of this year. Numerous demonstrations have been held at county jails including Passaic County Jail and Middlesex. The Campaign is directly accountable to families and detainees being held by the INS and continuing to be rounded up through racial profiling since September 11th, 2001. The Campaign is made up of three community organizations: DRUM- Desis Rising Up & Moving, the Prison Moratorium Project, and the Coalition for the Human Rights of Immigrants. 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