tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694162100738788680.post9086974387707645028..comments2023-07-21T04:51:26.275-05:00Comments on HispanicNashville.com: Detention of children at CCA facility is focus of Least of These documentary and World Refugee Day protest; company initially said no to keeping kidsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694162100738788680.post-46315117254194227112009-06-09T09:15:03.853-05:002009-06-09T09:15:03.853-05:00Really well sourced, John.Really well sourced, John.Mr. Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05948637705665891109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694162100738788680.post-67369415634197254762009-06-09T17:50:25.839-05:002009-06-09T17:50:25.839-05:00EXCELLENT summary, CCA interview & timeline!!P...EXCELLENT summary, CCA interview & timeline!!<br><br>People interested in seeing "The Least of These" can actually watch it for free on-line at SnagFilms. (It's also available for purchase as a home DVD or educational DVD.)<br><br>To watch the film for free:<br>http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/the_least_of_these<br><br>(John, you can host the full film on your website if you'd like to.)<br><br>Additional details on www.theleastofthese-film.com<br><br>Thanks to everyone who is bringing attention to the problems at Hutto -- the new administration is at least LISTENING this time around.<br><br>Marcy (one of the film's producers)Marcy Garriotthttp://www.theleastofthese-film.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694162100738788680.post-68967703020852562082009-06-09T23:16:30.950-05:002009-06-09T23:16:30.950-05:00I thought the original New Yorker story was terrif...I thought the original New Yorker story was terrific, but this documentary looks it will match its reporting and power. <br><br>Looking forward to seeing and and nice work on the preview too.Matt Pullenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694162100738788680.post-19357157496175779622009-06-09T23:30:13.169-05:002009-06-09T23:30:13.169-05:00CCA provided a bullsh*t response. CCA makes moral ...CCA provided a bullsh*t response. <br><br>CCA makes moral decisions through its acceptance of contracts to imprison immigrant children who have committed no crimes -- and it did so in an oppressive prison environment until the ACLU filed suit against the feds, which led to vast improvements at Hutto.<br><br>CCA could always say "no" to imprisoning children and families at Hutto; yes, that would mean another company or the government would run the facility, but CCA would be taking a moral stand. The fact that they bid for and won the Hutto contract, and profit from it as a result, makes a statement, too -- and not a moral one.<br><br>Equally, during the 1940's, if the German government was contracting out concentration camps and didn't ask companies to make moral decisions -- only to take the contracts and enforce government public policy decisions -- CCA could have said the same thing. <br><br>Using Louise Grant's logic, it would have been perfectly acceptable for CCA to run Auschwitz. No moral judgments there, right?<br><br>- Alex F.Alex F.noreply@blogger.com