...it’s not the fault, specifically, of Rhode Islanders if the Wyatt is not something that they’ve heard of. That is a deliberate design that has been to the benefit of these bondholders [and ICE.]
“I think that we’re seeing this continuously right now, where folks who have medical conditions that have been precipitated or have begun or worsened by detention are sometimes released from detention when it seems clear that those conditions have become very serious, such that their death is not counted as a death that took place in ICE detention.” This stands out, after hearing AMOR testify at the Wyatt meeting that medical care is delayed and the water is so bad that detainees are buying bottled water. About 12% of the US adult population now has diabetes. Making someone wait for the meds they need and risking dehydration by lack of water can leave a person with kidney damage that will harm their long term health. If the Wyatt had been able to push Jason Ng out the door to die and bury his story they would have.
“I think that we’re seeing this continuously right now, where folks who have medical conditions that have been precipitated or have begun or worsened by detention are sometimes released from detention when it seems clear that those conditions have become very serious, such that their death is not counted as a death that took place in ICE detention.” This stands out, after hearing AMOR testify at the Wyatt meeting that medical care is delayed and the water is so bad that detainees are buying bottled water. About 12% of the US adult population now has diabetes. Making someone wait for the meds they need and risking dehydration by lack of water can leave a person with kidney damage that will harm their long term health. If the Wyatt had been able to push Jason Ng out the door to die and bury his story they would have.
I’m very excited about this book. I was at the protests in 2019 and many of the people who gathered there are still in RI and still care.
Will the book launch at Riffraff be at a particular time or all day? What are the hours?
Hi, Susan. I should have included the time. The book event on Sunday is at 6 p.m.!
More info here: https://riffraffevents.eventcalendarapp.com/book-launch-immigrant-detention-in-rhode-island-from-origins-to-end-a-brief-history