...a young man was on Democracy Now, a whistle blower as to conditions ..he was asked to keep siblings from hugging...he refused and quit. He articulated conditions at detention center he worked at..he also talked about the exhoborant salaries paid to CEOs and said follow to the money. As expected Democracy Now delves further into issues provides a full perspective from professionals, activists, leaders in our community and gives a voice to ordinary people; always informative--here is an excerpt of Amy Goodwin's introduction.
[Democracy Now
Meet the Migrant Child Detention Center Whistleblower Speaking Out Against Family Separations STORYJUNE 18, 2018]
A youth care worker who quit his job at a Tucson detention center for unaccompanied minors is speaking out about inadequate facilities, untrained staff and inhumane policies, after witnessing the devastation of family separations firsthand. Antar Davidson says he quit after he was forced to tell children who were separated from their mother not to hug one another.
The facility is run by Southwest Key, a nonprofit that operates 27 facilities and has signed a lease to detain hundreds of separated children, including many who are a younger than 12 years old, in a baby jail in a former warehouse and homeless shelter in Houston. [Full transcript, video available Democracy now.com]