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Zusatztext “The tension within the pages of Between the Fences hinges on the narrator! son of an undocumented Mexican laborer! trained as a protestant minister. Hefner invites the readers to share in his own limitations and frustrations as he struggles to find—then to maintain—the courage to challenge the corruption in the face of indifferent-to-hostile federal agencies.” –San Antonio Current “A valuable first-person account of an important and timely subject.” –Publishers Weekly “People who care about social justice and America's image in the world should read former prison guard! Tony Hefner's disturbing account of sexual and physical abuse at Port Isabel. We need to know. Was Port Isabel an isolated case of prisoner abuse or does similar abuse occur at other detainee centers? Has the abuse ended at Port Isabel or does it still occur?” –Carol M. Swain! editor of Debating Immigration Informationen zum Autor Tony Hefner Klappentext Something at the Texas detention facility is terribly wrong, and Tony Hefner knows it. But the guards are repeatedly instructed not to speak of anything they witness. In the Rio Grande Valley, one of the most poverty-stricken areas in the United States, good jobs are scarce and the detention facility pays the best wages for a hundred miles. The guards follow orders and keep quiet. For six years, Tony Hefner was a security guard at the Port Isabel Service Processing Center, one of the largest immigration detention centers in America, and witnessed alarming corruption and violations of basic human rights. Officers preyed upon the very people whom they are sworn to protect. On behalf of the 1,100 men, women, and children residing there on an average day, and the 1,500 new undocumented immigrants who pass through its walls every month, this is the story of the systematic sexual, physical, financial, and drug-related abuses of detainees by guards. Zusammenfassung Something at the Texas detention facility is terribly wrong! and Tony Hefner knows it. But the guards are repeatedly instructed not to speak of anything they witness. In the Rio Grande Valley! one of the most poverty-stricken areas in the United States! good jobs are scarce and the detention facility pays the best wages for a hundred miles. The guards follow orders and keep quiet. For six years! Tony Hefner was a security guard at the Port Isabel Service Processing Center! one of the largest immigration detention centers in America! and witnessed alarming corruption and violations of basic human rights. Officers preyed upon the very people whom they are sworn to protect. On behalf of the 1!100 men! women! and children residing there on an average day! and the 1!500 new undocumented immigrants who pass through its walls every month! this is the story of the systematic sexual! physical! financial! and drug-related abuses of detainees by guards. ...
