{"id":11806,"date":"2025-07-02T16:14:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T16:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=11806"},"modified":"2025-07-02T16:14:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T16:14:36","slug":"human-lives-before-profit-la-vida-humana-primero-no-el-dinero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/02\/human-lives-before-profit-la-vida-humana-primero-no-el-dinero\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Lives Before Profit! \/ \u00a1La Vida Humana Primero No el Dinero!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Human-Lives-Before-Profit-CCNO-Board-Meeting-June-2025-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11807 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Human-Lives-Before-Profit-CCNO-Board-Meeting-June-2025-6-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Human-Lives-Before-Profit-CCNO-Board-Meeting-June-2025-6-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Human-Lives-Before-Profit-CCNO-Board-Meeting-June-2025-6.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>It\u2019s Time to Organize &amp; Mobilize for OUR Latinx Comadres y Compadres!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>By Dr. Linda Alvarado-Arce<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, June 25, 2025, the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio (CCNO) in Stryker changed their meeting location and met instead at Defiance County\u2019s Emergency Management Agency (22491 Mill St.) for their June board meeting. CCNO, according to their webpage https:\/\/www.ccnoregionaljail.org, \u201cis a regional jail facility that serves five member counties.\u201d These counties are Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Lucas, and Williams. The Board of CCNO consists of two members from each of these counties &#8211; one is a County Commissioner, and the other is the County Sheriff. It was formed in 1987 to oversee the construction and operation of CCNO.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the members of the board are:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Defiance County: David Kern (County Commissioner) and Doug Engel (County Sheriff).<br \/>\n\u2022 Fulton County: Jeff Rupp (County Commissioner) and Roy Miller (County Sheriff).<br \/>\n\u2022 Henry County: Glenn Miller (County Commissioner) and Marc Ruskey (County Sheriff).<br \/>\n\u2022 Lucas County: Pete Gerken (County Commissioner) and Mike Navarre (County Sheriff).<br \/>\n\u2022 Williams County: Bart Westfall (County Commissioner) and Tom Kochert (County Sheriff). Reference: https:\/\/www.ccnoregionaljail.org<\/p>\n<p>The five member jurisdictions (counties), a contract with the U.S. Marshals Service, and the Findlay Municipal Court, according to the CCNO webpage, \u201cproportionately share the cost of operating the Corrections Center based upon the number of beds each is allocated.\u201d The bed allocation breakout and proportionate cost share is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Jurisdiction: Number of Beds:<br \/>\nDefiance County 60<br \/>\nFulton County 47<br \/>\nHenry County 37<br \/>\nLucas County 170<br \/>\nWilliams County 55<br \/>\nUS Marshals 202<br \/>\nFindlay 5<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ccno.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11808 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ccno-300x134.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ccno-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ccno.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>With the majority of beds going to the U.S. Marshals (202 beds), Lucas County has 170 beds, and Defiance has 60 beds. This formula is reviewed annually and based upon need.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) pays the jail $117 dollars a day per person, plus transportation mileage and some personnel costs, according to Gerken of Toledo, \u201cThey\u2019re [CCNO] making a profit off this.\u201d And at this meeting, he stated that he doesn\u2019t think \u201cit\u2019s the business of a regional jail to be in the for-profit business of detaining our citizens\u2026 because they don\u2019t have documented papers.\u201d Which historically has always been a civil matter, a misdemeanor, and not a criminal case.<\/p>\n<p>Rev. Barger of the First Unitarian Church of Toledo stated in his presentation to the CCNO Board that, \u201cIt\u2019s wrong to be looking at the bottom line rather than considering the people.\u201d Barger argued that the CCNO contract with ICE is much more harmful to our community and the people and families impacted than the money it generates. According to Toledo City Council Candidate Erin Kramer, and as noted above, \u201cmost of the money that keeps CCNO running comes from Lucas County\u201d with ICE providing additional funding. Kramer argued that because of this funding formula, Lucas County should have \u201cmore of a say in terms of the detainees\u2026\u201d<br \/>\nCurrently, as shared during this meeting, there are 78 detainees. Seventy-three (73) are considered minimum security and one (1) detainee has been held at CCNO since March 10, 2025. The ICE contract with CCNO states the \u201caverage stay would be around 40 days\u201d and this one person has been held from March 10 to June 25, 2025, for 107 days and they are still there.<br \/>\nWhen La Prensa, LLC, asked if there was information about where the detainees were coming from, who they are, and the reasons for their detainment, the only answer Gerken was able to give was that the Lucas County Commissioners, through their attorneys, plan to file a Freedom of Information Act request to get this information and that this could take a while.<br \/>\nIn the meantime, I call on additional Latinxs and supporters to join the current faith leaders, activists, and concerned citizens who are peacefully gathering at CCNO Board Meetings, throughout our cities and states, writing letters to the detainees and elected officials, and educating themselves and others to organize and mobilize for the purpose of ending this controversial contract with ICE and overhauling our current immigration laws and takes into consideration our neighbors, our comadres y compadres, people that have fled their countries under asylum laws, and economically contributing, tax-paying, families with mixed-statuses and children.<\/p>\n<p>Gerken, at this meeting, made two proposals. The first was to end the ICE contract that CCNO signed in February within 30 days. It was outvoted the same way it was voted-in favor in February, with eight members in favor of the contract with ICE and the same two (2), Gerken &amp; Navarre of Lucas County, against it. Gerken even attempted to bring a motion for another vote, on a second proposal that would limit detainments to only those accused of violent crimes. This motion, however, never received any support and a motion from the floor was made instead to end the board meeting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ccnoprotest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11809 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ccnoprotest-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ccnoprotest-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ccnoprotest-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ccnoprotest.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a1La Vida Humana Primero No el Dinero!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u00a1Es Hora de Organizarnos y Movilizarnos Por Nuestras Comadres y Compadres Latinx!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Por la Dra. Linda Alvarado-Arce<\/em><\/p>\n<p>El mi\u00e9rcoles 25 de junio de 2025, el Centro Correccional del Noroeste de Ohio (CCNO) en Stryker cambi\u00f3 su junta de junio y se reuni\u00f3 en la Agencia de Manejo de Emergencias del Condado de Defiance (22491 Mill St.). Seg\u00fan su p\u00e1gina de web, https:\/\/www.ccnoregionaljail.org, CCNO es un centro penitenciario regional que presta servicios a cinco condados miembros: Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Lucas y Williams. La Junta de CCNO est\u00e1 compuesta por dos miembros de cada uno de estos condados: uno es el Comisionado del Condado y el otro, el Sheriff del Condado. Se form\u00f3 en 1987 para supervisar la construcci\u00f3n y el funcionamiento de CCNO. Actualmente, los miembros de la junta son:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Condado de Defiance: David Kern (Comisionado del Condado) y Doug Engel (Sheriff del Condado).<br \/>\n\u2022 Condado de Fulton: Jeff Rupp (Comisionado del Condado) y Roy Miller (Sheriff del Condado).<br \/>\n\u2022 Condado de Henry: Glenn Miller (Comisionado del Condado) y Marc Ruskey (Sheriff del Condado).<br \/>\n\u2022 Condado de Lucas: Pete Gerken (Comisionado del Condado) y Mike Navarre (Sheriff del Condado).<br \/>\n\u2022 Condado de Williams: Bart Westfall (Comisionado del Condado) y Tom Kochert (Sheriff del Condado). Referencia: https:\/\/www.ccnoregionaljail.org<\/p>\n<p>Las cinco jurisdicciones miembros (condados), un contrato con el Servicio de Alguaciles de EE. UU. y el Tribunal Municipal de Findlay, seg\u00fan la p\u00e1gina web de CCNO, &#8220;comparten proporcionalmente el costo de operaci\u00f3n del Centro Correccional seg\u00fan el n\u00famero de camas asignadas a cada una.&#8221; El desglose de la asignaci\u00f3n de camas y la distribuci\u00f3n proporcional de los costos es el siguiente:<\/p>\n<p>Jurisdicci\u00f3n: N\u00famero de camas:<br \/>\nCondado de Defiance: 60<br \/>\nCondado de Fulton: 47<br \/>\nCondado de Henry: 37<br \/>\nCondado de Lucas: 170<br \/>\nCondado de Williams: 55<br \/>\nAlguaciles de EE. UU.: 202<br \/>\nFindlay: 5<\/p>\n<p>Con la mayor\u00eda de las camas y\u00e9ndose a los Alguaciles de EE. UU. (202 camas), el condado de Lucas tiene 170 camas, y Defiance tiene 60. Esta f\u00f3rmula se revisa anualmente y es por necesidad.<\/p>\n<p>El Servicio de Inmigraci\u00f3n y Control de Aduanas de EE. UU. (ICE) paga a la c\u00e1rcel 117 d\u00f3lares diarios por persona, y por transporte, y algunos costos de personal. Seg\u00fan Gerken, de Toledo, &#8220;Ellos [CCNO] se est\u00e1n lucrando con esto.&#8221; En esta reuni\u00f3n, declar\u00f3 que no cree que &#8220;sea propio de una c\u00e1rcel regional dedicarse al negocio lucrativo de detener a nuestros ciudadanos&#8230; porque no tienen documentos.&#8221; Esto, hist\u00f3ricamente, siempre ha sido un asunto civil, un delito menor, y no un caso penal.<\/p>\n<p>El reverendo Barger, de la Primera Iglesia Unitaria de Toledo, declar\u00f3 en su presentaci\u00f3n ante la Junta de CCNO que &#8220;es un error pensar en el resultado final en lugar de considerar a las personas.&#8221; Barger argument\u00f3 que el contrato de CCNO con ICE es mucho m\u00e1s perjudicial para nuestra comunidad y las personas y familias afectadas que el dinero que genera. Seg\u00fan Erin Kramer, candidata al Concejo Municipal de Toledo, y como mencion\u00f3 anteriormente, &#8220;la mayor parte del dinero que mantiene a CCNO en funcionamiento proviene del Condado de Lucas,&#8221; y ICE aporta fondos adicionales. Kramer argument\u00f3 que, debido a esta f\u00f3rmula de financiaci\u00f3n, el Condado de Lucas deber\u00eda tener &#8220;m\u00e1s influencia en la situaci\u00f3n de los detenidos&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Actualmente, como se inform\u00f3 durante esta reuni\u00f3n, hay 78 detenidos. Setenta tres (73) detenidos son considerados de m\u00ednima seguridad y uno (1) ha permanecido recluido en CCNO desde el 10 de marzo de 2025. El contrato de ICE con CCNO establece que la estancia promedio ser\u00eda de unos 40 d\u00edas, y esta persona ha permanecido detenida del 10 de marzo al 25 de junio de 2025 durante 107 d\u00edas, y a\u00fan permanece all\u00ed.<\/p>\n<p>Cuando La Prensa, LLC, pregunt\u00f3 si exist\u00eda informaci\u00f3n sobre la procedencia de los detenidos, qui\u00e9nes son y los motivos de su detenci\u00f3n, la \u00fanica respuesta que Gerken pudo dar fue que los comisionados del condado de Lucas, a trav\u00e9s de sus abogados, planean presentar una solicitud amparada en la Ley de Libertad de Informaci\u00f3n para obtener esta informaci\u00f3n, y que esto podr\u00eda tardar un tiempo.<\/p>\n<p>Mientras tanto, hago un llamado a m\u00e1s Latinxs y simpatizantes para que se unan a los l\u00edderes religiosos, activistas y ciudadanos preocupados que se re\u00fanen pac\u00edficamente en las reuniones de la Junta Directiva de CCNO en nuestras ciudades y estados, escribiendo cartas a los detenidos y funcionarios electos, y educ\u00e1ndose a s\u00ed mismos y a otros para organizarse y movilizarse con el prop\u00f3sito de poner fin a este controvertido contrato con ICE y reformar nuestras leyes de inmigraci\u00f3n actuales, considerando a nuestros vecinos, comadres y compadres, personas que han huido de sus pa\u00edses bajo las leyes de asilo, y familias con estatus migratorio mixto que contribuyen econ\u00f3micamente y pagan impuestos, y tienen ni\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<p>En esta reuni\u00f3n, Gerken present\u00f3 dos propuestas. La primera consist\u00eda en rescindir el contrato con ICE, firmado por CCNO en febrero, en un plazo de 30 d\u00edas. La propuesta fue superada en la votaci\u00f3n, al igual que en febrero: ocho miembros votaron a favor del contrato con ICE, con los mismos dos (2), Gerken y Navarre del Condado de Lucas en contra. Gerken incluso intent\u00f3 presentar una moci\u00f3n para una segunda votaci\u00f3n sobre una segunda propuesta que limitar\u00eda las detenciones \u00fanicamente a los acusados de delitos violentos. Sin embargo, esta moci\u00f3n nunca recibi\u00f3 apoyo y, en su lugar, se present\u00f3 una moci\u00f3n del pleno para dar por terminada la reuni\u00f3n de la junta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Time to Organize &amp; Mobilize for OUR Latinx Comadres y Compadres! 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