Lumpkin
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Detainee families find comfort and support at El Refugio
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published April 14, 2016LUMPKIN—Inside this cozy yellow bungalow, the kitchen smells of fried chorizo, onions and peppers, and scrambled eggs. A fresh pot of coffee is ready by 7 a.m. as guests awaken in the three bedrooms. A mile from the barbed wire surrounding Stewart Detention Center in rural southwest Georgia sits this house of hospitality with its […] Full Story | En Español
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Father Clif’s ministry is out of sight
By MICHAEL J. JOHNSON, Special to the Bulletin
Published June 10, 2010LUMPKIN—The phrase “out of sight, out of mind” might apply to the Stewart Detention Center (SDC) a monolithic fortress-like building surrounded by razor wired fencing, tucked away off of a rural road 40 miles south of Columbus, on the western border of Georgia. The facility is said to be the largest structure and employer in […] Full Story