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Plan to reopen California City prison as ICE holding facility
The California City facility, originally a federal detention center before becoming a state prison, is set to temporarily ...
ICE wants to turn a shuttered state prison into California's largest migrant detention center
A former prison in California City will soon be the state's largest immigration detention center. US Immigration and Customs ...
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Plan in place for Cal City prison to become immigration processing center
California City Mayor Marquette Hawkins says he's expecting the town's prison to reopen as a federal immigration processing ...
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Several speak out against immigration processing center in Cal City
Several people speak against immigration processing center during public comments and Cal City council meeting.
ICE wants to expand detention capacity in California. This new facility will be the largest in the state
CoreCivic has reached an agreement with ICE to convert its California City facility into federal immigrant detention.
The Bakersfield Californian10d
Private prison in California City may reopen for immigration processing
A private prison facility in eastern Kern County may reopen as a federal immigration processing center if CoreCivic and the ...
ICE pushes for detention beds
The federal government has signed a deal with the private prison firm CoreCivic Corp. to reopen a 1,033-bed prison in ...
The Iola Register9d
ICE uses no-bid contracts, boosting big firms, to get more detention beds
No-bid contracts with politically connected companies have become crucial to the Republican Trump administration’s push for ...
Boston Herald13d
ICE using no-bid contracts to get more detention beds - Boston Herald
Only three of the nine potential facilities were listed in ICE’s document: Leavenworth, a 2,560-bed CoreCivic-owned facility in California City, California, and an 1,800-bed Geo-owned prison in ...
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Leavenworth Detention Center’s CoreCivic signs deal with federal government - KCTV
Only three of the nine potential facilities were listed in ICE’s document: Leavenworth, a 2,560-bed CoreCivic-owned facility in California City, California, and an 1,800-bed Geo-owned prison in ...