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Kemmerer balks at immigration jail as private prisons eye southwest Wyoming, again
The for-profit prison industry has come knocking again in southwestern Wyoming, this time in Kemmerer. Unlike during ...
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Idled Northern Michigan private prison to reopen as ICE detention facility
GEO Group entered into a contract for the "immediate activation" of the North Lake Correctional Facility in Baldwin.
Private prison says it has ‘right’ to run ICE detention in KS, doesn’t need city’s OK
The largest private prison company in the U.S. appears poised to pursue a contract with ICE to detain immigrants, despite ...
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Bill Would Prohibit Privatization Of CT Prisons
The Judiciary Committee heard testimony this week in favor of a bill that would prohibit the privatization of prisons in ...
Private prison company reopens Michigan facility as ICE detention center
North Lake Correctional Facility in Baldwin has been closed since 2022 following a Biden administration executive order.
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State Senate panel OKS $37.7 billion Georgia budget
The budget, which now heads to the full Senate, includes $170 million for more correctional officers and more for prisons, ...
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Prison opponents tell SD Supreme Court the state should have county permission to build
The case is an appeal from a group called Neighbors Opposed to Prison Expansion, or NOPE. Lincoln County Judge Jennifer ...