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Tennessee Officials Vote to Turn Former Prison Into Immigration Detention Facility
The Mason board's approval supports expanded ICE detention amid the largest-ever deportation operation, with CoreCivic rehiring 240 staff at the repurposed facility.
- On Tuesday, the five-person board of aldermen in Mason, Tennessee, voted to award CoreCivic the contract to reopen the West Tennessee Detention Facility as an ICE site.
- Following the Biden administration's order, President Donald Trump reversed Biden’s 2021 policy, enabling private prison contracts to resume.
- The West Tennessee Detention Facility will generate $325,000 in annual property taxes and pay a $200,000 impact fee, and will hire 240 employees starting at $26.50 per hour.
- During Tuesday's meeting, loud protests filled the town fire hall, with protesters saying backing the ICE detention center would make the town complicit.
- Under current plans, the facility is slated to open by year-end, and Mayor Eddie Noeman says it could open by the end of this year.
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Tennessee Will Turn Closed Prison Into Detention Center
Officials in a rural Tennessee town voted Tuesday to turn a former prison into an immigration detention facility operated by a private company, despite loud objections from upset residents and activists during a contentious public meeting. The decision will turn the closed West Tennessee Detention Facility into a US Immigration...
Shuttered Prison Converted Into ICE Detention Center.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: The town of Mason, Tennessee, approved plans to convert a former prison into a migrant detention facility operated by CoreCivic.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Mason town officials, CoreCivic, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and local residents.WHEN & WHERE: Mason, Tennessee, at a town meeting on Tuesday night.KEY QUOTE: “I’m looking for the best interest of the town,” said Mason Mayor Eddie Noeman, emphasizing the p…
Residents voice concern over approval of ICE detention facility in West Tennessee
MASON, Tenn. — In an update, we want to clarify a story from Tuesday regarding the operation of an immigration detention facility in Tipton County. The town of Mason’s Board of Aldermen voted to approve a contract with CoreCivic to reopen the West Tennessee Detention Facility to house federal inmates. In a heated board meeting for the town of Mason Tuesday, a contract was approved for CoreCivic to operate a former West Tennessee prison as an imm…
Tennessee town is latest to let ICE use closed prison as a detention center
A small town in Tennessee voted to reopen a closed prison as an immigration detention facility to assist President Donald Trump’s pledge of mass deportations. The town’s government approved the plan, despite opposition from dozens of residents who spoke at a public meeting. City leaders in Mason, Tennessee, voted to approve a contract with CoreCivic, a private prison operator, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to run a closed pr…
Tennessee officials vote to turn former prison into immigration detention facility
Officials in a small Tennessee town voted Tuesday to reopen a former prison to serve as an immigration detention facility as cities across the country ramp up efforts to advance President Trump’s sweeping immigration agenda. Leaders in Mason, Tenn., a town near Memphis, approved the revitalization of the West Tennessee Detention Facility as a site…
Mason, Tennessee, will host a new immigration detention center
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