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Report: Minnesota prison could become ICE detention facility
CoreCivic aims to convert the Prairie Correctional Facility into one of the largest immigration detention centers with a 1,600-person capacity, supporting ICE's plan to double detainees.
- The Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, Minnesota, is being considered for reopening as a detention site managed by U.S. immigration authorities, with the ability to house up to 1,600 detainees.
- This consideration follows ICE's plan to nearly double detainees from about 50,000 to 107,000 nationwide amid newly approved federal funding for immigration enforcement.
- CoreCivic, owner of the facility since 2010, is refurbishing the site and remains engaged in discussions with ICE despite no signed contract to date.
- Appleton officials and residents express mixed views, noting the prison’s inmate capacity would exceed the town population of roughly 1,350 and could significantly impact local infrastructure.
- If reopened, the facility might increase immigration detention in Minnesota, but state laws banning private prisons complicate its future amid ongoing debates over private prison use.
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Is ICE opening a detention facility in Minnesota? Owners of a shuttered prison courted ICE years ago.
City and county officials in Appleton, Minnesota, say they’re in ongoing talks with a company that owns a private prison that is rumored to potentially serve as a federal detention facility, but that there is no signed agreement. The Washington Post reported last Friday that the Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton is on a list of potential sites for President Donald Trump’s plan to increase the number of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enfor…
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Report: Minnesota prison could become ICE detention facility
APPLETON, Minn. — The Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton could become a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center. That’s according to new reporting from the Washington Post outlining the agency’s plans to double the number of people in detention. The Prairie Correctional Facility has a capacity of 1,600 people, which would make it one of the nation’s largest immigration detention facilities. Minnesota’s only private priso…
ICE eyes former Appleton prison as it expands immigrant detention
WASHINGTON – With detention beds at full capacity, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is eyeing a long-shuttered prison in Appleton, Minnesota, as part of a massive expansion plan. Since President Donald Trump took office in January, Appleton city officials have known that the Prairie Correctional Facility, a 1,600 private prison that has been shuttered since 2010, could be repurposed to hold detained immigrants. Appleton City Admini…
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