ICE signs contract to open immigration detention center in Hudson

Key Points:

• Geo Group has signed a five-year, $528.6 million contract with the Trump administration to reopen a closed prison in Hudson, Colorado, converting it into an immigration detention center with a capacity of 1,188 detainees.
• This new facility will nearly double Colorado’s immigrant detention capacity, adding to the 1,530 beds at the Aurora facility also operated by Geo.
• The Hudson prison reopening has sparked local protests and criticism from state officials and immigrant-rights advocates concerned about detainee conditions and community impacts.
• Geo will pay monthly rent to Highlands REIT, the prison’s owner, with payments starting at $250,000 and increasing annually, while the company expects to earn about $85 million in its first year operating the facility.
• The reopening faces legal and political challenges, including a recent Geo lawsuit against Colorado’s new oversight law for detention centers, amid ongoing concerns about ICE’s expanding detention efforts in the state.