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ICE Targets ‘Detention Desert’ With New Facility in North Carolina
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- ICE plans to open a new detention center with about 1,400 beds at the long-dormant Rivers Correctional Institution in Winton, North Carolina, marking the first such facility in the state.
- The facility, owned by private prison operator GEO Group, is part of ICE's ongoing efforts to increase detention capacity despite scaling back its previous initiative to buy warehouses nationwide.
- ICE is shifting focus from purchasing new properties to partnering with private companies to repurpose existing prison complexes in states with large immigrant populations, such as North Carolina, Colorado, and Arizona.
- The agency seeks detention locations in areas perceived as more supportive and without prohibitions against such facilities, according to a former ICE official.
