U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will be reopening a for-profit prison in Winton, North Carolina, as one of the largest immigrant detention facilities on the East Coast, according to reports from the New York Times. The report cited internal ICE documents showing plans for a mass detention center in the former Rivers Correctional Institution with 1,400 beds. It’s part of an agreement…

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    2 months ago

    I’m sure they’ll subcontract the operation right back to the private prison company.

    • Cris_Citrus (he/him <3)@piefed.zip
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      2 months ago

      If I understand correctly its being opened by the GEO group, not the government, its subcontracted out from inception

      Stop dentention centers nc has been working to try and prevent them from being built and opened but I’m not sure the best way for folks to get involved in the project as I am not involved myself