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Advocates Warn of Dire Conditions for Pregnant Women in ICE Custody: 'Detention Is Inherently Dangerous'

This is the first time I've seen so many pregnant people in [ICE] detention," said Tania Wolf of the National Immigration Project to The Intercept

Latin Times

ICE Is Transferring People in Its Custody Away From Family, Lawyers

One group ended up in Alaska, where prison guards pepper sprayed them after one man asked for a phone call.

Capital & Main

Trump’s deportation hub: inside the ‘black hole’ where immigrants disappear

A Guardian investigation into the Alexandria facility reveals a pattern of alleged due process violations, previously unreported accounts of neglect and abuse, documented health emergencies and long stays

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Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desert

President Donald Trump's administration last month awarded a $1.2 billion contract to build and operate what's expected to become the nation’s largest immigration detention complex to a tiny Virginia firm with no experience running correction facilities

The Independent UK

Who’s cashing in on Trump’s immigration crackdown? It’s not the American people nor the federal or state governments

SPECIAL REPORT: Private contractors run many of ICE’s largest detention facilities. Now, with a push to deport more and more immigrants, these companies stand to win big under Trump. Alicja Hagopian reports.

The Independent UK

Companies With No Prison Background Seek Share of Trump's $45B Migrant Detention Plan: Report

Private prison giants such as Geo Group Inc. remain key ICE partners, yet the administration reportedly views temporary tent camps as a faster solution to overcrowding

Latin Times

Private Prison Giant Ordered to Pay Tens Of Millions for Paying Immigrant Detainees $1 a Day For Work

A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that The GEO Group must pay more than $23 million for paying working immigrant detainees at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma as little as $1 per day.

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Private Prisons' $1.17B Haul Show Business Is Booming During Trump's Second Term: Report

Private prison and surveillance companies are reporting major revenue gains as the Trump administration accelerates immigration arrests and detentions

Latin Times

Companies aiding Trump’s immigration crackdown see ‘extraordinary’ revenues

Palantir, Geo Group and CoreCivic, cogs in president’s enormous detention and deportation machinery, report ‘unprecedented growth’

The Guardian - US

Welcome to the nation’s ‘super deportation center,’ inspired by Amazon and FedEx but ‘with human beings’

IN FOCUS: Since before the Trump administration, the ICE field office in New Orleans was taking inspiration from corporate giants, Alex Woodward and Alicja Hagopian report

The Independent UK

Private Prison Giant to Ramp Up Production of Ankle Monitors After ICE Announced Plan to Shackle 180,000 Immigrants: Report

Geo Group, the largest private prison operator in the U.S., has become a central player in the federal government's immigrant surveillance program through a range of digital tools

Latin Times

‘Revolving door’ between ICE and private prison companies is boosting Trump’s deportation plans

Federal ethics rules largely prohibit government employees from working on contracts with their former employers. David Venturella, a former executive at GEO Group, was granted a waiver from those rules

The Independent UK

Private Prison Stocks Geo Group (GEO) And CoreCivic (CXW) Surge After New Executive Order

Shares of major private prison operators GEO Group Inc (NYSE:GEO) and CoreCivic Inc (NYSE:CXW) are trading higher Friday afternoon. The rally follows a new executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Thursday aimed at addressing crime and homelessness, which investors see as a potential boon for the companies.

Benzinga

Watchdog Raises 'Grave Concerns' Over Abuse Of Disabled Migrant Detainees in California Center

A new report by Disability Rights California (DRC) has raised serious concerns about the treatment of people with disabilities detained at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in San Bernardino County, California.

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Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’

Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation

Benzinga

Trump's $45-Billion Immigration Policy Supercharges Profits For Private Prisons Under 'Big Beautiful Bill'

Shares of Geo Group (NYSE:GEO) and CoreCivic (NYSE:CXW) are popping on Monday following last week's Congressional approval of President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending bill, which vastly increases funds for the administration's aggressive immigration policy.

Latin Times

Thousands Of Dollars In Reward Offered For Help To Find Detainees Who Escaped New Jersey Immigration Detention Center

Federal officials are offering up to $10,000 for information that could lead to the arrest of each of the two migrants who escaped New Jersey's Delaney Hall

The Independent UK

Takeaways from AP's reporting on shuttered prisons, mass deportation push and no-bid contracts

Private prison operators are marketing their shuttered lockups to federal immigration officials as President Donald Trump pushes for mass deportations, with some facilities nabbing lucrative no-bid contracts

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The Independent UK

ICE is using no-bid contracts, boosting big firms, to get more detention beds

No-bid contracts with politically connected companies have become crucial to the Republican Trump administration’s push for more space to hold immigrants for deportation

The Guardian - US

EPA drops case against prison company that has donated heavily to Trump

Geo Group faced up to $4m in fines for violations involving the use of a toxic disinfectant at an immigration facility

The Guardian - US

Detainees at New Jersey immigration center revolt as chaos unravels

Four people escaped after group held at Delaney Hall Ice facility pushed down wall amid police and protester clashes

The Independent UK

DOGE finds an unlikely new cut as $47m plan for nation’s largest migrant detention center put on hold

Pause in detention contract process comes as administration seeks massive expansion to ICE detention system

Latin Times

Forced Labor Allegations at Immigration Facility Headed to Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving private prison operator GEO Group, which seeks to appeal a lower court's decision denying it governmental immunity in a class action lawsuit alleging forced labor at an immigration detention center in Colorado

Latin Times

Ethics Watchdog Raises Flags Around Border Czar's Ties to Private Detention Giant

"This news raises even more questions, and the corruption concerns are too large to ignore," said Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the Senate Judiciary Committee's top Democrat

Latin Times

Officer at Texas ICE Facility Faces Federal Charges for Allegedly Choking Handcuffed Detainee

A private security officer at a Texas immigrant detention center run by ICE has been charged for allegedly choking a handcuffed detainee

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