The GEO Group, a private prison operator, announced Thursday it entered into a contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for a 1,800-bed facility in Baldwin, Michigan, at the former North Lake Correctional Facility.
The contract came as mass deportations have prompted the Trump administration to use Guantanamo Bay and El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center, among other detention centers, to detain illegal immigrants.
GEO anticipated the facility to generate $70 million a year in revenue as it will provide security, maintenance, food services, medical care, legal counsel, and access to recreational amenities. ICE will exclusively use the center. Its contract is multiyear, but the company did not disclose how long it could last.
“We expect that our company-owned North Lake Facility in Michigan will play an important role
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