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DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> is using no-bid contracts, boosting big firms, to get more detention bedsby HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JOHN HANNA June 16, 2025LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Leavenworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Leavenworth</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kansas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kansas</a>, occupies a mythic space in American crime, its name alone evoking a short hand for serving hard time. The federal penitentiary housed gangsters Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly — in a building so storied that it inspired the term 'the big house.'"Now Kansas’ oldest city could soon be detaining far less famous people, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/migrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#migrants</a> swept up in President Donald <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s promise of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassDeportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MassDeportations</a> of those living in the U.S. illegally."The federal government has signed a deal with the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrivatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrivatePrison</a> firm <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoreCivic</a> Corp. to reopen a 1,033-bed prison in Leavenworth as part of a surge of contracts U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has issued without seeking competitive bids."ICE has cited a 'compelling urgency' for thousands more detention beds, and its efforts have sent profit estimates soaring for politically connected private companies, including CoreCivic, based in the Nashville, Tennessee, area and another giant firm, The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GeoGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeoGroup</a> Inc., headquartered in southern Florida." Read more: <a href="https://apnews.com/article/immigration-detention-centers-ice-deportations-trump-e92b67a388f041b84593d7a29fd93c54" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/immigration-detention-centers-ice-deportations-trump-e92b67a388f041b84593d7a29fd93c54</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ResistICE</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ResistFascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ACAB</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICERaids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICERaids</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FuckICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuckICE</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a>

William Canna-bassJust saw an Advert for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoreCivic</a> , one of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForProfitPrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ForProfitPrison</a> corps as they will be buying out the Immigration jail in Farmville Virginia.

NonilexTiefer, who served on an independent commission established to study government contracting for the Iraq & Afghanistan wars, said <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> is “placing a very dicey long-term bet” because of its past problems & said ICE is giving <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoreCivic</a> “the keys to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#treasury</a>” without competition.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrivatePrison</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GovernmentSpending</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeoGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeoGroup</a>’s former lobbyist <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PamBondi</a> is now the US AG. It anticipates that all of its idle <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prisons</a> will be activated this year, its executive chair, George Zoley, told shareholders.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoreCivic</a>, which along w/Geo donated millions of dollars to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> candidates at all levels of government & national political groups, is equally optimistic. It began daily talks w/the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin immediately after the election…. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrivatePrison</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GovernmentSpending</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a>

Nonilex…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrivatePrison</a> executives are forecasting hundreds of millions of dollars in new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/profits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#profits</a>. Since <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s reelection in Nov, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoreCivic</a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/stock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stock</a> has risen in price by 56% & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeoGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeoGroup</a>’s by 73%.“It’s the gold rush,” Michael A. Hallett, a professor of criminal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#justice</a> at the University of North Florida who studies <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePrisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrivatePrisons</a>. “All of a sudden, demand is spiraling. And when you’re the only provider that can meet demand, you can pretty much set your terms.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GovernmentSpending</a>

NonilexThe city’s lawsuit described detainees locked in showers as punishment. It said that sheets & towels from the facility clogged up the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wastewater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wastewater</a> system & that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoreCivic</a> impeded the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#city</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#police</a> force’s ability to investigate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SexualAssault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SexualAssault</a> & other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/violent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#violent</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crimes</a>.The facility had no inmates when CoreCivic gave reporters a tour earlier this year, & it looked scrubbed top to bottom & the smell of disinfectant hung in the air.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrivatePrison</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a>

NonilexWhen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Leavenworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Leavenworth</a> sued <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoreCivic</a>, it opened its lawsuit with a quote from U.S. District Court Judge Julie Robinson — an appointee of President George W. Bush, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republican</a> — who said of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prison</a>: “The only way I could describe it frankly, what’s going on at CoreCivic right now is it’s an absolute hell hole.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrivatePrison</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GovernmentSpending</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a>

NonilexVacancies among correctional officers were as high as 23%, according to a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> report from 2017.“It was just mayhem,” recalled William Rogers, who worked as a guard at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoreCivic</a> facility in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Leavenworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Leavenworth</a> from 2016 through 2020. He said repeated assaults sent him to the emergency room three times, including once after a blow to the head that required 14 staples.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrivatePrison</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GovernmentSpending</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a>

NonilexIn late 2021, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoreCivic</a> stopped housing pretrial detainees in its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Leavenworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Leavenworth</a> facility after President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democrat</a>, called on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> to curb the use of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePrisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrivatePrisons</a>. In the months before the closure, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ACLU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ACLU</a> & federal public defenders detailed stabbings, suicides, a homicide & inmate rights violations in a letter to the White House. CoreCivic responded at the time that the claims were “false & defamatory.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GovernmentSpending</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Leavenworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Leavenworth</a> sued the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoreCivic</a> to force it to get one, & a state-court judge issued an order requiring it earlier this month.An attorney for the city, Joe Hatley, said the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#legal</a> fight indicates how much ill will CoreCivic generated when it held <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> suspects there for trials in federal court for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USMarshals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USMarshals</a> Service.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrivatePrison</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GovernmentSpending</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Leavenworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Leavenworth</a> area’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> might have been expected to help <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoreCivic</a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> carried its county by more than 20 percentage points in each of his 3 campaigns for president.But skeptical <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#city</a> officials argue that CoreCivic needs a special use permit to reopen its facility. CoreCivic disagrees, saying that it doesn’t because it never abandoned the facility & that the permitting process would take too long.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrivatePrison</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GovernmentSpending</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a>

Nonilex…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoreCivic</a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Leavenworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Leavenworth</a> facility quickly became a priority for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> & the company because of its central location. Leavenworth, w/ 37,000 residents, is only 10 miles (16 kilometers) to the west of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KansasCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KansasCity</a> International Airport. The facility would hold <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/men" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#men</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#women</a> & is within ICE’s area of operations for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democratic</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SanctuaryCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SanctuaryCity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chicago</a>, 420 miles (676 kilometers) to the northeast.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrivatePrison</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GovernmentSpending</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a>

NonilexOnly 3 of the 9 potential facilities were listed in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a>’s document: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Leavenworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Leavenworth</a>, a 2,560-bed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoreCivic</a>-owned facility in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#California</a> City, CA, & an 1,800-bed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeoGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeoGroup</a> owned prison in Baldwin, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Michigan</a>.The agreement for the Leavenworth facility hasn’t been released, nor have documents for the other 2 sites. CoreCivic & Geo Group ofcls said last month on earnings calls that ICE used what are known as letter contracts, meant to speed things up when time is critical.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a>

NonilexA tax-cutting and budget reconciliation measure approved last month by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#House</a> includes $45 Billion over 4 years for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrant</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#detention</a>, a threefold spending increase. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Senate</a> is now considering that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#legislation</a>.When <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> started his 2nd term in Jan, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoreCivic</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeoGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeoGroup</a> had around 20 idle facilities, partly because of sentencing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/reforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reforms</a> that reduced <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prison</a> populations.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrivatePrison</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GovernmentSpending</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a>

NonilexJust last week , <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeoGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeoGroup</a> announced tha <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> modified a contract for an existing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#detention</a> center in southeastern <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Georgia</a> so that the company could reopen an idle prison on adjacent land to hold 1,868 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> — & earn $66 million in annual revenue.“Never in our 42-year company history have we had so much activity & demand for our services as we are seeing right now,” said <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoreCivic</a> CEO Damon Hininger during an earnings call last month with shareholders.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrivatePrison</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>

NonilexThat push faces resistance. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Leavenworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Leavenworth</a> filed a lawsuit against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoreCivic</a> after it tried to reopen without <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#local</a> city officials signing off on the deal, quoting a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#federal</a> judge’s past description of the now-shuttered <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prison</a> as “a hell hole.” The case in Leavenworth serves as another test of the limits of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s unusually aggressive tactics to force <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrant</a> removals.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GovernmentSpending</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a>

NonilexNow <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kansas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kansas</a>’ oldest city could soon be detaining far less famous people, migrants swept up in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s promise of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassDeportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MassDeportations</a> of those living in the US [some] illegally.The federal govt has signed a deal w/ the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrivatePrison</a> firm <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoreCivic</a> Corp. to reopen a 1,033-bed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prison</a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Leavenworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Leavenworth</a> as part of a surge of contracts <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> has issued without seeking competitive bids.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GovernmentSpending</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a>

xekolaPain Factory <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> -- for-profit prisons -- modern slavery; modern concentration camps. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GeoGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeoGroup</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoreCivic</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/abolitionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abolitionism</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxqnLvJnWqQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxqnLvJnWqQ</a>

Europe Says<a href="https://www.europesays.com/2006450/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/2006450/</a> Trump administration plans expanding immigration detention system <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amazon</a>.com <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BorderSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BorderSecurity</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CarlyPrezFernndez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarlyPrezFernndez</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoreCivic</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#courts</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elections</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GeneralNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeneralNews</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Immigration</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Inc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inc</a>. <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LAStateWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LAStateWire</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LegalProceedings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LegalProceedings</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Louisiana</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MaryYanik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MaryYanik</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NoraAhmed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoraAhmed</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PoliticalNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoliticalNews</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/prisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prisons</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ToddLyons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ToddLyons</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#U</a>.S.ImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#U</a>.S.News <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WashingtonNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WashingtonNews</a>

kriykatJohn Kiriakou: US Prisons Under Trump’s Watch <a href="https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/17/john-kiriakou-us-prisons-under-trumps-watch/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/17/john-kiriakou-us-prisons-under-trumps-watch/</a> Here’s a look at the blighted prison system that Donald Trump took over from Biden, along with some new scandals that have already occurred since Trump&#8217;s inauguration. By John Kiriakou Substack I wrote just before the 2024 presidential election that&#8230; <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Commentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commentary</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Legal</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Prisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prisons</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpAdministration</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#U</a>.s. <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/BureauOfPrisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BureauOfPrisons</a>(bop) <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/CollettePeters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CollettePeters</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Corecivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corecivic</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/EddieHumes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EddieHumes</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/JohnKiriakou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JohnKiriakou</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/MarktaviousTwilley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarktaviousTwilley</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/MetropolitanDetentionCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MetropolitanDetentionCenter</a>(mdc) <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/RikersIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RikersIsland</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/RobertL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RobertL</a>.Brooks <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Sr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sr</a>. <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/TrousdaleTurnerCorrectional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrousdaleTurnerCorrectional</a>

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