ICE Taps Private Firm CoreCivic to Convert Shuttered California Prison into State’s Largest Migrant Detention Center
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced plans to transform a recently shuttered state correctional facility in California City, Kern County, into the state’s largest migrant detention center. The federal agency has entered into an agreement with private prison contractor CoreCivic to repurpose the sprawling 2,560-bed facility. The move significantly expands California’s capacity for housing…