Commissioners in Williamson County are considering adding as many as 250 immigrant women to the population held at the T. Don Hutto detention center in Taylor, Texas. The women will be detained there along with about 250 other women and children who are awaiting hearings and possible deportation for being in violation of legal immigration […]
Corrections Corporation of America celebrated its 25th anniversary as the founder of the corrections management industry.
In 1983, three innovative entrepreneurs – Tom Beasley, Don Hutto and Doctor Crants – had a progressive vision for the future of corrections. At the time, they were faced with some challenging and controversial questions.
Could a service traditionally administered by […]
According to the press release, GEO Group has executed a 20-year contract, inclusive of three five-year option periods, effective January 2, 2008 with the Office of the Federal Detention Trustee (”OFDT”) for the housing of up to 768 U.S. Marshals Service (”USMS”) detainees at the Robert A. Deyton Detention Facility (the “Facility”) located in Clayton […]
Overwhelming opposition met a proposal from Louisiana-based Emerald Correctional Management LLC for a $30 million, 1,000-bed facility that would be used to separately house men and women who had been detained as illegal immigrants.
According to one commissioner Joe Roland,
“the commissioners were told that funding would come from private sources and that the facility would […]
After some debate, expectations are strong that Gaston County in South Carolina will become the latest county to agree to host a new immigrant detention center for ICE.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement wants the facility to hold 1,500 beds. It would create at least 300 jobs, with the Gaston County Sheriff’s Office running the […]
Tent City, an immigrant detention center in Raymondville, Texas that is the largest center in the country with 2,000 beds will expand to include1,000 beds. Management and Training Corp. holds the contract with Willacy County and ICE. Bonds are used to front the construction.
“The county will borrow about $45 million to expand the detention […]
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