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According to a post on the U.S. General Services Administration website, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proposed a contract for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to use the former private prison in Appleton to house around 1,600 immigrant detainees.
It says DHS/ICE needs the shuttered Prairie Correctional Facility to “increase bed capacity to meet the administration’s interior enforcement and border decompression goals,” and added that the “required geographical area is essential for [Enforcement and Removal Operations] ERO to accomplish its apprehension and detention, and removal mission in the most cost efficient and timely manner.”
The post says that ...
