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City in and county seat of Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States
Federal procurement records and contemporaneous reporting show a clear list of facility contracts awarded to or publicly announced by the two largest private prison operators in 2025: ’s 1,000‑bed in ...
When Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary closed in 1963 the inmates were transferred to other federal prisons because the Bureau of Prisons judged the island too costly and deteriorated to repair; Alcatraz ...
Since passage of the 2025 “One Big, Beautiful Bill” (also reported as H.R. 1 or the 2025 reconciliation bill), reporting shows the primary private prison companies that have won new or expanded ICE de...
When Alcatraz closed on March 21, 1963, officials had already been moving inmates off the island over several months; contemporary reporting says about 250 inmates were being transported beginning the...
After H.R.1’s passage ICE overwhelmingly expanded bed capacity not by running long competitive procurements but by leaning on contract modifications, guaranteed‑minimum “bed quota” provisions, expedit...
State and local laws do not offer a single national rule on flagpole height or placement; instead they create a patchwork where zoning, permitting, safety, and aesthetic rules determine what is allowe...
ICE dramatically expanded detention capacity in 2025 through large no‑bid and sole‑source deals that funneled billions to private prison operators and local contractors; GEO Group reactivated multiple...
The One Big Beautiful Bill (H.R.1) funnels roughly $45 billion toward building and operating new immigration detention capacity over several years, effectively more than doubling ICE’s detention budge...
Available reporting does not publish a definitive 2025 list ranking ICE detention centers by the number of lawful permanent residents (LPRs) they hold; public sources document rising overall detention...