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The use of private facilities for detention and their associated costs and benefits.
ICE detention levels fell sharply during the COVID-19 period and then climbed unevenly from 2019 through 2025: a 2019 peak near 50,500 was followed by pandemic-era reductions, a gradual rise through F...
is dramatically more expensive per person than supervised alternatives: federal figures and reporting show detention costs around $152 per day versus alternatives like ATD-ISAP at under $4.20 per day ...
Presidential administrations can steer priorities, but funding is largely controlled by and can lock in capacity across administrations; the 2025 “One Big Beautiful Bill” dramatically expanded ICE’s w...
Administration changes have produced sharp, measurable swings in both the number of people held by ICE and the conditions under which they are detained: detention totals fell to historic lows during t...