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Canada ‘urgently seeking more information’ on death of Canadian in ICE custody

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/a-canadian-has-died-in-ice-custody-cause-under-investigation/

The Canadian government is aware of the death of a Canadian citizen who died while in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody and is “urgently seeking more information from U.S. officials.”…

#InternationalIncident #ICE #Death #Prisoner #Detention #InhumanConditions #CanadianGovernment #USA #Fascism #Immigration #Abuse #GEOGroup #Profiteering #SocialMurder

#ICE is using no-bid contracts, boosting big firms, to get more detention beds

by HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JOHN HANNA

June 16, 2025

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — "#Leavenworth, #Kansas, occupies a mythic space in American crime, its name alone evoking a short hand for serving hard time. The federal penitentiary housed gangsters Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly — in a building so storied that it inspired the term 'the big house.'

"Now Kansas’ oldest city could soon be detaining far less famous people, #migrants swept up in President Donald #Trump’s promise of #MassDeportations of those living in the U.S. illegally.

"The federal government has signed a deal with the #PrivatePrison firm #CoreCivic Corp. to reopen a 1,033-bed prison in Leavenworth as part of a surge of contracts U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has issued without seeking competitive bids.

"ICE has cited a 'compelling urgency' for thousands more detention beds, and its efforts have sent profit estimates soaring for politically connected private companies, including CoreCivic, based in the Nashville, Tennessee, area and another giant firm, The #GeoGroup Inc., headquartered in southern Florida."

#ResistICE #ResistFascism
#USPol #ACAB #ICERaids #FuckICE #Authoritarianism

>>Families shared their testimonies with immigrant advocates filing a lawsuit to prevent the Trump administration from terminating the Flores Settlement Agreement, a '90s-era policy that requires immigrant children detained in federal custody be held in safe and sanitary conditions.<<

#Texas #TexasTribune #Immigration #FloresSettlement #CoreCivic #GeoGroup
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/21/texas-family-detention-adults-kids-fighting/

#GeoGroup’s former lobbyist #PamBondi is now the US AG. It anticipates that all of its idle #prisons will be activated this year, its executive chair, George Zoley, told shareholders.

#CoreCivic, which along w/Geo donated millions of dollars to #GOP candidates at all levels of government & national political groups, is equally optimistic. It began daily talks w/the #Trump admin immediately after the election….

#law #immigration #HumanRights #PrivatePrison #GovernmentSpending #Republicans #ICE

…#PrivatePrison executives are forecasting hundreds of millions of dollars in new #ICE #profits. Since #Trump’s reelection in Nov, #CoreCivic’s #stock has risen in price by 56% & #GeoGroup’s by 73%.

“It’s the gold rush,” Michael A. Hallett, a professor of criminal #justice at the University of North Florida who studies #PrivatePrisons. “All of a sudden, demand is spiraling. And when you’re the only provider that can meet demand, you can pretty much set your terms.”

#law #GovernmentSpending

Only 3 of the 9 potential facilities were listed in #ICE’s document: #Leavenworth, a 2,560-bed #CoreCivic-owned facility in #California City, CA, & an 1,800-bed #GeoGroup owned prison in Baldwin, #Michigan.

The agreement for the Leavenworth facility hasn’t been released, nor have documents for the other 2 sites. CoreCivic & Geo Group ofcls said last month on earnings calls that ICE used what are known as letter contracts, meant to speed things up when time is critical.

#Trump #law #immigration

A tax-cutting and budget reconciliation measure approved last month by the #House includes $45 Billion over 4 years for #immigrant #detention, a threefold spending increase. The #Senate is now considering that #legislation.

When #Trump started his 2nd term in Jan, #CoreCivic & #GeoGroup had around 20 idle facilities, partly because of sentencing #reforms that reduced #prison populations.

#PrivatePrison #law #immigration #GovernmentSpending #Republicans #ICE #HumanRights

Just last week , #GeoGroup announced tha #ICE modified a contract for an existing #detention center in southeastern #Georgia so that the company could reopen an idle prison on adjacent land to hold 1,868 #immigrants — & earn $66 million in annual revenue.

“Never in our 42-year company history have we had so much activity & demand for our services as we are seeing right now,” said #CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger during an earnings call last month with shareholders.

#Trump #PrivatePrison #law

#ICE cited a “compelling urgency” for thousands more detention beds, & its efforts have sent #profit estimates soaring for politically connected private companies, including CoreCivic, based in the #Nashville, #Tennessee, area & another giant firm, The #GeoGroup Inc., headquartered in southern #Florida.

#immigration #law #GovernmentSpending #Trump #Republicans

#ICE entered into a $1B contract w/the #GEOGroup to operate the facility, which began housing detainees last month. Democratic ofcls in #NewJersey have opposed its opening, leading to a lawsuit, #protests & a clash outside the facility that led to the arrest of #Newark’s #mayor & assault charges against US #House Rep #LaMonicaMcIver, a NJ #Democrat. McIver, who has maintained her innocence, is scheduled to be arraigned on Mon & has said she will enter a not-guilty plea.

#Trump #law #immigration

#DelaneyHall is run by one of the country’s largest private prison companies, the #GEOGroup, which has a contract w/the #Trump admin to hold as many as 1k #immigrants at a time. A spox for the GEO Group referred questions to #Ice.

The controversy at Delaney Hall comes as Trump has escalated his #immigration crackdown in recent weeks, especially in nearby #NYC. A number of immigrants who have been arrested in immigration #courts & ICE offices in the city have been transferred to Delaney Hall….

#EPA Drops Legal Case Against the #GEOGroup, a Major #Trump Donor, Over Its Misuse of Harmful #Chemicals in #ICE Facilities

A complaint filed under the #Biden admin alleged that on more than 1,000 occasions in 2022 & 2023, the GEO Group had its employees use the disinfectant, which causes irreversible eye damage & skin burns, without proper protection.

#law #immigration #health #safety #HumanRights #CivilRights #PrisonersRights
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-legal-complaint-geo-group-trump

Who ICE Raids Actually Benefit

https://youtube.com/shorts/yS0WTijVN78?feature=shared
#tRUMPSamerica #detentionForHire #coup
#GEOGroup #IceProfits #moneylaundering

Who profits from #ICEGestapo actions?
Top Contractor #GEOGroup give over $500K to #Felon47 & Rick Scott
1- Tom Homan-GEO Consultant
2- Pam Bondi: Lobbyist
3- Daniel Ragsdale former ICE Deputy Director now works for them
1-
https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/private-prison-behemoth-is-first-corporation-to-max-out-to-trump/
2-
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJ7OVW1xDCO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=anVkeHgwNjlvbTE5

ICE runs the Anti-ICE rock gauntlet exiting the area...

#ICE #LA #USA #Gauntlet #AntiICE #Protests #HumanRights #Constitution #PoliticalPolice #ConcentrationCamps #Immigrants #LegalResidents #Racism #WhiteSupremacy #Billionaires #Profit #GEOGroup

US #SupremeCourt to review GEO Group's loss in immigrant detainee *#ForcedLabor* [#slavery] case

#SCOTUS on June 2 agreed to decide if #GEOGroup can quickly appeal a judge's ruling denying the #PrivatePrison operator #government #IMMUNITY in a class action claiming #immigrant detainees were forced to work & paid $1 a day.

#immigration #law #CivilRights #HumanRights #exploitation #PenalLabor #PrisonLabor
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-review-geo-groups-loss-immigrant-detainee-forced-labor-case-2025-06-02/

Pain Factory #USA -- for-profit prisons -- modern slavery; modern concentration camps.
#GeoGroup #CoreCivic #abolitionism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxqnLvJnWqQ

In Feb, #ICE entered into a $1B contract w/ #GEOGroup, one of the country’s largest #PrivatePrison companies, to convert the building into a detention center. But Mayor #RasBaraka, who is running for governor of #NJ, galvanized opposition against the detention center, arguing that it had opened w/o the proper permits or inspections.

The controversy engulfing the facility drew the attention of the NJ lawmakers, who visited the facility on May 9 to inspect conditions.

#law #immigration #Trump