DHS buys three detention centers in California for $950 million

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Set us as preferred WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has purchased three immigrant detention facilities in Adelanto for $950 million, according to the private prison corporation that sold them.The sale by the GEO Group, a Florida-based government contractor, follows an initial $1.5-billion sale over the summer of two other California detention facilities by GEO’s competitor, CoreCivic of Tennessee.

The facilities owned by GEO Group include the 1,280-bed Adelanto West ICE Processing Center, the 660-bed Adelanto East ICE Processing Center and 704-bed Desert View Annex.Politics In some instances, contracts have been changed to declare that the centers are simply not subject to local or state laws.

In others, ICE has purchased facilities owned and operated by private companies.In total, the federal government has now spent nearly $3.2 billion on detention facility purchases, the majority of them in California.CoreCivic sold off two other facilities, in Minnesota and Kansas, in August.

The sales were made possible by an infusion last year of $45 billion for immigration detention from President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.In its announcement, GEO Group sad it will continue managing daily operations at the facilities under the company’s existing contract with U.S.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is effective through Dec.19, 2034.

The company said it is engaged in an “active process” with Homeland Security for the potential sale of multiple other facilities.Those sales hinge on GEO Group’s ability to continue managing those facilities under long-term contracts, the company wrote.

“We are pleased with the completion of these important asset sales to the U.S.federal government, and we look forward to continuing to provide high-quality secure support services under our existing l...