A Minnesota prison was for sale at $75M. ICE paid nearly $500M for it

A Minnesota prison was for sale at $75M. ICE paid nearly $500M for it

Federal government shelled out six times more for Prairie Correctional Facility in remote Appleton than its prior valuation, according to a report

ICE paid private prison firm $495M for Appleton site that had been offered to state for $75M

CoreCivic offered to sell the facility to the Minnesota Department of Corrections for almost seven times less than the Trump administration paid for it.

ICE Paid $495M For Private Prison Offered At $75M

Minneapolis’s NBC affiliate reports: New records obtained by KARE 11 show the company that owned a vacant private prison in Appleton, Minnesota offered to sell it to the state in 2025 for $75 million. One year later, the Trump administration agreed to use taxpayer funds to buy the same abandoned prison from CoreCivic, Inc., for … The post ICE Paid $495M For Private Prison Offered At $75M appeared first on Joe.My.God..

KARE 11 Investigates: Private prison was on sale for $75 million; ICE paid $495 million

Fart of the Deal: Company Offered MN Prison for $75M; ICE Paid $495M a Year Later

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