Amid Opposition, Clearfield County Commissioners Approve ICE Contract Extension
Commissioners said the extension preserves local oversight and tax revenue as more than 10,000 people were processed there this year, one member of the board opposed.
- On Tuesday, the Clearfield County Board of Commissioners voted 2-1 to approve a six-month contract extension for the Moshannon Valley Processing Center, with Commissioners Tim Winters and John Sobel supporting the measure and Commissioner Dave Glass dissenting.
- The county serves as a middleman between ICE and private operator The GEO Group, an arrangement established in 2021 as a workaround to former President Joe Biden's federal private prison ban, which President Donald Trump reversed in 2025.
- During the meeting, speakers including Sam Mosier and Sean Inlow condemned the center, citing three deaths and abuse allegations, while opponents criticized the county for accepting $200,000 annually for the arrangement.
- Commissioners defended the decision, arguing that rejecting the contract would eliminate local oversight and threaten tax revenue provided to the Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District, which currently depends on facility support.
- The facility's future remains uncertain as ICE continues evaluating 'turn-key detention services' and GEO Group founder George Zoley explores selling several facilities before the extension expires in March.
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Clearfield County Commissioners Vote 2-1 to Extend Moshannon Detention Center Contract
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Clearfield County extends Moshannon ICE contract
CLEARFIELD — The Clearfield County Board of Commissioners voted 2-1 on Tuesday to approve a six-month contract extension for the operation of Moshannon Valley Processing Center. Commissioners Tim Winters and John Sobel voted in favor of the extension, and Commissioner Dave Glass voted against. Sobel and Winters said that rejecting the contract would impact tax money contributed to the Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District, and it would elimin…
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