ICE seeks to use Gallatin County Detention Center as holding facility, awaits commission approval

ICE seeks to use Gallatin County Detention Center as holding facility, awaits commission approval

BOZEMAN Gallatin County Sheriff Dan Springer is considering a proposal from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to use space in the county's detention center as a temporary holding facility.ICE has requested 10 beds to temporarily house inmates being transferred into the federal court system. Sheriff Springer says the federal agency would pay $135 per day for each bed, which is the full cost of housing an inmate at the detention center.Wat…