ICE Signs Contract to Open New Immigration Detention Center Northeast of Denver
The five-year deal will add 1,188 detention beds and nearly double ICE capacity in Colorado, according to company and federal records.
- On Monday, The GEO Group announced it signed a five-year, $528.6 million contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to operate the Big Horn Contract Detention Center in Hudson, Colorado.
- President Donald Trump's pledge to carry out the "largest domestic deportation operation in American history" targeting 12 million undocumented immigrants prompted the search for additional detention space in Colorado, leading to Hudson's reactivation.
- The facility will hold up to 1,188 detainees, supplementing the 1,530 beds at the existing Aurora center; GEO will pay Chicago-based Highlands REIT $250,000 monthly rent starting August 1.
- U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said he was "extremely disheartened" by the announcement, citing the rural location's distance from oversight organizations; community groups organized protests early Wednesday.
- While GEO expects roughly $85 million in annual revenue from the facility, Hudson officials stated they have not received detailed operational information from federal agencies regarding impacts on local utilities and emergency services.
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Government contractor enters agreement to open new ICE detention center north of Denver
A government contractor announced Monday it has entered into a five-year agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to open a new federal immigration processing center northeast of Denver in Hudson.
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service awarded this million-dollar contract to launch the complex known as the Big Horn Correctional Center.
ICE contractor GEO Group to open new immigrant detention center in Hudson
The private prison company plans to convert the shuttered Big Horn facility into a 1,200‑bed ICE detention center despite activists’ concerns over transparency, emergency access and due process for people held there
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Empty Colorado prison to become new ICE detention center, GEO Group says
A dormant, privately-owned prison in Hudson is set to become Colorado’s second Immigrations and Customs Enforcement detention center, The GEO Group, a private prison company, announced Monday. The Big Horn Correctional Facility has been eyed by ICE officials to expand…
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