CoreCivic is negotiating with the federal government to open vacant prisons in Watonga and Sayre. Along with private prison operator GEO Group, they are sprinting to establish ICE detention centers.

The Town of Mason held a vote Tuesday night on two contracts that would decide whether or not to re-open a closed detention ...

MASON, Tenn. (WSMV) - A Tennessee town is set to be the next home of a detention center for the U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

The ACLU sent a letter to Mason officials alledging the project did not receive the necessary amount of votes to pass.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee is voicing their opposition to plans to open an immigration detention facility in Mason. On Friday, the ACLU sent a letter to officials in the Tipton ...

The organization said that the ICE contract was not "legally approved," noting that the vote should have needed four of the ...

A letter sent by the organization cites the town's failure to approve the contract, per the terms of its own charter.

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Following a heated public meeting that ended in confusion, a West Tennessee CoreCivic prison is reopening to house federal ...

Internal documents reveal ICE’s plans to double immigrant detention to more than 100,000 beds, including new detention ...