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ICE buys the cages, private prison company keeps the keys

The people inside remain the only part of the deal without disclosed upside.

Jason Weisberger
Jul 07, 2026
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CoreCivic just sold two of California’s largest immigrant detention centers to the federal government for $1.5 billion, then apparently got hired to keep running the place.

CalMatters reports that CoreCivic sold the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego County and the California City Detention Facility in Kern County to the Department of Homeland Secur…

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