“Democratic U.S. Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Emily Randall of Washington and Maxine Dexter of Oregon said they showed up unannounced…”
"GEO Group, the private corporation that runs the facility " …
used to be called ‘Wackenhut’, founded as a ‘security company’ in 1954 that became infamous in California decades ago.
Nick Brown, WA’s attorney general. This is a private prison in the state. It is not built on federal lands, so it is under Washington’s jurisdiction.