This is a long, truly wrenching story of who we’ve gestures broadly become.
The reality became clear: Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit.
Companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group receive government funding based on the number of people they detain, which is why they lobby for stricter immigration policies. It’s a lucrative business: CoreCivic made over $560m from Ice contracts in a single year. In 2024, GEO Group made more than $763m from Ice contracts.
The more detainees, the more money they make. It stands to reason that these companies have no incentive to release people quickly. What I had experienced was finally starting to make sense.
For-profit prisons should be illegal. This is insane. Thank you for sharing this, I hadn’t heard this story
What, you expect the media-industrial complex to cover such things and let readers know what the government is actually doing?
Haha yeah no kidding. But I’m glad we have people like you who are helping information spread. I do really appreciate it
