ICE Plans to Reopen Former Prisons for Immigrant Detention
Sep 7, 2025

The Trump administration plans to reopen several former prisons and detention centers that were previously closed. These facilities will be used to hold immigrants as part of a deportation campaign. The former closures cited concerns about violence, medical neglect, and understaffing.
Sources
- Washington Post
- ICE is reopening shuttered prisons as detention centers. Many have a troubled past
NPR·Dec 18, 2025·archived copy
KPBS·Dec 18, 2025·archived copy
opb.org·Dec 19, 2025·archived copy
- Riots and abuse troubled these former prisons. ICE plans to reopen them.
Boston Globe·Sep 7, 2025·archived copy
- KTAR
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