ICE reopens shuttered prisons as detention centers with troubled pasts
Dec 18, 2025
The Trump administration is reopening shuttered prisons across multiple states as immigration detention centers to accommodate over 65,000 people in ICE custody, the highest level in history. Many of these facilities closed due to allegations of abuse, poor conditions, and mismanagement. These facilities operated with histories of poor conditions and reduced government oversight.
Sources
- ICE is reopening shuttered prisons as detention centers. Many have a troubled past
NPR·Dec 18, 2025·archived copy
mprnews.org·Dec 18, 2025·archived copy
opb.org·Dec 19, 2025·archived copy
- ‘Zombie Prisons’: How ICE Detention Is Raising Troubling Facilities From the Dead
themarshallproject.org·Aug 29, 2025·archived copy
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