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GEO Group Expands prison for immigrants to more than 1,500 in WA

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Locked and loaded GEO Group will incarcerate more immigrants. Posted: Jul 10, 2008 by John Herbert NORTHWEST DETENTION CENTER: More immigrants will cross these tracks. Tacoma officials have confirmed that Florida-based private prison corporation the GEO Group has plans to expand a prison for immigrants on the Tacoma tide flats by 50 percent, providing capacity for more than 1,500 prisoners. With capacity for 1,000 prisoners, the Northwest Detention Center is already the largest GEO private prison on the West Coast. Aggressive, ongoing efforts to expel illegal immigrants from the United States have created an overwhelming demand for private prisons, which generally charge the federal government about $100 per day to keep immigrants locked up while awaiting deportation...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on July 11, 2008 (boomark / email).