The federal government has added the Prairie Correctional Facility and Midwest Regional Reception Center to its expanding detention portfolio as the Trump administration builds capacity for increased immigration enforcement and deportations.
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The Department of Homeland Security has continued its expansion of federally owned immigration detention infrastructure with the acquisition of two additional CoreCivic facilities, building on a separate $1.5 billion purchase completed last month as the Trump administration prepares for a large-scale deportation campaign.
The latest transaction involves the Prairie Correctional Facility and the Midwest Regional Reception Center. Although ownership is shifting to the federal government, CoreCivic expects to remain responsible for operating both locations under contracts already in place with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Those operating agreements have different expiration dates. CoreCivic’s contract for the Prairie Correctional Facility extends through August 2031, while its agreement for the Midwest Regional Reception Center is scheduled to expire in September 2027. Under the terms of the existing contracts, ICE retains the ability to renegotiate the agreements or end them before their scheduled expiration.
The transaction continues a broader federal move toward direct ownership of detention properties while retaining CoreCivic as the operator.
Last month, DHS completed a $1.5 billion acquisition of the California City Detention Facility and the Otay Mesa Detention Center. Those properties are now owned by the federal government as well, while CoreCivic expects to continue running all four facilities through its existing ICE arrangements.
The series of purchases follows congressional approval of approximately $170 billion in additional immigration enforcement funding through President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
The Trump administration has been using that funding to increase detention capacity as it moves toward its planned mass deportation campaign. The acquisition of facilities already operated under ICE contracts allows the federal government to take ownership of existing detention infrastructure while keeping current operational arrangements in place.
CoreCivic expects to receive approximately $522.5 million in net proceeds from the most recent sale after accounting for taxes and transaction-related expenses.
The company said the proceeds are expected to be directed toward several corporate priorities, including reducing debt and repurchasing shares, as well as other corporate purposes.
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