ICE plans to open a concentration camp in Minnesota.
On Thursday June 4th, ICE announced it will be reopening the Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton in west-central Minnesota. With a capacity of 1,600 detainees — around 60% larger than Delaney Hall in Newark — it will be a key node in ICE’s growing Midwest detention network. The Facility will be run by its owner, the private prison megacorporation CoreCivic, which promises to start holding detainees within 90 days of securing their contract.
ICE is trying to slip this by quietly, reopening an existing site in a small town familiar with prison operations, hoping few people will notice. But hunger strikes and protests continue every day at Newark, Adelanto, and nationwide. People are waking up and fighting for freedom. Call your representatives to demand enforcement of the right to transparency and access. Demand an end to private prisons. Hold state and local officials accountable to acting on what they said during Metro Surge — ICE OUT means ICE OUT. More than that: talk with your neighbors, your relatives, your friends. Make plans for how you will publicly oppose the camp. Learn from the success of protestors at Delaney Hall. Prairie isn’t open yet. It is up to us.
For more information: https://www.projectsaltbox.com/p/ice-plans-to-reopen-prairie-correctional
https://www.wired.com/story/ice-detention-network-minnesota-5-states/
https://curemn.org/blog/ice-detention-in-appleton/
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