First Detainees Arrive at Appleton Immigrant Detention Center

The Appleton Detention Facility, Minnesota’s only immigrant detention center, opened November 9, and local activists say the first detainees have arrived. The 1,600-bed former Prairie Correctional Facility is run by CoreCivic; DHS bought it in August for $496 million, more than six times its $75 million assessed value, and will pay CoreCivic $536 million over five years to operate it. ICE said it opened the facility “to strengthen America’s ability to enforce its immigration laws.”