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MARANA, AZ \u2014 The federal government is moving forward with plans to turn Arizona’s former Marana prison into an immigrant detention center, according to a public notice posted by the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n

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The notice says Immigration and Customs Enforcement wants a contract to renovate and run the facility.<\/p>\n

The prison was bought last summer by Management and Training Corporation (MTC), a private prison company, according to Pima Resists ICE (PRICE), a local advocacy group tracking the project. <\/p>\n

Neither ICE nor MTC has announced a contract or released details about the site’s future.<\/p>\n

The notice was required because the property sits in a 100-year floodplain. <\/p>\n

Buried in it is a key detail: the facility’s capacity could grow from 506 detainees to 775, with room for 600 more temporary beds \u2014 for a total of over 1,300.<\/p>\n

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Other planned upgrades include expanded medical areas, a new 12-foot security fence and improvements to the facility’s water system. <\/p>\n

ICE says the work won’t add new buildings or significantly affect the floodplain or local wildlife.<\/p>\n

PRICE organizer Daniela Ugaz called the planned expansion alarming. <\/p>\n

“This unprecedented ramp-up in mass detention and mass deportations is chaotic and dangerous,” she said, adding that she sees the lack of public information from ICE as part of a broader loss of oversight.<\/p>\n

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The public has until Thursday, June 18, to comment. <\/p>\n

Comments can be emailed to icesustainability@ice.dhs.gov.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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