Capture lane

Detention Industrial Complex

The Detention Industrial Complex capture lane traces 65 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

65 events From Jan 1, 1866 To Jun 17, 2026 Open in filter view →
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DateEventLanesStatus
2026-06-17Reuters Analysis: ICE Detention Death Rate Doubles Under Trump — One Death per 1,630 Detainees vs. Prior Baseline of 1 per 3,848 4 src
ICE · DHS · GEO Group · CoreCivic · +2
confirmed
2026-05-13ACLU Files Federal Lawsuit Against Memphis Safe Task Force Alleging Pattern of First Amendment Retaliation Against Civilians Recording Federal Immigration Enforcement 5 src
American Civil Liberties Union · Todd Blanche · Department of Homeland Security · Immigration and Customs Enforcement · +5
confirmed
2026-05-07CoreCivic Q1 2026 Earnings Confirm Operational Ramp ($614.7M Revenue, ICE Doubled to $261.3M) but Disclose Temporary ICE Population Decline; No Mention of Warren-Raskin Letter, Mullin Pause, or In-Custody Death Litigation
CoreCivic · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Department of Homeland Security · Markwayne Mullin
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2026-05-06GEO Group Reports Q1 2026 Revenue $705M, Raises Full-Year Guidance to $2.95-$3.10B on ICE Reactivations; No Mention of Warren-Raskin Letter 3 src
GEO Group · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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2026-04-25Communities Not Cages: 200+ National Actions Oppose ICE Warehouse Detention Expansion; Rep. Tlaib Introduces Ban Warehouse Detention Act 4 src
Indivisible · MoveOn · Public Citizen
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2026-04-17Stateline Reveals DHS Scales Back Williamsport MD and Surprise AZ Warehouse Detention Plans from 1,500 to 542 Beds Each Amid State-Level Pushback 4 src
Markwayne Mullin · Department of Homeland Security · Kristi Noem · ICE · +2
confirmed
2026-04-15Jenn Budd Appears on Frank Figliuzzi Show, Discusses CBP Cover-Up Teams and CIT-to-OPR Personnel Rotation 6 src
Rodney Scott
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2026-04-15Judge Hurson's Maryland NEPA Preliminary Injunction Halts Williamsport ICE Construction, Cascades Directly to Bexar TX Warehouse Pause and Anchors Arizona and New Jersey Parallel Challenges 8 src
Anthony G. Brown · Kris Mayes · Mikie Sherrill · Department of Homeland Security · +1
confirmed
2026-04-09Houston ISD Soccer Captain Mauro Henriquez Deported to Honduras After Four Months in ICE Detention 3 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
confirmed
2026-04-08ICE Appeals Pennsylvania DEP Administrative Orders Blocking Water-Sewer Hookups at Tremont and Upper Bern Warehouse Detention Sites 5 src
Department of Homeland Security · ICE
confirmed
2026-04-08ICE Data Reveals 1,300 'Collateral' Arrests During Operation Metro Surge -- 35% of All Minnesota Detentions 3 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Department of Homeland Security
confirmed
2026-04-02PNK Group Proposes Up to Four AI Data Centers at Allenwood, PA Campus — Same Site as ModCorr Modular-Prison-Cell Factory; Zoning Fight Begins 4 src
PNK Group · Andrey Sharkov
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2026-03-29Warren, Raskin Lead 52 Lawmakers in Formal Inquiry to Six Detention Contractors and Real Estate Firms Over Trump Warehouse Detention Buildout 6 src
Elizabeth Warren · Jamie Raskin · Andrey Sharkov · PNK Group · +9
confirmed
2026-03-24Markwayne Mullin Sworn In as DHS Secretary After 54-45 Senate Confirmation; Immediately Pauses WEXMAC-TITUS Warehouse Detention Buildout 8 src
Markwayne Mullin · Donald Trump · Kristi Noem · John Fetterman · +5
confirmed
2026-03-24Michigan AG Nessel and City of Romulus Sue DHS/ICE Over $34.7M Romulus Warehouse Detention Conversion; DHS Under New Secretary Mullin Opens Review April 2 6 src
Dana Nessel · Department of Homeland Security · ICE · Markwayne Mullin
confirmed
2026-03-20New Jersey Governor Sherrill and Attorney General Davenport Sue DHS Over $129M Roxbury Warehouse Detention Conversion, April 8 Emergency Injunction Motion Cites State-Easement Violation 6 src
Mikie Sherrill · Department of Homeland Security · ICE · Goldman Sachs
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2026-03-07ICE Awards $113M Williamsport MD Detention Contract to KVG LLC — Company With $5M Bonding Capacity and No Detention Experience; Ceiling Extends to $641.8M Through 2029 2 src
KVG LLC · Department of Homeland Security · ICE · State of Maryland · +1
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2026-02-24Trammell Crow's Merrimack NH ICE Detention Deal Scuttled After Pressure From Residents, ACLU, and Governor Ayotte — First Documented Successful Community Block of a WEXMAC-TITUS Transaction 8 src
Kristi Noem · Department of Homeland Security
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2026-02-15DHS Pays Goldman Sachs / Dalfen Industrial $129.3M for Roxbury, NJ Warehouse — 137% Markup Over Value; GSA Administrator Forst Holds $1.8M–$6.1M+ in Ongoing Goldman Exposure 4 src
Goldman Sachs Asset Management · Department of Homeland Security · ICE · Jonathan Gould
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2026-02-03DHS Pays Carlyle Group / Alliance Industrial $68.2M for Oakwood, GA Warehouse — 22 Trump Administration Officials Hold Carlyle Investments 4 src
Carlyle Group · Department of Homeland Security · ICE · Jacob Helberg
confirmed
2026-02-02DHS Pays PCCP LLC $87.4M for Upper Bern Township, PA Warehouse — 52% Markup on 17-Month Hold; Heitman $46.4M Acquisition Loan 5 src
Department of Homeland Security · ICE
confirmed
2026-01-27DHS Pays Fundrise $102.4M for 830,000 sqft Williamsport, MD Warehouse — Goldman Sachs Refinanced Seller via $352.7M Loan Portfolio; CBRE Brokered 5 src
Goldman Sachs · Goldman Sachs Asset Management · Department of Homeland Security · ICE · +1
confirmed
2026-01-23DHS Pays Rockefeller Group (Mitsubishi Estate) $70M for Surprise, AZ Warehouse — 483% Markup Over 2023 Cost Basis; City Bans Detention But Federal Preemption Nullifies 4 src
Department of Homeland Security · ICE · GardaWorld Federal Services
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2026-01-15Bradford County FL Commissioners Vote 3-2 to Advance Sabot IGSA Proposal for 3,000-Bed ICE Detention Campus 5 src
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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2026-01-15Kansas City Council Passes 5-Year Moratorium on Non-Municipal Detention Facilities Same Day ICE Tours Platform Ventures Warehouse; Port KC Severs Ties Feb. 9; Developer Withdraws Feb. 12 4 srcconfirmed
2026-01-09PNK Sells Social Circle, GA Warehouse to DHS for $128.5M at 4x Cost Basis in Four-Day Closing for 10,000-Bed ICE Detention Conversion 7 src
PNK Group · Andrey Sharkov · Department of Homeland Security · ICE · +2
confirmed
2025-10-03SCOTUS second shadow-docket stay in Noem v. National TPS Alliance pauses summary judgment order restoring Venezuelan TPS 3 src confirmed
2025-09-08SCOTUS shadow-docket stay in Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo permits ICE to use ethnicity, Spanish fluency, location, and occupation as reasonable-suspicion factors 3 src confirmed
2025-09-02Federal Judge Charles Breyer Rules Trump's LA National Guard Deployment Violated Posse Comitatus Act in Bench-Trial Decision
Charles Breyer · Gavin Newsom · Rob Bonta · Donald Trump · +2
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2025-08-25Trump Signs Executive Order Creating Specialized DC National Guard Unit Deputized to Enforce Federal Law and Standing Nationwide Quick Reaction Force
Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Stephen Miller · D.C. National Guard
confirmed
2025-08-14DHS Centralizes Control of 300M-Profile Biometric Database Under CIO McCord; OBIM Moved From Independent Office to CIO Authority to Accelerate HART Delivery 1 src
Stephen Miller
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2025-07-29ModCorr Leases 252,282 sqft from PNK at Allenwood, PA to Manufacture Modular Prison Cells — Same Campus Where PNK Later Proposes AI Data Center 9 src
PNK Group · Andrey Sharkov
confirmed
2025-07-04OBBBA Signed — $45B ICE Detention + $29.85B Enforcement Appropriations Through FY2029 Fund $38.3B Detention Reengineering Initiative 7 src
Donald Trump · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Congress
confirmed
2025-06-18Senate Confirms Rodney Scott as CBP Commissioner 51–46, Seven Weeks After IACHR Found U.S. Responsible for Hernández Rojas Cover-Up He Supervised 5 src
Rodney Scott · U.S. Senate
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2025-05-30SCOTUS shadow-docket stay in Noem v. Doe clears Trump termination of CHNV humanitarian parole affecting ~500,000 Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, Venezuelan migrants 3 src confirmed
2025-05-21Target Hospitality Secures Seat on $4 Billion DHS Emergency Detention Strategic Sourcing Vehicle 2 src
DHS · ICE
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2025-05-19SCOTUS shadow-docket stay in Noem v. National TPS Alliance clears Venezuelan Temporary Protected Status termination (initial stay) 3 src confirmed
2025-04-28IACHR Holds United States Responsible for Anastasio Hernández Rojas Killing and Cover-Up — 15 Years After CBP Agents Beat and Tased Him While Handcuffed 5 src
Rodney Scott
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2025-04-15Triple Canopy (Constellis/Blackwater lineage) operates ~$478M DHS Federal Protective Service domestic armed-guard portfolio at DC/MD/PA/CO federal buildings — Phase-4 paramilitary substrate at domestic federal property 6 src
Triple Canopy · Constellis Holdings
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2025-04-11Trump Signs NSPM-4 Transferring Roosevelt Reservation to DoD as First 'National Defense Area' at Southern Border; 170-Mile NM Strip Becomes Military Installation Without Congressional Approval 6 src
Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Army · Department of Homeland Security · +1
confirmed
2025-04-07SCOTUS 5-4 shadow-docket stay in Trump v. J.G.G. vacates TROs blocking Alien Enemies Act removals of Venezuelan nationals 3 src confirmed
2025-03-14Trump Signs Proclamation 10903 Invoking 1798 Alien Enemies Act Against Tren de Aragua, First Use Outside Declared War Since World War II
Donald Trump · Stephen Miller · Marco Rubio · James Boasberg · +1
confirmed
2025-03-05Target Hospitality and CoreCivic Restart Dilley Family Detention Under New $246M / $180M Annual Contracts 3 src
CoreCivic · ICE
confirmed
2025-03-01Blue Owl $425M Net Lease CMBS Loan Transferred to Special Servicer SitusAMC as Occupancy Collapses to 36% 3 src
Blue Owl Capital · Big Lots
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2025-02-25Constellis FY2025-2026 contract sweep: $700M WEXMAC 2.0, $249M GTMO MACC, $95M FDA, $113M ICE skip-tracing — all competitive, six new vehicles 9 src
Triple Canopy
confirmed
2023-12-27Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Dalfen Industrial Acquire Roxbury NJ Warehouse from Adler Roxbury LLC — Off-Market JLL Deal; Price Undisclosed 4 src
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
confirmed
2022-12-12Sberbank Real Estate Fund Acquires PNK Park Rostov-on-Don Warehouse — Eight Months After OFAC SDN Designation of Sberbank 1 src
Andrey Sharkov
confirmed
2020-07-24Sberbank Asset Management Acquires PNK Park Veshki Near Moscow, Extending PNK-Sberbank Industrial Fund Partnership That Began in 2016 2 src
Andrey Sharkov
confirmed
2016-08-11Former USMS Director Hylton joins CoreCivic board; becomes Chair of Special Litigation Committee defending DOJ private-prison pullback suits 4 src
CoreCivic · U.S. Marshals Service
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2016-01-01DHS Initiates HART Program to Replace IDENT: 290M+ Identity Biometric Backbone; GAO Finds Significant Management and Privacy Shortcomings in 2023 6 src
Government Accountability Office
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2010-10-25Washington Times reveals Hylton Senate questionnaire conflict: $112,500 GEO Group consulting income, company formed before DOJ retirement 3 src
GEO Group · Office of Government Ethics
confirmed
2010-05-28Anastasio Hernandez Rojas Beaten and Tasered to Death by Border Patrol at San Ysidro; CIT Cover-Up Begins Same Day 8 src
Rodney Scott
confirmed
1996-09-30Clinton Signs IIRIRA Expanding Deportation, Retroactive Aggravated Felonies 3 src
Bill Clinton · U.S. Congress · Immigration and Naturalization Service
confirmed
1996-04-24Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act Expands Deportation, Strips Judicial Review 3 src
Bill Clinton · U.S. Congress · Department of Justice · Immigration and Naturalization Service
confirmed
1988-11-18Anti-Drug Abuse Act Creates "Aggravated Felony" Category, Merging War on Drugs with Deportation 3 src
Ronald Reagan · U.S. Congress · Department of Justice · Immigration and Naturalization Service
confirmed
1984-01-22First Fully Privatized Prison Opens in Houston Under CCA Contract with Immigration and Naturalization Service 3 src
Corrections Corporation of America · Immigration and Naturalization Service · Thomas W. Beasley
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1983-01-28Corrections Corporation of America Founded in Nashville, Launching Modern Private Prison Industry 3 src
Thomas W. Beasley · Corrections Corporation of America
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1983-01-01Reagan Administration's Mass Immigration Emergency Plan Mandates 10,000 Detention Beds — First Systematic Detention Infrastructure Requirement in U.S. History 4 src
Ronald Reagan · Immigration and Naturalization Service · Department of Justice · Kenneth Starr
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1981-07-01AG Smith Declares Detention-as-Deterrence Doctrine, Eliminating Bond Rights for Asylum Seekers 5 src
Ronald Reagan · Immigration and Naturalization Service · Department of Justice · Haitian refugees
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1980-10-01INS Opens Krome Avenue Detention Center on Decommissioned Nike Missile Site, Locking In Detention as Default Immigration Response 4 src
Immigration and Naturalization Service · Jimmy Carter · Ronald Reagan · Haitian refugees
confirmed
1954-06-17Operation Wetback Mass Deportation Uses Military Tactics, Human Rights Violations 3 src
Dwight D. Eisenhower · Immigration and Naturalization Service
confirmed
1944-12-18Korematsu v. United States - Supreme Court Upholds Japanese Internment 3 src
U.S. Supreme Court · Hugo Black · Frank Murphy · Department of Justice
confirmed
1942-02-19Executive Order 9066 as Executive-Power Template: FDR's Internment Authority Predicate for 2001 Detention Architecture 3 src
Franklin D. Roosevelt · Francis Biddle · Earl Warren
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1942-02-19Executive Order 9066 Authorizes Japanese American Internment 3 src
Franklin D. Roosevelt · U.S. War Department
confirmed
1866-01-01Alabama Initiates Convict Leasing: Slavery by Another Name 3 src
Railroad companies
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