He ended up at California City Detention Facility, the state’s largest immigration detention center, which operates out of a crumbling, shuttered state prison. Guevara Alarcon was horrified to find that conditions in immigration detention were far worse than anything he had experienced before. AdvertisementThe number of ICE immigration jails has more than doubled since Trump returned to the White House, Sawyer said. “Our existing facilities are full throttle.”California City Detention Facility is run by CoreCivic, another private prison operator that contracts with ICE. The Detention Reengineering Initiative refers to “standardized layouts” for the facilities that will provide “a unified, scalable solution” for immigration detention.

Source: Huffington Post March 07, 2026 12:34 UTC