ICE awarded GEO Group and CoreCivic nearly $1 billion in contracts, leading to public scrutiny and activist tracking.

The entities involved

• GEO Group →

  American institutional facilities company

  • GEO Group is operating the Rivers Correctional Institution facility under protest.Sun 23:40
  • GEO Group is running Adelanto detention center in California, while criminal complaints filed across multiple states are under review by CNN regarding cases in Arizona.Sun 18:08
• ICE →

  Italian company

  • Detention center plans are reportedly being made that include Pennsylvania.Mon 17:51
  • DHS purchased the former Big Lots distribution center and acquired a facility in Berks County, utilizing ICE operational goals for detention.Mon 17:09
• DHS →

  Wikimedia disambiguation page

  • DHS, DOJ, and SEC formed a joint initiative to establish a Trade Fraud Task Force, setting standards for compliance.Mon 17:57
  • Dana Nessel filed a lawsuit against DHS to prevent the implementation of detention center plans.Mon 15:02

Related events

• ICE is targeting individuals from Haiti while GEO Group operates an ICE detention facility.Wed 06:08
• GEO Group began operating an ICE detention facility under contract with DHS.Jun 23
• GEO Group, identified as ICE's biggest contractor, occupies a historic building in San Francisco.Aug 19
• A collection of unrelated developments reported on August 9, 2026, including GEO Group's contract with the Trump administration, calls for abolition of ICE/DHS by Carol Lang, and Mikie Sherrill's status as a Democratic official in New Jersey.Aug 9