The opening of the so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center this week in South Florida will help fill a need to find space to hold a surge of immigrants arrested by the Trump administration.
The government, however, is also hoping to hold more immigrants in private jails. Contracts with for-profit detention centers, and extra funding for them — included in President Trump’s signature policy bill in Congress — are providing a boost to companies including CoreCivic, one of the nation’s largest private jail operators.
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