ICE Plans Massive Detention Center in North Carolina | Winston–Salem News

ICE is eyeing a massive new detention center in Winton, North Carolina, set to open in the shuttered Rivers Correctional Institution — a facility notorious for past abuses and now poised to house up to 1,400 immigrants. Governor Josh Stein has firmly opposed the plan, emphasizing the state’s non-involvement and citing alarming death tolls in ICE custody. The GEO Group, the private prison operator behind the facility’s previous troubled operation, is once again pitching the site — touting its rural isolation — but local communities are already mobilizing in protest, fearing a repeat of past horrors as advocates warn this could be a dangerous return to for-profit incarceration. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/a43a946c245ae01e