Local Sheriffs Are Turning Their Jails Into ICE Detention Centers

by Chloe Adams
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County jails play a critical role in ICE detention

Sources: Deportation Data Project; ICE Detention Management

Note: Only facilities with an average daily detainee population of at least one in July are shown. Not shown are facilities at the Naval Station in Guantánamo Bay; in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands; and at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas.

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Reviving an old model

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County jails have made room for ICE detainees

Average daily population at local facilities with the largest growth in ICE detention this year

Thousands of ICE detainees have been moved through county jails

Political and other benefits

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‘Carceral, punitive places’

Average length of stay for ICE detainees held at county jails this year

Source: Deportation Data Project

Note: Average length of stay reflects those booked into detention at local facilities after Jan. 20, or those who had been released as of July 28.

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