Federal prisons holding 700 immigrants in detention, BOP says
The federal prison system as of Wednesday was holding about 700 immigrant detainees at four facilities, a Bureau of Prisons executive told a House committee.
n a two-hour House Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittee, Acting Deputy BOP Director Kathleen Toomey disclosed that number, saying they were being held at four of the five prisons now under contract to hold immigrants for ICE: FDC Atlanta, FCI Leavenworth in Kansas, FDC Philadelphia, FCI Miami.
The fifth prison, FCI Berlin in New Hampshire, is under contract to hold immigrant detainees, but there isn't enough staffing, food, clothing or training at this site.
Although FCI Dublin in the San Francisco Bay Area has not been put under contract, ICE officials visited the closed women's prison last week, scoping it out for possible use, a union official said.
