What Must Be Known: Dwight, IL ICE Detention Facility
There is an interest by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to construct a new immigration detention center in Dwight, Illinois. About 1 ½ hours northeast of Peoria, the $20 million project could possibly bring 280 jobs to the small community in Central Illinois. The detention center will be managed by Immigration Centers of America (ICA), a private-prison corporation, with upwards of 1200 beds needed to warehouse humans. (view more)
