For Profit Imprisonment

the Geo Group

2026-02-12 GEO Group profited from ICE detention centers and private prisons.

https://www.geogroup.com/ICE

https://calmatters.org/justice/2026/04/new-ice-detention-center-mcfarland/

https://time.com/7378284/ice-immigration-detention-contractors-record-revenue/

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/private-prison-companies-enormous-windfall-who-stands-gain-ice-expands

https://investigate.afsc.org/company/geo-group

https://www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_from_sen_warren_repraskinlawmakerstogeogrouponinvolvementindetentionwarehousesystem.pdf

2026-05-12 The Trump administration announced former Vice President of for-profit private prisons Geo Group David Venturella would become the new acting director for ICE.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-ice-official-who-worked-private-prison-firm-will-be-agencys-new-acting-head-2026-05-13/

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/12/g-s1-121766/ice-acting-director-venturella

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/ice-dhs-david-venturella-geo-group-private-prisons/

2026 June

2026-06-30 Mamdani announced the permanent closure of Rikers Island, stating, “For decades, Rikers Island has represented one of the deepest failures of our City government…this milestone brings us closer to ending that chapter. We are replacing a system built around neglect with one centered on rehabilitation”.

https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/04/transcript–mayor-mamdani-announces-opening-of-first-of-its-kind

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/30/headlines/new_york_mayor_mamdani_closes_part_of_rikers_island_jail

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/rikers-island-nyc-closing-zohran-mamdani-administration/