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/

2026-05-22 Detainees at ICE Delaney Hall have been on hunger strike due to horrid conditions and due process violations. The prison is operated by the private for-profit Geo Group.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1omqCrvapw&list=WL&index=3

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/25/us/new-jersey-ice-facility-protests

2026-07-07 The for-profit prison company GEO Group settled a case of willfully abusing and exploiting detainees. They were only fined $100,000.

https://calmatters.org/justice/2026/07/geo-groupcal-osha-settlement/

https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/ag-ferguson-jury-finds-geo-profit-operator-tacoma-ice-detention-center-must-pay

https://www.ccijustice.org/post/nlrb-complaint-against-geo

CoreCivic

2026-06-19 Sixty-three-year-old Felix Alcordo Rodriguez died in ICE custody at a Laredo Texas detention center operated by the for-profit company CoreCivic.

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/29/headlines/mexican_immigrant_dies_at_for_profit_ice_jail_in_texas_the_20th_such_death_in_2026

Behind Closed Doors

2026-05-05 DHS closed its internal watchdog offices that track the abuse of immigrants. This came after a Washington Post investigation found an increase in abuse and excessive force carried out on detainees as the Trump administration over-packs detention centers.

https://whistleblower.org/in-the-news/cnn-cuts-to-dhs-watchdogs-spark-more-questions-as-deportation-efforts-increase/

https://thehill.com/homenews/5864182-oido-dhs-watchdog-closure/

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-detention-center-abuse-watchdog-office-closes-b2970785.html

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-05-05/us-to-close-watchdog-office-for-federal-immigration-detention-abuses

https://www.commondreams.org/news/dhs-ombudsman-closed

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/insight/ice-watchdog-office-closed-amid-record-use-of-force/gm-GM34C7CD45?gemSnapshotKey=GM34C7CD45-snapshot-1

2026 August

2026-08-07 CoreCivic and GEO Group both reported a combined $1.4BN quarterly revenue over Trump’s immigration crackdown.

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/08/nx-s1-5923881/geo-group-corecivic-immigration-detention

https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081026_core_civic/private-prison-firm-corecivic-cashes-trumps-mass-immigrant-detention-agenda/