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Closed New Mexico private prison may reopen to hold migrants
ESTANCIA, N.M. (AP) — A closed private prison in central New Mexico may reopen to hold immigrants being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The Torrance County Commission is set to vote Wednesday on whether to sign an agreement with ICE and reopen the Torrance County Detention Facility owned by the Nashville, Tennessee-based CoreCivic.
The prison has been closed since October 2017.
Commission Chair Ryan Schwebach says the town of Estancia and Torrance County were hit hard by the closure because the area saw the loss of good paying jobs.
Read more: https://www.kanw.com/post/closed-new-mexico-private-prison-may-reopen-hold-migrants