DHS buys 2 more detention centers in California for $950 million

The Department of Homeland Security has purchased two immigrant detention facilities in Adelanto for $950 million, according to the private prison corporation that sold them.

The sale by the GEO Group, a Florida-based government contractor, follows a $1.5-billion sale over the summer of two other California detention facilities by GEO’s competitor, CoreCivic of Tennessee.

The sales bolster the Trump administration’s goal of cementing its capacity to detain immigrants it seeks to deport and reflect efforts to avoid oversight from California and other states by placing the facilities under federal ownership, even though they would still be operated by private companies.

The most recent sale, announced Monday, includes the two buildings that make up the 1,940-bed Adelanto ICE Processing Center and the 704-bed Desert View Annex.

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/oct/05/dhs-buys-2-more-detention-centers-in-california-fo/