OC Supervisors to Consider Jailing More Immigrants for ICE at Theo Lacy
Updated: Aug 25, 2020
When one jail cell door closes, another opens. The Orange County Board of Supervisors will vote on adding 120 beds for immigrant detention at the Theo Lacy facility this Tuesday, two weeks before the Santa Ana jail contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) expires. The proposed change to the county's current five-year contract would bring the number of immigrants able to be detained up from 838 to 958. With a daily rate of detention at $118 per person, revenues are expected to increase by $5 million annually through July 2020.
Read more on my latest OC Weekly Navel Gazing Blog post:
http://www.ocweekly.com/news/ocsd-wants-to-jail-more-immigrants-for-ice-at-theo-lacy-8083419