Adelanto Detention Center

Not to be confused with the San Bernardino County High Desert Detention Center also in Adelanto, California
Adelanto Detention Facility
Location 9438 Commerce Way, Adelanto, California 92301
Status Open (East: August 2011, West: July 2012)
Security class Mixed Security
Capacity 1300 (both facilities) Approx. 2000 pending completion of expansion (July 2015)
Opened 2011
Managed by GEO Group

Adelanto Detention Facility is a privately operated federal prison in Adelanto, San Bernardino County, California. Owned and operated by the GEO Group, it consists of two separate facilities: East, which was an existing prison purchased in June 2010 from the City of Adelanto with a capacity of about 600 inmates, and the newly built West expansion completed in August 2012 with another 700 beds.[1]

From 1991 Adelanto was a state prison for adult male inmates. Since May 2011 GEO has contracted with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to house federal immigration detainees here.[2]

The prison, ICE's newest and largest in California,[3] was the scene of immigration protests in November 2013.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Adelanto Detention Facility - The GEO Group Inc". Geogroup.com. 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 3, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  3. ↑ "An Immigrant's Dream, Detained". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Protesters decry 'unjust' treatment at Adelanto detention facility". Sbsun.com. 2013-11-25. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 3, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2014.

Coordinates: 34°33′37″N 117°26′14″W / 34.560251°N 117.437228°W / 34.560251; -117.437228

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