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West Tenn. town approves CoreCivic to run immigration detention facility after chaotic meeting • Tennessee Lookout
5:01 News Story Officials in the small West Tennessee town of Mason on Tuesday approved a contract with private prison corporation CoreCivic to operate the former West Tennessee Detention Facility as an immigration detention facility. The Mason Board of Mayor and Aldermen called a special meeting to review two contracts: one between the town and CoreCivic, and one between the town and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
https://tennesseelookout.com/2025/08/13/west-tenn-town-approves-corecivic-to-run-immigration-detention-facility-after-chaotic-meeting/
Tennessee town approves plans to turn former prison into ...
Tennessee town approves plans to turn former prison into Ice detention center. This article is more than 5 months old. Officials in Mason ... 2026 ...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/13/tennessee-ice-detention-center-masonImmigrant detainees begin arriving at former prison in rural Tennessee town despite objections from residents PBS News
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Immigrant detainees have started arriving at a former Tennessee prison that's been turned into a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center, the facility's operator said. CoreCivic Inc. said late Wednesday that it has begun receiving detainees at the West Tennessee Detention Facility in the rural town of Mason, located about 40 miles (60 kilometers) northeast of Memphis.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/immigrant-detainees-begin-arriving-at-former-prison-in-rural-tennessee-town-despite-objections-from-residents
1st detainees have arrived at former West Tennessee prison since town approved contract with ICE
MASON, Tenn. (WMC) - The former West Tennessee Detention Center is housing the first inmates it’s seen in years after the Town of Mason greenlit its transformation into an ICE detention facility. CoreCivic, the private prison company that will operate the facility, confirmed that it began accepting ICE detainees on Wednesday.
https://www.actionnews5.com/2025/09/11/1st-detainees-have-arrived-former-west-tennessee-prison-since-town-approved-contract-with-ice/
ACLU of Tennessee Demands Mason Officials Halt ICE Detention Contract, Cites City’s Failure to Approve Contract - ACLU of Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee today sent a letter to Town of Mason officials demanding they immediately stop all actions related to contracts with CoreCivic and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to operate an immigration detention facility.
https://www.aclu-tn.org/press-releases/aclu-tennessee-demands-mason-officials-halt-ice-detention-contract-cites-citys/
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https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/local/2025/09/10/mason-tennessee-ice-detention-corecivic/86085945007/Vacant prison to become privately run ICE detention center
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https://www.psrmemphis.org/vacant-prison-to-become-privately-run-ice-detention-center/A regional ICE detention center is coming to rural Tennessee WPLN News
A small town in rural Tennessee will soon be the site of a privately-run Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center. Before a crowd of chanting protestors, Mayor Eddie Noeman stressed the economic opportunities for cash-strapped Mason — and his own status as a first-generation immigrant from Egypt.
https://wpln.org/post/a-regional-ice-detention-center-is-coming-to-rural-tennessee/
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ICE detention center approved for former Tenn. prison despite local opposition Mason approves agreements to convert a former prison into an immigration detention facility, drawing criticism from residents over immigrant treatment and CoreCivic’s track record in Tennessee.
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A regional ICE detention center is coming to rural Tennessee WKMS
A small town in rural Tennessee will soon be the site of a privately-run Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center. The town of Mason’s 600-bed prison has been sitting empty for nearly four years, but the West Tennessee Detention Facility will soon be filled with ICE detainees from across the mid-South.
https://www.wkms.org/government-politics/2025-08-13/a-regional-ice-detention-center-is-coming-to-rural-tennessee
Tennessee town approves former prison conversion to migrant facility Fox News
The small town of Mason, Tenn., has approved plans to turn a former prison into a migrant detention facility. CoreCivic, a private company, is set to operate the site following the approval of its contract, the Associated Press reported. The facility, which is now slated for conversion into a migrant detention center, was shuttered in 2021 after then-President Joe Biden ordered the Justice Department to halt the renewal of contracts...
https://www.foxnews.com/us/rural-town-turn-closed-prison-ice-detention-facility-despite-resident-pushback
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ICE detention center approved for former Tenn. prison despite local opposition Mason approves agreements to convert a former prison into an immigration detention facility, drawing criticism from residents over immigrant treatment and CoreCivic’s track record in Tennessee.
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West Tennessee Detention Facility
Facility Leader: Trinity Minter, Warden Trinity Minter was named warden at West Tennessee Detention Facility in June 2025. Warden Minter began her career at Whiteville Correctional Facility in 1998 as a correctional officer and has since served in various capacities including, senior correctional officer, correctional counselor, unit manager, quality assurance manager and chief of unit management.
https://www.corecivic.com/facilities/west-tennessee-detention-facility
Mason residents share concerns about former prison’s owners after ICE detention center approved for facility
MASON, Tenn. (WMC) - A chaotic night in rural west Tennessee ended in the approval to reopen a former prison as a detention center for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday. The company in charge of running the facility is CoreCivic, a private prison company that runs over 80 facilities in Tennessee.
https://www.actionnews5.com/2025/08/14/mason-residents-share-concerns-about-former-prisons-owners-after-ice-detention-center-approved-facility/