ICE’s New Detention Center Contracts Declare State Laws ‘Shall Not Apply’
Operating agreements for the four sites lapse in the coming months: Tacoma's contract runs through October 27, and the Pennsylvania facility's county agreement expires September 28. GEO’s securities filings show the Colorado and Florida contract terms end in October and September, respectively.Companies had less than a week to respond before the window closed July 17.The draft contract terms are new. But his ruling is preliminary, it binds no court outside Washington, and for ICE’s purposes it doesn’t need to survive.
- ▪Operating agreements for the four sites lapse in the coming months: Tacoma's contract runs through October 27, and the Pennsylvania facility's county agreement expires September 28.
- ▪GEO’s securities filings show the Colorado and Florida contract terms end in October and September, respectively.Companies had less than a week to respond before the window closed July 17.The draft contract terms are new.
- ▪But his ruling is preliminary, it binds no court outside Washington, and for ICE’s purposes it doesn’t need to survive.
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Dell CameronSecurityJul 29, 2026 5:00 AMICE’s New Detention Center Contracts Declare State Laws ‘Shall Not Apply’One day after a federal judge ordered an ICE detention center opened to state health inspectors, the agency posted new contract terms that would void state oversight at four facilities.Photo-Illustration: Jobanny Cabrera; Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to place its private detention network beyond the reach of state inspectors, publishing draft contract terms that declare state and local laws “shall not apply” to the facilities, according to federal documents reviewed by WIRED.The new terms were published earlier this month, a day after a federal judge ruled that a contract…
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