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GEO Group Contract for Newark Detention Center

Sector: Immigration • Location: Newark, New Jersey, United States

Source: Truthout

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GEO Group has signed a $1 billion, 15-year contract to reopen a detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, to incarcerate up to 1,000 immigration prisoners, marking a significant expansion of immigration detention under the Trump administration.

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Sector
Immigration
Location
Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
Updated
22 Jul 2026
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Truthout

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The project “GEO Group Contract for Newark Detention Center” is an infrastructure initiative in the Immigration sector, located in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Truthout.

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GEO Group has signed a $1 billion, 15-year contract to reopen a detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, to incarcerate up to 1,000 immigration prisoners, marking a significant expansion of immigration detention under the Trump administration.

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Immigration

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United States of America (USA)

State

New Jersey

City

Newark

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2025-03-14

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