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Camp East Montana is the nation’s largest immigration detention center, with the current
capacity to hold up to 5,000 people. Despite the legal distinction between civil immigration detention and criminal incarceration, US immigration detention facilities are indistinguishable in most respects to prisons. Indeed, the federal government frequently contracts with prisons and jails to hold
detained immigrants on its behalf, with significant reliance on facilities owned or operated by private prison corporations. As of early 2025, approximately 90 percent of people ICE
detained were held in facilities either owned or operated by private contractors......[Citing TRAC data and reports].
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