Closed prison in Tennessee to be used as ICE detention facility

Published August 13, 2025 11:31am ET



A closed prison in Tennessee has been approved as the latest state facility to be repurposed into a detention facility for illegal immigrants who have been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

“Tennessee: Contracts approved for ICE to reopen a closed prison as an immigration detention facility,” the White House’s Rapid Response 47 account posted on X Wednesday morning.

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