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Senator questions why feds paid so much for Appleton immigrant detention center

States Newsroom · November 13, 2026

A member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs asked the Trump administration to preserve all records related to the federal government’s recent purchase of the Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton. CoreCivic, a private prison company, was paid $496 million for the 1,600-bed…

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Senator questions why feds paid so much for Appleton immigrant detention center

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