Reeves County Detention Complex

Reeves County Detention Complex is a privately operated immigration detention facility, located about 3 miles southwest of Pecos in Reeves County, Texas.

The complex is operated by the GEO Group. With a combined capacity of 3,763 prisoners in its three sub-complexes,[1] it has been called the largest private prison in the world.[2] The GEO Group houses prisoners at this facility under contract with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Arizona Department of Corrections. Most prisoners at the complex are low-security criminal aliens, serving sentences of one to five years for drug offenses or immigration violations. They face deportation when released.[3]

Incidents

Two significant riots (on December 12 through 13 of 2008, and January 31 through February 5, 2009) were apparent protests of substandard medical care and other issues. Between August 2008 and March 2009 five men died in the complex, most notably an epileptic Mexican citizen named Jesus Manuel Galindo who was denied treatment despite repeated pleas.[4]

In May 2013, Mother Jones magazine ranked the complex as one of the ten worst prisons in the United States, citing the high number of prisoners in long-term isolation units.[5]

In August 2016, Justice Department officials announced that the FBOP would be phasing out its use of all contracted facilities, on the grounds that private prisons provided less safe and less effective services with no substantial cost savings. The agency expects to allow current contracts on its thirteen remaining private facilities to expire.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.geogroup.com/documents/geo_2012_annual_report.pdf page 12
  2. ↑ http://www.fwweekly.com/2010/03/10/private-prisons-public-pain/
  3. ↑ http://www.texasobserver.org/the-pecos-insurrection/
  4. ↑ http://www.aclutx.org/2010/12/08/aclu-of-texas-sues-on-behalf-of-immigrant-inmate-who-died-in-solitary-confinement-in-pecos-prison/
  5. ↑ http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/05/americas-10-worst-prisons-reeves-county-detention-complex
  6. ↑ Zapotosky, Matt (18 Aug 2016). "Justice Department says it will end use of private prisons". Washington Post. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

Coordinates: 31°23′43″N 103°32′18″W / 31.39521°N 103.53845°W / 31.39521; -103.53845

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