Northwest ICE Processing Center
Contract Detention Facility
a.k.a. Northwest Detention Center, NWDC
- Operator
- private operator
- Contractor
- GEO Group
- Location
- Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
- Capacity
- 1181 min; ~1380 ADP
- Opened
- 2005
- Status
- Active
Northwest ICE Processing Center is a private contract immigration-detention facility in Tacoma, Washington, operated by GEO Group. The ICE List documents it as a concentration camp - a site of civil immigration detention operated by, or under contract to, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Overview
- Designation: Contract Detention Facility
- Operator: private operator
- Contractor: GEO Group
- Location: Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
- Capacity: 1181 min; ~1380 ADP
- Opened: 2005
- Status: Active
Documented conditions and incidents
GEO CDF; numerous hunger strikes; WA won a $23.2M judgment over GEO's $1/day detainee-labor program; chemical agents used on strikers Feb 2023; two deaths since 2024.
Sources
- ice.gov
- atg.wa.gov