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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox Facility<br />
| name = Camp East Montana<br />
| alt_names = Fort Bliss detention camp<br />
| designation = Contract Detention Facility<br />
| operator = private operator<br />
| contractor = Acquisition Logistics LLC (to Mar 2026); Amentum Services (from Mar 13, 2026)<br />
| address = Fort Bliss<br />
| city = El Paso<br />
| county = El Paso<br />
| state = Texas<br />
| zip = <br />
| lat = <br />
| lon = <br />
| capacity = up to 5,000 beds; >2,500 ADP (Apr 2026)<br />
| opened = 2025<br />
| closed = <br />
| status = Active<br />
| sources = en.wikipedia.org; hrw.org; gao.gov<br />
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'''Camp East Montana''' is a private contract immigration-detention facility in El Paso, Texas, operated by Acquisition Logistics LLC (to Mar 2026); Amentum Services (from Mar 13, 2026). 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).<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
* '''Designation:''' Contract Detention Facility<br />
* '''Operator:''' private operator<br />
* '''Contractor:''' Acquisition Logistics LLC (to Mar 2026); Amentum Services (from Mar 13, 2026)<br />
* '''Location:''' El Paso, El Paso, Texas<br />
* '''Capacity:''' up to 5,000 beds; >2,500 ADP (Apr 2026)<br />
* '''Opened:''' 2025<br />
* '''Status:''' Active<br />
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== Documented conditions and incidents ==<br />
Nation's largest immigration detention center; tent camp on a WWII Japanese-internment site; the Army awarded the $1.3B contract to a contractor with no prior detention experience (GAO-26-108886); at least three deaths incl. Gerardo Lunas Campos (Jan 3, 2026, ruled homicide by asphyxia by the El Paso County Medical Examiner per AP Jan 22, 2026); HRW/ACLU documented beatings, medical neglect, measles outbreak.<br />
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== Sources ==<br />
* en.wikipedia.org<br />
* hrw.org<br />
* gao.gov</div>AdminBot