Golden State Annex

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Contract Detention Facility

Operator: private operator
Contractor: GEO Group
Location: McFarland, Kern, California
Capacity: 560 min; 620 ADP
Status: Active

Golden State Annex is a private contract immigration-detention facility in McFarland, California, 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: McFarland, Kern, California
Capacity: 560 min; 620 ADP
Status: Active

Documented conditions and incidents

GEO; hunger strikes documented.

Sources

ice.gov