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

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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