ICE To Nearly Triple Folkston Detention Capacity To ~3,000 Beds After $50M Deal — GEO Group-Run Facility Expands

Charlton County approved ~ $50M agreement with ICE to expand the GEO Group–run Folkston ICE Processing Center from ~1,100 to nearly 3,000 beds, incorporating the closed D. Ray James facility. The expansion aligns with a federal funding surge for detention capacity and follows documented facility failures, a detainee death, and community concerns about increased deportations and racial profiling.