Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that the state will use a shuttered state prison in North Florida to open a second immigration detention center.
Aug. 14 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that the state will use a shuttered state prison in North Florida to open a second immigration detention center.
The state plans to spend $6 million to renovate Baker Correctional Institution, which was closed due to staffing issues in the state prison system. It will hold more than 1,300 people awaiting deportation. He nicknamed it « Deportation Depot. »
State officials have said that the Florida National Guard will staff the new facility, not corrections officers.
« We have reached the point where we need additional capacity », DeSantis said at a press conference outside the shuttered prison.
