A private prison facility in eastern Kern County may reopen as a federal immigration processing center if CoreCivic and the government agency known as ICE move forward with a contract. Ryan Gustin, ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The California City facility, originally a federal detention center before becoming a state prison, is set to temporarily reopen as a federal detention center. This move comes ...

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CALIFORNIA CITY, Calif. (KERO) — California City Mayor Marquette Hawkins says he's expecting the town's prison to reopen as a federal immigration processing center and he's prepared to talk about it ...

Immigrant rights activists are warning that the Trump administration is transporting immigration detainees to a private prison in the California desert that is operating illegally and could put ...