Updated
Updated · CBS New York · Aug 6
GEO Group Posts 24 Job Categories for Colorado ICE Detention Site as Reopening Draws Lawsuit
Updated
Updated · CBS New York · Aug 6

GEO Group Posts 24 Job Categories for Colorado ICE Detention Site as Reopening Draws Lawsuit

1 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Aug 6

Summary

  • Hudson, Colorado, is seeing a hiring push for the Big Horn Detention Facility, with GEO Group advertising dozens of roles ahead of ICE's planned reopening of the shuttered prison.
  • Job postings list detention officers at $35 an hour, case processing staff at $39 an hour, and supervisor or administrator roles paying $80,000 to $130,000 a year.
  • Two dozen job categories are open, with applications set to close on August 7 or 14, while ICE declined to say when the detention center will begin operating.
  • A lawsuit from faith and community leaders is pending in Weld County District Court, arguing Hudson should require a zoning review, though the town manager says the town lacks authority over the federal use.

Insights

Can a local zoning lawsuit successfully block a half-billion-dollar federal detention contract before the massive facility reopens?
What happens to a small town's infrastructure when a long-vacant private prison suddenly prepares to house over a thousand people?