Immigrant detainees begin arriving at former prison in rural Tennessee town
September 11, 2025
A company says detainees have started arriving at a former Tennessee prison that’s been turned into a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center. CoreCivic Inc. said late Wednesday that it has begun receiving detainees at the West Tennessee Detention Facility in rural Mason, located northeast of Memphis. The arrival of the detainees comes after officials in the town of Mason approved agreements with ICE and CoreCivic in August, despite loud objections from upset residents and activists during a contentious public meeting. The contracts were approved amid a push by President Donald Trump for mass deportations of immigrants.