Could ICE detention funding trickle down to Virginia’s closed prisons?

The Augusta Correctional Center, which once employed hundreds of people, closed in June 2024. (Credit: Sandy Hausman)

Just over a year ago, Virginia closed four prisons run by the state.

Part of President Donald Trump’s budget bill included billions in new funds for detaining those taken by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

And in some places, that’s meant reopening old facilities, as Brad Kutner reports.

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