In a press release dated December 3, 2019 Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) announced a new detention facility will open next week in Jones County, Texas.
ANSON, Texas — (emphasis mine)The field office director (FOD) for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) for Dallas, Texas, is announcing a new ICE detention facility that’s officially opening during the week of Dec. 9.
FOD Marc J. Moore explained that the new ICE facility was actually built in 2010 by the state of Texas to house inmates for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. However, the facility has never been used.
BBDC operates from an intergovernmental service agreement (IGSA) between ICE and Jones County, Texas. The facility is managed by Management and Training Corporation (MTC), which will be overseen by ICE officers. The new facility will house about 1,000 ICE detainees as they await the outcomes of their immigration proceedings, or their removal to their countries of origin. IGSAs are contractual agreements made between government agencies.
Most of the facility will house men; however, one separate section has been designated to house up to 72 women.
BBDC has 25 housing units within about 100,000 square feet. The 42-acre plot is big enough to easily accommodate expansion, if needed in the future.
According to bond disclosures of the Jones County Public Facility Corporation County Jail Project posted December 2, 2009 revenue bonds totaling $7,880,000 were issued by Jones
County Public Facility Corporation, a nonprofit public corporation and instrumentality of Jones County, Texas.
