The Trump administration has told Colorado’s Congressional delegation it plans to reopen the shuttered Hudson Correctional Facility as an immigration detention center.

Located about 30 miles northeast of Denver in Weld County, the Hudson Correctional Facility is a medium-security prison that closed a decade ago.

“Hudson has the flexibility to manage a wide range of offenders of different classification levels,” said officials from the Geo Group in documents submitted to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in a bid for the contract. Geo Group operates ICE processing facilities.

“With four distinct housing units, Hudson’s design plan can simultaneously accommodate different detainee groups, including both male and female detainees, after some minor modifications to the fenc

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