APPLETON, Minn — New documents from within the Trump Administration highlight its plan to open more immigrant detention centers by the end of the year.

One of those could be the long-closed Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, Minnesota, the only private prison in the state. Appleton is about 150 miles west of Minneapolis.

It's owner, CoreCivic, says some staff remain on site and help maintain the building that can house about 1,600 people.

In a statement to KARE 11 Thursday, a CoreCivic spokesperson wrote,

The facility closed in 2010, but according to lifelong resident, Edward Massee, he's skeptical it may ever reopen.

"The more recent news is probably the best traction that we’ve seen or heard," said Massee, who's also the town banker.

He admits the prison's closure was a det

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