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Florida Opens $6M Detention Center for 1,300 Undocumented Immigrants

8/18/2025

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Florida will open the Baker Correctional Institution, a second detention center for undocumented individuals, with a capacity of 1,300.
The facility, prepared at a cost of $6 million, will partially employ National Guard personnel and is set to open in two weeks.
A $600 million federal grant will finance this center and another in the Everglades, which is facing lawsuits over detainee access and environmental issues.

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Story summary

Florida will open the Baker Correctional Institution, a second detention center for undocumented individuals, with a capacity of 1,300.
The facility, prepared at a cost of $6 million, will partially employ National Guard personnel and is set to open in two weeks.
A $600 million federal grant will finance this center and another in the Everglades, which is facing lawsuits over detainee access and environmental issues.