NATCHEZ, Miss. – Adams County supervisors Monday ratified a deal that calls for the county to be paid about $800,000 a year by the privately owned Adams County Correctional Center that detains migrants accused of being illegally in the United States.
A new contract that prison operator CoreCivic negotiated with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency includes a provision that doubles the fee Adams County has been getting for accommodating the 2,200-bed facility, said county board President Kevin Wilson. Previously paid 50 cents a day for each detainee, the county will now get $1 per person daily. This could total as much as $800,000 or so annually, Wilson said of the contract that runs till 2030.
Located on U.S. 84 about 12 miles east of Natchez, the CoreCivic prison also pays Adams County nearly $2 million a year in taxes and employs 320 or so people, according to statistical reports. Based in Tennessee, CoreCivic has about 80 facilities throughout the country.
The ICE contract is done through an intergovernmental agreement with the Adams County Board of Supervisors. The county is functioning merely as a governmental conduit for CoreCivic to imprison ICE detainees.
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