Hudson County Correctional Center FACILITIES: Elizabeth Contract Detention FacilityIntergovernmental Service Agreement (Igsa) • December 16th, 2019
This facility is owned and operated by Hudson County, New Jersey. In 1996, the United States Marshals Service, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS, and Hudson County signed an Intergovernmental Service Agreement (IGSA) for the purposes of detaining immigrants. In 2003, the facility was awarded $4.6 million by the INS to expand bed capacity for immigration purposes. On October 2018, the freeholder board for Hudson County voted to extend the contract’s expiration date to 2020 and increased the per diem rate for the facility to $120. Data obtained through a Freedom of Information Act Request (FOIA) by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) in 2017 shows that the facility has the capacity to detain 476 men and women for ICE, yet was operating at 134% capacity -meaning that over 600 people were detained at Hudson during the fiscal year of 2017. According to a June 2019 press report, the facility is experiencing personnel shortages. According to the same press report, as of J
Condition of Confinement Inspection WorksheetIntergovernmental Service Agreement (Igsa) • June 6th, 2014
