CoreCivic offers to pay Appleton $1.2 million annually to cover lost tax revenue

By: Madison McVan

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: September 2, 2026

Words: 432

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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CoreCivic, the private prison company opening a new immigrant detention center in Appleton, Minnesota, has offered to pay the city more than $1.2 million per year.

CoreCivic sold the Prairie Correctional Facility — a 1,600-bed prison in Appleton that’s been closed since 2010 — to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in August for $496 million, and received a $536 million, five-year contract to run the facility as an immigrant detention center. It …

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