The facility, the former Arizona State Prison-Marana, later renamed the Marana Community Correctional Treatment Facility and shuttered in December 2023, is set to reopen as an immigration lockup. Located about 20 miles northwest of Tucson, it will house approximately 513 male detainees of all security levels, according to a performance work statement attached to an ICE notice. The notice also specifies that the facility must have a capacity of up to 775 detainees while providing guards, meals, medical care, and transportation services.
ICE's intent is to award a no-bid contract to run the facility to the Utah-based Management & Training Corporation, which initially built the prison and bought it back from the government last year. However, the contract has yet to be formally awarded to the company, and no final agreement has been made, according to an MTC spokeswoman.
DHS/ICE needs to increase bed capacity to meet the administration’s interior enforcement and border decompression goals.
Political pushback has emerged, with U.S. Reps. Adelita Grijalva, Greg Stanton, and Yassamin Ansari sending a letter to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and ICE Director Todd Lyons on February 19, requesting information on how many people the lockup would hold and lambasting immigration officials for a lack of transparency. The notice for the facility remains active until March 13.