Cibola County private prison could hold ICE detainees

GRANTS, N.M. (AP) – A New Mexico county has conditionally approved a contract to house Haitian immigration detainees at a private prison.
The Gallup Independent reports that the Cibola County Commission voted Wednesday to approve the contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
County attorney Dave Pato says the contract approval is contingent upon County Manager Tony Boyd negotiating and executing a contract with the Corrections Corporation of America, which runs the private facilit