ICE wants to reopen Appleton’s failed private prison as a 1,600-bed detention center. CURE’s Andy Pearson and Misty Butler push back in a new Daily Yonder article: this isn’t inevitable. Appleton deserves a real say. #AppletonMN #NoICEDetention
ICE Seeks “Zombie Prison" in Rural Minnesota | The Daily Yonder
An empty 1,600-bed private prison has sat idly on land that was once a soybean field in rural Appleton, Minnesota since the prison failed and, as a
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July 22, 2026 at 6:05 PM
ICE wants to reopen Appleton’s failed private prison as a 1,600-bed detention center. CURE’s Andy Pearson and Misty Butler push back in a new Daily Yonder article: this isn’t inevitable. Appleton deserves a real say. #AppletonMN #NoICEDetention