Kemmerer balks at immigration jail as private prisons eye southwest Wyoming, again

Company courts Kemmerer with a for-profit immigration jail — an idea that divided nearby Evanston for years. Kemmerer isn’t biting, city council members said.

Posted 3/26/25

The private prison industry has again come knocking in southwestern Wyoming, pitching the for-profit detention of immigrants as a potential boon for the region’s transitioning economy. 

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