Over the next few months, our newsroom will partner with Mississippi Today and The New York Times to report on and publish stories about one of the largest ICE detention centers in the nation – the Adams County Correctional Center in Natchez, Miss.
Little is known about the facility, which is located in a remote county of about 30,000 people in southwestern Mississippi.
The federal government limits access to ICE detention centers. They aren't inspected as often as state prisons. Only immediate family members and attorneys are allowed to visit detainees. And because the Adams County facility, which houses more than 2,000 detainees, is owned and run by a private, for-profit company, CoreCivic, it isn’t covered by public records laws, and taxpayers don't get to see what happens inside.
Along with our partner organizations, we’d like to change that, and inform you about the facility – from what it’s like inside, to how it impacts the local economy.
If you know something about the detention center, if you know someone who works there or is detained there, or want us to find out something about it for readers, please contact Mukta Joshi, who is reporting on the facility for Mississippi Today and The New York Times.
Your name or any part of your submission on this form will not be used without contacting you first. Contact Mukta through this form, or at mukta.joshi@nytimes.com, or anonymously through Signal @mmj.2178.
