El Centro detention facility (U.S. Marshals) Copy link

An order for detention at the government-owned facility GEO operates in El Centro, California, from November 2025 to October 2027, under a 2019 contract (15M40020DA3500004); recorded as competed. USAspending shows $37,178,620.76 obligated.

Awarded to GEO Group by U.S. Marshals Service

Tie Zoley founded GEO Group, the private-prison company, and became its chairman and CEO again in March 2026 after five years as executive chairman. A GEO subsidiary, GEO Reentry Services, gave MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, $1 million each in October 2025, March, April and July 2026, $413,000 at the end of July 2026 and another $1 million on September 1, 2026, and the company's PAC gave $500,000 to Trump's inaugural committee in December 2024, FEC filings show.

GEO has run this facility since before the 2024 election; this order continues that business, and orders like it were also placed under earlier administrations.

• RecordUSAspending.gov · Award 15M40026FA3500006 to The GEO Group, Inc. · 27 Oct 2025
• ReportThe New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald · Prison firm donated to Trump’s PAC after ICE gave it $165 million a year in contracts · 22 Aug 2026
• RecordThe GEO Group (SEC Form 8-K) · GEO announces CEO transition · 12 Feb 2026
• RecordFederal Election Commission · MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipts from GEO Reentry Services LLC
• RecordFederal Election Commission · MAGA Inc. (C00892471) monthly report for September 2026 (filed Oct. 20, 2026): $1,000,000 from GEO Reentry Services LLC on Sept. 1, 2026 · 20 Oct 2026
• RecordFederal Election Commission · Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted · Archived