Northwest ICE Processing Center, Tacoma: new 10-year contract Copy link

A new 10-year contract for GEO to keep running its own 1,635-bed Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Washington, through October 27, 2036; GEO said it expects about $140 million a year in revenue from it. USAspending records the contract as competed (full and open competition) with one offer received, and puts its potential value at $1,499,517,495.37. No money has been obligated under it on USAspending yet. It was signed the day after a seven-month, sole-source interim contract expired, Project Salt Box reported.

Awarded to GEO Group by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

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.

The New York Times found no evidence linking the donations to contracts awarded to the company, and Scripps News reported “no evidence directly linking GEO Group’s donations to the awarding of contracts.” GEO has won ICE contracts under both parties.

• RecordUSAspending.gov · Award 70CDCR27D00000002 to The GEO Group, Inc. · 28 Oct 2026
• RecordThe GEO Group, via Business Wire · The GEO Group Announces New Management Contract for 1,635-Bed Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, WA · 29 Oct 2026
• ReportKUOW · Feds approve $1.5 billion contract for GEO Group to continue running Tacoma ICE lockup · 29 Oct 2026
• ReportProject Salt Box · GEO Group gets $1.5 billion contract to keep running Tacoma immigration detention center · 29 Oct 2026
• ReportFOX 13 Seattle · GEO Group gets 10-year contract for Tacoma, WA ICE detention center · 29 Oct 2026
• ReportScripps News · ICE detention center owner gives another $1 million to pro-Trump MAGA Inc. · 30 Oct 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