Overview
- The public notice proposes awarding Management & Training Corporation operation of a detention site at the former state prison complex in Marana.
- An 86-page DHS Performance Work Statement describes space for approximately 513 male detainees, with a requirement to accommodate up to 775.
- MTC says the notice is not a contract award and that a formal process remains before any deal could be finalized.
- Marana officials say they only recently learned of the potential agreement for the shuttered facility, which the state sold to MTC last year for $15 million.
- Separately, DHS plans an intake site in Surprise, where ICE bought a building for $70 million with plans for $150 million in retrofits and $180 million in operations; DHS told Rep. Paul Gosar the site would hold 500–1,500 people for 3–7 days and is targeted to open by the end of fiscal 2026.