Colorado may soon be home to six new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, including two in Colorado Springs, according to federal documents recently obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union. 

The ACLU made the announcement late Wednesday after the organization filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit in April requesting ICE to identify facilities for potential detention sites in the Denver area.

The news of additional detention facilities in Colorado comes shortly after President Trump signed the “Big Beautiful Bill,” which among other things, earmarks $45 billion to ICE for detention infrastructure across the country. 

According to the 115 pages of documents obtained by the ACLU, the former Parkmoor Village Healthcare Center and Cheyenne Mountain Reentry Center in Colorado Springs are two of the proposed Colorado detention facility locations. 

According to prior Gazette reporting, the Cheyenne Mountain Reentry Center was formerly a private prison owned by GEO Group, but it was closed in March 2020 after operating since 2017. The closure came about from Gov. Jared Polis’ efforts to make evolutionary changes in the Colorado criminal justice system.

GEO Group is one of the nation’s two largest incarceration for profit corporations, operating prisons in multiple states as well as monitoring units for ICE. The organization runs the only current ICE detention facility in Aurora, which holds up to 1,360 beds. The proposed location in Colorado Springs would hold up to 700 inmates, according to GEO Group’s submission to ICE.

In the late-night news release from ACLU, legal director Tim Macdonald criticized GEO Group, saying its detention facilities are “already notorious for their inhumane conditions.”

Other previous Gazette coverage states the Parkmoor Village Healthcare Center shut down in 2022 amid challenges caused by the pandemic. The former long-term-care facility is now the Colorado Springs Migrant Detention Facility, owned by the Baptiste Group.

“This facility is immediately available for ICE use and can be fully dedicated to detention operations,” a proposal message from the organization to ICE stated.

“The site is designed for operational efficiency, ensuring safe, secure, and humane conditions while providing cost-effective solutions aligned with ICE’s detention standards.”

According to the filings obtained by ACLU, the Baptiste Group location in Colorado Springs “offers a secure, well-equipped environment designed to meet the needs of low, medium-low, medium-high, and high-security adult noncitizens.”

The Baptiste Group is a company based out of Georgia that provides disaster remediation, shelter, social services and other emergency relief services.

The other proposed ICE detention facility locations, according to the ACLU’s obtained documents, include the Huerfano County Correctional Center in Walsenburg, the Hudson Correctional Facility in Hudson and the Baptiste Migrant Detention Facility in La Junta. 

In addition, Apex Site Services, a provider of temporary structures and modular buildings, proposed a “soft-sided” detention facility in Walsenberg, and Begini Howard Private Equity LLC, a private equity firm, also submitted proposals.

The Gazette reached out to Colorado U.S. representatives Jeff Crank and Lauren Boehert, who did not immediately return a request for comment. Lynette Crow-Iverson, Colorado Springs City Council president, and a spokesperson for Mayor Yemi Mobolade also did not immediately provide a statement on the matter.