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New Detention Center For Illegal Immigrants Opens

POSTED: 3:02 pm CDT May 17, 2005

SAN ANTONIO -- A new state-of-the-art detention center for illegal immigrants opened Tuesday in Pearsall.

The South Texas Detention Complex will be able to house 1,020 illegal immigrants and has a 67-bed hospital.

"This is an incredible facility that sets a new standard for excellence," said Marc J. Moore, field office director for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in San Antonio.

The facility can accommodate men in eight pods of 64 and four pods of 32. Another 150 women can be housed in three pods of 40 and two pods of 20. Each dorm pod has a separate secure outdoor exercise area.

The detention center is a contract detention facility owned and operated by Correctional Services Corp., which has a $1.9 million five-year contract to operate the facility.

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