ICE inmates finally arriving

Baker County Press
Written by Joel Addington
Wednesday, 09 September 2009
reporter@bakercountypress.com

About two weeks after finalizing an agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the newly constructed sheriff’s complex accepted its first 38 prisoners from the federal agency last week.

Federal officers had transferred three inmates by September 2 and another 35 arrived in a handful of nondescript vans the afternoon of September 3, accompanied by a large bus with a US Department of Homeland Security logo.

Baker Correctional Development Corporation (BCDC) board members and ICE officials joined Sheriff Joey Dobson and facility staff for a handoff.

“It’s exciting for us,â€