RE: FOIA Request for Records Related to the Expansion of Folkston ICE ProcessingCenter Operated by Private Prison Company GEO Group
February 2, 2022
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Freedom of Information Act Office
500 12th Street SW, Stop 5009
Washington, D.C. 20536-5009
RE: FOIA Request for Records Related to the Expansion of Folkston ICE Processing
Center Operated by Private Prison Company GEO Group
Dear Freedom of Information Officer:
This letter is a request pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552, by Sur Legal Collaborative (“Sur Legal”), Project South, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta (“Advancing Justice-Atlanta”), Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (“GLAHR”), Women Watch Afrika, and the Party for Socialism and Liberation. Sur Legal, Project South, Advancing JusticeAtlanta, the GLAHR, Women Watch Afrika, the Party for Socialism and Liberation (“PSL”), Black Alliance for Immigrant Justice (“BAJI”), and Southern Poverty Law Center (“SPLC”) seek records from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) related to the confinement of people by ICE at the Folkston ICE Processing Center (“FIPC”), which is housed in the same facility as D. Ray James, a former Bureau of Prisons facility prison in Folkston, GA, both of which are operated by the for-profit company Geo Group. We also seek expedited processing of this request and a fee waiver. See 5 U.S.C. §§ 552(a)(6)(E), 552(a)(4)(A)(iii).
