An environmental impact report released last week for a shuttered prison in Dublin has brought the facility one step closer to being repurposed as a federal immigration detention center.

Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin was a low-security women’s prison that was closed in 2024 due to rampant sexual abuse of incarcerated women at the hands of prison guards, inadequate oversight, and infrastructure issues.

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