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Karnes County Residential Center

Financing agency:

GEO Group

Location

409 FM 1144

78118 Karnes City , TX

Texas US

Owner:

GEO Group

Operating company:

Contracting Agencies:

U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)

U.S. Marshals Service

Classification of prisoner:

civil detainee

Capacity:

532

Year built:

2011

Contracts:

Karnes ICE GEO IGSA 2011.pdf

Karnes authorized GEO to negotiate.pdf

Karnes GEO SOO Proposal.pdf

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