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Rio Grande Detention Center
Rio Grande
Detention Center
is a
privately owned
prison
for
men
located in
Laredo
,
Webb County, Texas
,
operated by
GEO Group
under
contract
with the U.S.
government
Office of the Federal Detention Trustee
. The prison was originally built in 2007,
opened
in
2008
, and has an
official capacity
of
1900
federal
detainees
awaiting
trial.
The facility stands about 500
feet
from
the Rio
Grande.