CoreCivic Offers $1M in Compensation to City of Appleton, Minnesota

CoreCivic offers $1M in compensation to City of Appleton, Minnesota

At a special meeting Monday, the mayor and city councilors discussed terms outlined in a memorandum of understanding. The funds would support city services to the reopened prison.

CoreCivic offers Appleton $1.2 million per year to make up for lost tax revenue

CoreCivic, the company operating a 1,600-bed facility that will begin housing Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees this fall, is offering to pay the city of Appleton just over $1.2 million a year.

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Your daily news roundup starts … NOW. In the ongoing saga of the sale of the Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, Minn., one of the major issues for the community has been the loss of property tax revenue as the facility goes from privately owned to government owned. CoreCivic, the company that owned the prison, has now offered to pay Appleton $1.26 million a year to make up for the lost revenue. The prison itself sold for $500 million. Fa…

Contractor offers Appleton millions to make up for lost tax revenue after prison sale

City leaders support the deal, which follows the sale of the facility by CoreCivic to the federal government, which intends to use it for immigrant detention.