Irwin County Detention Center

The Irwin County Detention Center, located in Ocilla, Georgia is privately owned by Louisiana-based LaSalle Corrections. In 2010, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) contracted to use the facility as an immigrant detention center and renewed its contract with LaSalle in 2019 at a rate for each immigrant of $71.29 a day. The detention center lost its contract in 2021 with the government after a series of human rights violations in 2020. At least 43 women prisoners and a whistleblower nurse came forward alleging that non-consensual surgeries and medically unnecessary procedures, including hysterectomies, were performed by a gynecologist affiliated with the jail. The women also complained of retaliation and subpar COVID-19 treatment. On December 22, 2020, forty migrant women being held at the Irwin County Detention Center filed a lawsuit alleging abuse and unnecessary forced medical procedures, including the hysterectomies.

In 2021, the court case, Oldaker v. Giles and an investigation conducted by the US Senate led to the termination of the US government's contract with the detention center. In January 2025, the case was settled to the parties’ mutual satisfaction. By October 2025 however, ICE renewed a contract with Irwin County Detention Center.

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