TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on Aug 15, 2025

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Tennessee sent a letter to the town of Mason urging officials to halt all actions related to a planned ICE detention center at a former state prison, the Commercial Appeal reports. The letter alleges the project did not receive the necessary votes to pass. The Mason Board of Aldermen voted on Tuesday on two contracts: one between the town and private prison company CoreCivic, and another between the town and ICE. Mason’s town recorder initially said the second contract failed, but the town attorney later said abstentions had been mistakenly counted. If approved, the project would convert the West Tennessee Detention Center in Mason into an ICE detention facility operated by CoreCivic.