Baldwin https://www.wcmu.org/tags/baldwin Baldwin en-US Copyright Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:05:28 GMT ICE detainees in Baldwin protest long stays, lack of communication https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-04-22/ice-detainees-in-baldwin-protest-long-stays-lack-of-communication Detainees at North Lake Processing Facility, the 1,800-bed immigration detention center in Baldwin, started a hunger strike Monday. By Wednesday morning, there were reports that many had stopped. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:05:28 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-04-22/ice-detainees-in-baldwin-protest-long-stays-lack-of-communication Claire Keenan-Kurgan ‘Get it out of here’: Protesters oppose reopening Baldwin correctional facility https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-06-22/get-it-out-of-here-protesters-oppose-reopening-baldwin-correctional-facility Protesters oppose the reopening of the North Lake Correctional Facility, which is now operating as a federal immigration processing center under GEO Group. Activists call the facility a profit-driven system that exploits vulnerable communities, calling for its closure. Sun, 22 Jun 2025 21:53:19 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-06-22/get-it-out-of-here-protesters-oppose-reopening-baldwin-correctional-facility Mia Kerner Baldwin's ICE detention center accepts first detainees https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-06-17/baldwins-ice-detention-center-accepts-first-detainees North Lake Correctional Facility, near Baldwin, accepted its first immigration detainees Monday, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:05:05 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-06-17/baldwins-ice-detention-center-accepts-first-detainees Claire Keenan-Kurgan As ICE plans to move into Baldwin prison, residents hope jobs will stay https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-06-10/as-ice-plans-to-move-into-baldwin-prison-residents-hope-jobs-will-stay In Lake County — population 12,000 — a new ICE facility is opening in a shuttered private prison, promising to create hundreds of jobs in the poorest county in the state. Many residents have doubts about whether the jobs will last. Wed, 11 Jun 2025 03:23:51 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-06-10/as-ice-plans-to-move-into-baldwin-prison-residents-hope-jobs-will-stay Claire Keenan-Kurgan, Max Howard