{"id":7062882,"date":"2026-09-21T08:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T08:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/clearfield-commissioners-set-to-vote-on-contract-extension-for-moshannon-detention-center-spotlight-pa-september-18-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T08:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T08:59:10","slug":"clearfield-commissioners-set-to-vote-on-contract-extension-for-moshannon-detention-center-spotlight-pa-september-18-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7062882","title":{"rendered":"Clearfield commissioners set to vote on contract extension for Moshannon detention center; Spotlight PA, September 18, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body-8756808837654693333\" itemprop=\"description articleBody\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<span class=\"font-semibold\" style=\"border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: inherit; text-decoration-style: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;\"><span style=\"border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><a class=\"ga:component:main:header\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spotlightpa.org\/authors\/melissa-p%C3%A9rez-carrillo\/\" style=\"border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: inherit; text-decoration-style: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;\">Melissa P\u00e9rez-Carrillo<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Spotlight PA;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotlightpa.org\/statecollege\/2026\/09\/clearfield-county-moshannon-ice-detention-contract-vote-geo-group-immigration\/\">Clearfield commissioners set to vote on contract extension for Moshannon detention center<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large;\">&#8220;<span style=\"caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e;\">The Clearfield County Board of Commissioners is scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether to sign a six-month contract extension for the operation of Moshannon Valley Processing Center, the largest immigration detention facility in the Northeast.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large;\">The commissioners\u2019 five-year agreements with ICE and GEO Group are set to expire in late September.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; margin-bottom: calc(var(--spacing) * 4); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: calc(var(--spacing) * 4); padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large;\">The county acts as a middleman between the government agency and the private contractor that owns and operates Moshannon. For its part, the county receives\u00a0<a class=\"ga:component:main:content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spotlightpa.org\/statecollege\/2025\/10\/moshannon-valley-processing-center-clearfield-county-immigration-ice-local-government\/\" style=\"--tw-duration: .5s; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: inherit; text-decoration-style: inherit; transition-duration: 0.5s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, outline-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke, --tw-gradient-from, --tw-gradient-via, --tw-gradient-to; transition-timing-function: var(--tw-ease,var(--default-transition-timing-function));\">$200,000 per year<\/a>. The setup offered a workaround to former President Joe Biden\u2019s 2021 executive order banning private federal prisons, which President Donald Trump reversed in 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; margin-bottom: calc(var(--spacing) * 4); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: calc(var(--spacing) * 4); padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large;\">The contract extension modifies the staffing plan and changes the contracting officer, but \u201call other terms and conditions remain unchanged,\u201d according to a copy of the document obtained through a public records request.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; margin-bottom: calc(var(--spacing) * 4); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: calc(var(--spacing) * 4); padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large;\">Clearfield County Commissioner Dave Glass told Spotlight PA he\u2019s voting no on the six-month extension, citing concerns about the behavior of ICE officers and saying he doesn\u2019t support the federal government\u2019s immigration policies. He said he feels more strongly about it than ever. Though he initially supported the arrangement and voted to approve the contract in 2021, he said it is the vote he regrets the most since becoming commissioner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; margin-bottom: calc(var(--spacing) * 4); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: calc(var(--spacing) * 4); padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large;\">Since Moshannon reopened in 2021 as an immigration detention facility, it\u00a0<a class=\"ga:component:main:content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spotlightpa.org\/statecollege\/2026\/06\/ice-geo-moshannon-valley-detention-center-clearfield-pennsylvania-immigration\/\" style=\"border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: inherit; text-decoration-style: inherit; transition-duration: 0.5s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, outline-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke, --tw-gradient-from, --tw-gradient-via, --tw-gradient-to; transition-timing-function: var(--tw-ease,var(--default-transition-timing-function));\">has drawn criticism from advocates<\/a>\u00a0for poor-quality food, inadequate healthcare, and inhumane conditions. The facility\u2019s population has only risen as the Trump administration has escalated federal immigration policy and\u00a0<a class=\"ga:component:main:content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spotlightpa.org\/statecollege\/2026\/09\/penn-state-state-college-airport-ice-detention-flights-moshannon-immigration\/\" style=\"border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: inherit; text-decoration-style: inherit; transition-duration: 0.5s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, outline-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke, --tw-gradient-from, --tw-gradient-via, --tw-gradient-to; transition-timing-function: var(--tw-ease,var(--default-transition-timing-function));\">quickened deportations at a historic rate<\/a>.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Melissa P\u00e9rez-Carrillo,\u00a0Spotlight PA;\u00a0Clearfield commissioners set to vote on contract extension for Moshannon detention center &#8220;The Clearfield County Board of Commissioners is scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether to sign a six-month contract extension for the operation of Moshannon Valley Processing Center, the largest immigration detention facility in the Northeast. 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