{"ok":true,"generated_at":"2026-10-03T02:43:53.894Z","note":"Published leverage cases, concrete intervention windows, and standing institutional channels. Counts of windows never include channels. Statuses are human-authored; a passed date flags a record for review and never closes it. Absence of a record means not found in sources currently indexed.","counts":{"cases":5,"windows":9,"channels":5,"open":4,"upcoming":3,"uncertain":1,"stale":1,"hardDated":4,"unknownDated":3},"cases":[{"slug":"camp-east-montana","title":"Camp East Montana","thesis":"The operator changed. The facility stayed open. The money kept moving.","summary":"A federal audit documented cost and conditions failures at a 5,000-capacity detention site in El Paso, Texas. ICE terminated the earlier Acquisition Logistics order for the government's convenience on April 17, 2026, GAO reports that a different vendor began operating the site on April 18, a noncompetitive award of $452,855,435.04 went to Amentum Services, Inc., and AP reported ICE's published justification to extend that award through September 30, 2027 at a potential additional cost of up to $776 million. 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It is an AP-reported potential extension value only.","That the two deaths recorded at this facility were caused by Amentum, by this contract, or by the reported extension. Both occurred in January 2026, before the contract began on March 13, 2026.","That the termination for convenience of the earlier contract was a finding of contractor fault. It is a government contracting action, and no reviewed record states why ICE chose it.","That GAO's findings caused the change of operator, or that Amentum succeeded to, was assigned, or novated the earlier Acquisition Logistics contract. 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None has been read here; the ICE records channel is published below as a channel, not as an intervention window."],"last_verified":"2026-08-19"},{"slug":"delaney-hall","title":"Delaney Hall","thesis":"A short current period, a long option horizon, and unverified local questions.","summary":"A $22.7 million GEO Group award for detention and transportation at Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, with an option horizon running to February 28, 2027.","jurisdiction_summary":"Federal acquisition, with unverified municipal and judicial questions.","establishes":["The award, its option horizon, and its recorded amounts appear on the federal record."],"does_not_establish":["The current municipal permitting posture at this site.","The existence of any pending litigation. No docket has been verified."],"related_receipt_slugs":["geo-delaney-hall-2026"],"related_facility_slugs":["delaney-hall"],"window_ids":["lw-delaney-option-horizon"],"window_count":1,"channel_ids":[],"channel_count":0,"source_ids":["src-usa-geo-delaney"],"unknowns":["Municipal permitting and inspection posture in Newark, New Jersey is unverified. Land-use approvals, certificates of occupancy, and inspection records are ordinarily local public records; no primary municipal record has been read here, so no permitting route is published as an intervention window.","Whether any court currently holds a decision affecting this site is unverified. No docket has been read here, so no litigation route is published as an intervention window. Absence here means not found in sources currently indexed."],"last_verified":"2026-08-19"},{"slug":"big-horn","title":"Big Horn Facility","thesis":"Activating capacity in Colorado, with a fixed federal period end and an unread county land-use record.","summary":"A $106.5 million GEO Group award tied to the Big Horn Facility in Hudson, Colorado, with a period ending July 8, 2027. The lease filed with the SEC places the property in Weld County by legal description; no source indexed here establishes that anyone is detained there.","jurisdiction_summary":"Federal acquisition, with a Weld County land-use question that has not been read from county records. The county itself is established by the legal description in the filed lease.","establishes":["The award ceiling, the recipient, and the period end appear on the federal record."],"does_not_establish":["That $106.5 million will actually be spent. A ceiling is not a payment.","The current Weld County land-use posture. The lease legal description establishes the county; it does not establish permitting, approvals or occupancy.","That the facility is operating or holding anyone."],"related_receipt_slugs":["geo-big-horn-2026"],"related_facility_slugs":["big-horn"],"window_ids":["lw-big-horn-period-end-2027"],"window_count":1,"channel_ids":[],"channel_count":0,"source_ids":["src-usa-geo-big-horn","src-geo-q2-2026-big-horn","src-highlands-2026-8k-hudson-lease"],"unknowns":["Weld County is established by the legal description in the lease filed with the SEC. The county land-use and occupancy posture is unverified. Land-use applications, approvals, and occupancy records are ordinarily county public records; no primary county record has been read here, so no permitting route is published as an intervention window."],"last_verified":"2026-08-20"},{"slug":"buffalo-fdf","title":"Buffalo Federal Detention Facility","thesis":"A lapsed period with no verified successor action on the public record.","summary":"A $20.2 million award to Akima Infrastructure Protection for detention and transportation services in western New York, with a period that ended June 30, 2026.","jurisdiction_summary":"Federal acquisition and New York delegation oversight.","establishes":["The award, the recipient, and the lapsed period end appear on the federal record."],"does_not_establish":["Whether a follow-on award exists after June 30, 2026.","Anything about conditions or treatment at the facility."],"related_receipt_slugs":["akima-buffalo-2025"],"related_facility_slugs":["buffalo-fdf"],"window_ids":[],"window_count":0,"channel_ids":["lch-buffalo-ice-foia"],"channel_count":1,"source_ids":["src-usa-akima-buffalo"],"unknowns":["Whether a successor award or solicitation exists after the June 30, 2026 period end.","Whether any member of the New York congressional delegation has requested the contract or inspection file for this facility is not established in the sources currently indexed, so no delegation oversight route is published as an intervention window or as a channel.","No concrete intervention window is recorded for this case at all. The federal period ended June 30, 2026 and no successor decision point has been verified. That is the state of the record here, not a finding that no decision point exists."],"last_verified":"2026-08-19"}],"windows":[{"id":"lw-cem-gao-rec-1","slug":"camp-east-montana-gao-recommendation-cost-controls","case_slug":"camp-east-montana","title":"GAO recommendation 1 — cost-saving mechanisms in future acquisitions","summary":"GAO recommended that the ICE Director incorporate cost-saving measures, such as tiered pricing tied to the population actually held, into detention facility contracts, including the Camp East Montana contract, so the government does not pay for unused capacity. GAO shows the recommendation as open. Agency response: GAO reports DHS stated in May 2026 that it was shifting the Camp East Montana contract to tiered pricing and estimated doing so by the end of 2026. That end-of-2026 figure is an agency estimate, not a compliance deadline, and GAO has not closed the recommendation.","institution":"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security","responsible_office":"Office of the Director, ICE","jurisdiction":"Federal","mechanism":"audit-follow-up","effect":"oversight","base_status":"open","display_status":"open","status_reason":"Recommendation status is shown as open on the GAO product page for GAO-26-108886. Open means GAO has not closed it as implemented or not implemented; it does not mean the recommendation is inactive or ignored.","date_certainty":"estimated","opens_at":null,"closes_at":"2026-12-31","date_label":"Estimated implementation horizon: by the end of 2026","date_basis":"An agency estimate, not a deadline. GAO reports that DHS stated in May 2026 it was shifting the Camp East Montana contract to tiered pricing and estimated doing so by the end of 2026. December 31, 2026 is this project's normalized sort boundary for that “by end of 2026” estimate, and no calendar file is offered for it.","decision_remaining":"Whether ICE adopts a pricing mechanism that ties payment to the population actually held, including on the Camp East Montana contract.","what_success_could_change":"Future awards of this type would stop paying full capacity costs for capacity not in use.","evidence_state":"observed","last_verified":"2026-08-20","source_ids":["src-gao-26-108886"],"related_receipt_slugs":["camp-east-montana-amentum-2026"],"related_facility_slugs":["camp-east-montana"],"unknowns":["The end-of-2026 figure is an agency estimate reported by GAO, not a compliance deadline. No source establishes a date by which ICE must act, and December 31, 2026 is only this project's normalized representation of that estimate.","Whether the tiered-pricing change has been executed is not established in the sources indexed here."],"closure_reason":null},{"id":"lw-cem-gao-rec-2","slug":"camp-east-montana-gao-recommendation-pre-occupancy-inspection","case_slug":"camp-east-montana","title":"GAO recommendation 2 — controls for pre-occupancy inspections","summary":"GAO recommended that the ICE Director develop and implement controls ensuring that required pre-occupancy inspections are completed and documented before detained people are housed at a new facility. GAO shows the recommendation as open. Agency response: DHS stated that existing policy already addressed the issue. GAO's assessment is that ICE did not follow that policy before Camp East Montana opened, and GAO continues to call for controls.","institution":"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security","responsible_office":"Office of the Director, ICE","jurisdiction":"Federal","mechanism":"audit-follow-up","effect":"oversight","base_status":"open","display_status":"open","status_reason":"Recommendation status is shown as open on the GAO product page for GAO-26-108886. Open means GAO has not closed it as implemented or not implemented; it does not mean the recommendation is inactive or ignored.","date_certainty":"unknown","opens_at":null,"closes_at":null,"date_label":"No verified hard date","date_basis":"GAO recommendations do not carry a published compliance deadline. GAO-26-108886 was published June 9, 2026; that is a source publication date, not a deadline.","decision_remaining":"Whether ICE puts a documented control in place before the next facility of this type is occupied.","what_success_could_change":"A new site could not be occupied without a completed, documented pre-occupancy inspection.","evidence_state":"observed","last_verified":"2026-08-20","source_ids":["src-gao-26-108886"],"related_receipt_slugs":["camp-east-montana-amentum-2026"],"related_facility_slugs":["camp-east-montana"],"unknowns":["No implementation date is published for this recommendation.","Whether ICE has since issued any implementing control beyond the existing policy it cited is not established in the sources indexed here."],"closure_reason":null},{"id":"lw-cem-gao-rec-3","slug":"camp-east-montana-gao-recommendation-army-lessons-learned","case_slug":"camp-east-montana","title":"GAO recommendation 3 — Army assessment and lessons learned","summary":"GAO recommended that the Secretary of the Army assess this acquisition and identify lessons learned for future interagency detention support work. GAO shows the recommendation as open. Agency response: DOD agreed to implement the recommendation.","institution":"Department of the Army, Department of Defense","responsible_office":"Office of the Secretary of the Army","jurisdiction":"Federal","mechanism":"audit-follow-up","effect":"oversight","base_status":"open","display_status":"open","status_reason":"Recommendation status is shown as open on the GAO product page for GAO-26-108886. Open means GAO has not closed it as implemented or not implemented; it does not mean the recommendation is inactive or ignored.","date_certainty":"unknown","opens_at":null,"closes_at":null,"date_label":"No verified hard date","date_basis":"GAO recommendations do not carry a published compliance deadline. GAO-26-108886 was published June 9, 2026; that is a source publication date, not a deadline.","decision_remaining":"Whether the Army completes and documents an assessment of its role in this acquisition.","what_success_could_change":"A written record of what the Army would do differently on the next interagency detention support acquisition.","evidence_state":"observed","last_verified":"2026-08-20","source_ids":["src-gao-26-108886"],"related_receipt_slugs":["camp-east-montana-amentum-2026"],"related_facility_slugs":["camp-east-montana"],"unknowns":["No implementation date is published for this recommendation.","Whether the Army has begun or completed the assessment is not established in the sources indexed here."],"closure_reason":null},{"id":"lw-cem-gao-rec-4","slug":"camp-east-montana-gao-recommendation-dhs-lessons-learned","case_slug":"camp-east-montana","title":"GAO recommendation 4 — DHS assessment and lessons learned","summary":"GAO recommended that the Secretary of Homeland Security assess this acquisition and identify lessons learned for future detention capacity expansions carried out with other agencies. GAO shows the recommendation as open. Agency response: DHS agreed and reported that ICE and the DHS Office of the Chief Readiness Support Officer would collaborate on the assessment.","institution":"Department of Homeland Security","responsible_office":"Office of the Secretary of Homeland Security","jurisdiction":"Federal","mechanism":"audit-follow-up","effect":"oversight","base_status":"open","display_status":"open","status_reason":"Recommendation status is shown as open on the GAO product page for GAO-26-108886. Open means GAO has not closed it as implemented or not implemented; it does not mean the recommendation is inactive or ignored.","date_certainty":"unknown","opens_at":null,"closes_at":null,"date_label":"No verified hard date","date_basis":"GAO recommendations do not carry a published compliance deadline. GAO-26-108886 was published June 9, 2026; that is a source publication date, not a deadline.","decision_remaining":"Whether DHS completes and documents an assessment covering capacity expansions run with other agencies.","what_success_could_change":"A departmental record governing how the next multi-agency expansion is planned, inspected, and priced.","evidence_state":"observed","last_verified":"2026-08-20","source_ids":["src-gao-26-108886"],"related_receipt_slugs":["camp-east-montana-amentum-2026"],"related_facility_slugs":["camp-east-montana"],"unknowns":["No implementation date is published for this recommendation.","Whether the ICE and Office of the Chief Readiness Support Officer assessment has begun or concluded is not established in the sources indexed here."],"closure_reason":null},{"id":"lw-mesa-verde-period-end-2026","slug":"mesa-verde-period-end","case_slug":"mesa-verde-golden-state","title":"Period of performance ends December 19, 2026","summary":"A renewal, extension, or replacement action is the ordinary institutional decision point on the public record.","institution":"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement","responsible_office":"ICE Office of Acquisition Management","jurisdiction":"Federal","mechanism":"contract-renewal","effect":"contract","base_status":"upcoming","display_status":"upcoming","status_reason":"End date printed on the federal award record; it had not passed at last review.","date_certainty":"hard","opens_at":null,"closes_at":"2026-12-19","date_label":"December 19, 2026","date_basis":"Period-of-performance end date on the federal award record for PIID 70CDCR26FR0000042. 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A period end, not a published decision date.","decision_remaining":"Whether ICE renews, replaces, or ends this award at the recorded period end.","what_success_could_change":"The terms, duration, or existence of the follow-on award.","evidence_state":"observed","last_verified":"2026-08-19","source_ids":["src-usa-geo-big-horn"],"related_receipt_slugs":["geo-big-horn-2026"],"related_facility_slugs":["big-horn"],"unknowns":["No source indexed here establishes a date by which ICE must decide."],"closure_reason":null},{"id":"lw-cem-reported-extension-2027","slug":"camp-east-montana-reported-extension-period-end","case_slug":"camp-east-montana","title":"Reported extension period would end September 30, 2027","summary":"AP reported, from ICE's published justification notice, a plan to extend the no-bid contract through September 30, 2027 at a potential additional cost of up to $776 million. That figure is an AP-reported potential extension value, not an obligation, an outlay, or money already paid.","institution":"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement","responsible_office":"ICE Office of Acquisition Management","jurisdiction":"Federal","mechanism":"option-exercise","effect":"contract","base_status":"uncertain","display_status":"uncertain","status_reason":"The extension is reported from a published justification notice. This project has not verified an executed extension action on the federal award record.","date_certainty":"estimated","opens_at":null,"closes_at":"2027-09-30","date_label":"Reported period end: September 30, 2027","date_basis":"Reported extension period end, as described in AP's reporting on ICE's justification notice. It is not a verified decision deadline and this project does not present it as one.","decision_remaining":"Whether the reported extension is executed, and on what terms, quantity, and price basis.","what_success_could_change":"Competition instead of a sole-source extension, a price structure tied to the population actually held, or a shorter extension period.","evidence_state":"attributed","last_verified":"2026-08-20","source_ids":["src-ap-cem-extension","src-usa-amentum-cem"],"related_receipt_slugs":["camp-east-montana-amentum-2026"],"related_facility_slugs":["camp-east-montana"],"unknowns":["Whether the reported extension has been executed is not established by the records indexed here.","The $776 million figure is an AP-reported potential extension value; no obligated amount for an extension appears on the award record read here."],"closure_reason":null},{"id":"lw-cem-period-end-2026","slug":"camp-east-montana-current-period-end","case_slug":"camp-east-montana","title":"Current period of performance ends September 30, 2026","summary":"The extension AP reported would run from this date through September 30, 2027. The decision to extend, recompete, or end the award is the ordinary institutional decision point on the public record.","institution":"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement","responsible_office":"ICE Office of Acquisition Management","jurisdiction":"Federal","mechanism":"contract-renewal","effect":"contract","base_status":"upcoming","display_status":"stale-needs-review","status_reason":"The end date is printed on the federal award record and had not passed at the last review.","date_certainty":"hard","opens_at":null,"closes_at":"2026-09-30","date_label":"September 30, 2026","date_basis":"Period-of-performance end date on the federal award record for PIID 70CDCR26C00000016. It is a period end, not a published decision date, and no source establishes when ICE must decide.","decision_remaining":"Whether ICE extends the noncompetitive award, recompetes the requirement, or ends it at the recorded period end.","what_success_could_change":"A competed follow-on, a shorter period, tiered pricing tied to actual population, or no follow-on award at all.","evidence_state":"observed","last_verified":"2026-08-20","source_ids":["src-usa-amentum-cem","src-ap-cem-extension"],"related_receipt_slugs":["camp-east-montana-amentum-2026"],"related_facility_slugs":["camp-east-montana"],"unknowns":["The date by which ICE must decide is not established by any source indexed here.","Whether a modification has been signed after the August 20, 2026 review is not established here."],"closure_reason":null}],"channels":[{"id":"lch-cem-ice-foia","label":"ICE FOIA records channel","institution":"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement","responsible_office":"ICE FOIA Office","mechanism":"public-records","detail":"ICE operates a published FOIA request channel. Concretely requestable here: the justification for other than full and open competition behind the reported extension, contractor invoices for the period GAO audited, and the pre-occupancy inspection file GAO found missing.","url":"https://www.ice.gov/foia","limitation":"The official page establishes only that a request channel exists. It does not establish that any request has been filed, that a responsive record exists, that it is non-exempt, or that anything will be released.","source_ids":["src-ice-foia"],"last_verified":"2026-08-20","case_slugs":["camp-east-montana"],"related_receipt_slugs":["camp-east-montana-amentum-2026"],"note":"Standing institutional channel. Not an intervention window: no status, no date, no calendar file, and no implication that a request, complaint, hearing, or investigation exists."},{"id":"lch-cem-dhs-oig","label":"DHS OIG complaint intake","institution":"U.S. Department of Homeland Security","responsible_office":"DHS Office of Inspector General","mechanism":"inspector-general","detail":"DHS OIG publishes a hotline that accepts complaints concerning DHS programs, personnel, and contractors. GAO documented contract-performance and oversight failures at this facility in GAO-26-108886.","url":"https://hotline.oig.dhs.gov/","limitation":"The official page establishes only that DHS OIG accepts complaints. It does not establish that any complaint has been submitted, that a submission will be investigated, or that any OIG review of this facility, contract, or death exists.","source_ids":["src-dhs-oig-hotline","src-gao-26-108886"],"last_verified":"2026-08-20","case_slugs":["camp-east-montana"],"related_receipt_slugs":["camp-east-montana-amentum-2026"],"note":"Standing institutional channel. Not an intervention window: no status, no date, no calendar file, and no implication that a request, complaint, hearing, or investigation exists."},{"id":"lch-cem-house-oversight","label":"House ICE oversight jurisdiction","institution":"U.S. House of Representatives","responsible_office":"Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement","mechanism":"congressional-oversight","detail":"The subcommittee's official page states oversight jurisdiction over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. That standing jurisdiction is the whole of what is established here.","url":"https://homeland.house.gov/border-security-facilitation-and-operations/","limitation":"Standing jurisdiction only. No hearing, letter, inquiry, markup, or commitment to act on this facility, contract, or extension is established by this or any source indexed here.","source_ids":["src-house-homeland-ice-oversight"],"last_verified":"2026-08-20","case_slugs":["camp-east-montana"],"related_receipt_slugs":["camp-east-montana-amentum-2026"],"note":"Standing institutional channel. Not an intervention window: no status, no date, no calendar file, and no implication that a request, complaint, hearing, or investigation exists."},{"id":"lch-mesa-verde-ice-foia","label":"ICE FOIA records channel","institution":"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement","responsible_office":"ICE FOIA Office","mechanism":"public-records","detail":"Concretely requestable here: contract modifications, deficiency notices, and inspection reports for PIID 70CDCR26FR0000042 covering Mesa Verde and Golden State.","url":"https://www.ice.gov/foia","limitation":"The official page establishes only that a request channel exists. It does not establish that any modification, deficiency notice, or inspection report exists, is non-exempt, or would be released.","source_ids":["src-ice-foia"],"last_verified":"2026-08-20","case_slugs":["mesa-verde-golden-state"],"related_receipt_slugs":["geo-mesa-verde-golden-state-2026"],"note":"Standing institutional channel. 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