# Minnesota’s new immigrant detention facility

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Podcast: [Essential Minnesota](https://stenobird.com/podcast/essential-minnesota-7677952)
Published: 2026-09-11T09:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/STB6135300132.mp3
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## Resource

The privately owned prison in Appleton, Minnesota had a troubled past. Now that the U.S Department of Homeland Security has bought it, its future is anything but certain. Journalists Chris Magan and Jeff Hargarten walk us through the history of this prison turned detention facility, and what it means for the town of 1,300 people, whose future is now tied to ever-changing national immigration policy.

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