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The company operating an ICE detention facility in Appleton is holding a series of job fairs starting Wednesday.  

 the Prairie Correctional facility to the federal government, is hiring guards, medical and administrative staff.  

 the 1,600-bed facility will begin housing detainees this fall after being shuttered since 2010.  Before it closed, the facility employed between 300 and 400 people.

 to the sale and reopening of the former prison. 

Supporters see reopening as a potential economic boon for the struggling town of Appleton. Opponents believe an ICE detention center is morally reprehensible and a drain on community resources.

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Before it closed in 2010, the Prairie Correctional Facility employed between 300 and 400 people. The operator of the facility is holding a series of job fairs to restaff the center, which is expected to start housing ICE detainees this fall. 

Appleton ICE detention center begins hiring process

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