<h1>State repurposes minimum-security prison into 200-300-bed immigration detention hub funded federally, raising due-process and human-rights concerns</h1> A state plan will repurpose an existing minimum-security prison in remote southwest Nebraska as an immigration detention center with initial capacity for 200 detainees, expandable to 300, to serve as a regional hub for people awaiting deportation or immigration proceedings. The facility will be state-run with federal funding; the state will provide National Guard administrative/logistical support and allow state troopers to assist federal immigration agents. The move is part of a broader federal effort to expand detention capacity nationwide and has prompted legal, transparency and human-rights concerns from local officials and activists citing due-process, conditions and community impacts.