Wikipedia pages about detention centers

[CarwilB]

This code takes the list of detention centers linked from the old List of immigrant detentions sites in the United States and sees which are and are not in the current category Category:Immigration detention centers and prisons in the United States.

w_detention_sites_tb %>% 
  filter(!is.na(link)) %>%
  mutate(
    matches_cat = (primary_name %in% w_detention_facility_cat$title), 
    wiki_page = str_glue("[{wiki_slug}]({link})")
    ) %>% 
  select(primary_name, wiki_page, matches_cat ) %>% 
  arrange(matches_cat, wiki_page) %>%
  kableExtra::kable()

Now we can add the text [[Category:Immigration detention centers and prisons in the United States]] to each one.

primary_name	wiki_page	matches_cat
Adams County Correctional Center	Adams County Correctional Center	FALSE
Alexandria City Jail	Alexandria City Jail	FALSE
Alexandria International Airport	Alexandria International Airport (Louisiana)	FALSE
Allegheny County Jail	Allegheny County Jail	FALSE
Arthur Kill Correctional Facility	Arthur Kill Correctional Facility	FALSE
Barnstable County	Barnstable County	FALSE
Basile Detention Center	Basile Detention Center	FALSE
Beaumont Federal Correctional Complex	Beaumont Federal Correctional Complex	FALSE
Bergen County Jail	Bergen County Jail	FALSE
Berks County Residential Center	Berks County Residential Center	FALSE
Boone County Jail	Boone County Jail	FALSE
Broadview ICE Facility	Broadview ICE Facility	FALSE
Brooks County Jail	Brooks County Jail	FALSE
Cambria County Jail	Cambria County Jail	FALSE
Camp Dodge	Camp Dodge	FALSE
Canadian County Jail	Canadian County Jail	FALSE
Central Arizona Detention Center	Central Arizona Detention Center	FALSE
Children's Village-Dobbs Ferry	Children%27s Village	FALSE
Children's Village-Queens	Children%27s Village	FALSE
Cibola County Correctional Center	Cibola County Correctional Center	FALSE
Citrus County Detention Facility	Citrus County Detention Facility	FALSE
Colquitt County Jail	Colquitt County Jail	FALSE
Columbia County Jail	Columbia County Jail	FALSE
Cumberland County Jail	Cumberland County Jail	FALSE
Dorado Beach Airport	Dorado Beach Airport	FALSE
Douglas County Correctional	Douglas County Correctional	FALSE
Eden Detention Center	Eden Detention Center	FALSE
Erie County Holding Center	Erie County Holding Center	FALSE
Butner Federal Corrections Institution	Federal Correctional Complex, Butner	FALSE
Federal Correctional Institution, Big Spring	Federal Correctional Institution, Big Spring	FALSE
Federal Correctional Institution - Cumberland	Federal Correctional Institution, Cumberland	FALSE
Federal Correctional Institution - Memphis	Federal Correctional Institution, Memphis	FALSE
Honolulu Federal Detention Center	Federal Detention Center, Honolulu	FALSE
Oakdale Federal Detention Center	Federal Detention Center, Oakdale	FALSE
Seatac Federal Detention Center	Federal Detention Center, SeaTac	FALSE
Federal Medical Center - Devens	Federal Medical Center, Devens	FALSE
Florence Federal Correctional Complex	Florence Federal Correctional Complex	FALSE
Guam Department of Corrections	Guam Department of Corrections	FALSE
Harris County Jail	Harris County Jail	FALSE
Hartford Correctional Center	Hartford Correctional Center	FALSE
Leavenworth Detention Center	Leavenworth Detention Center	FALSE
Louisiana State Penitentiary	Louisiana State Penitentiary	FALSE
Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn	Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn	FALSE
Metropolitan Detention Center - Guaynabo	Metropolitan Detention Center, Guaynabo	FALSE
Moshannon Valley Processing Center	Moshannon Valley Correctional Center	FALSE
Msgr. Bryan Walsh Children's Village	Msgr. Bryan Walsh Children%27s Village	FALSE
Delaney Hall	Newark immigration detention center incident	FALSE
North Lake Correctional Facility	North Lake Correctional Facility	FALSE
Northeast Ohio Correctional Center	Northeast Ohio Correctional Center	FALSE
Orleans Parish Prison	Orleans Parish Prison	FALSE
Otay Detention Facility	Otay Detention Facility	FALSE
Otero County Processing Center	Otero County Prison Facility	FALSE
Pinellas County Jail	Pinellas County Jail	FALSE
Plymouth County Correctional	Plymouth House of Correction	FALSE
Pottawattamie County Jail	Pottawattamie County Jail	FALSE
Purgatory Correctional Facility	Purgatory Correctional Facility	FALSE
Ray Brook Federal Correctional Institution	Ray Brook Federal Correctional Institution	FALSE
Rochester Federal Medical Center	Rochester Federal Medical Center	FALSE
Sacramento County Jail	Sacramento County Jail	FALSE
Speedway Slammer	Speedway Slammer	FALSE
T. Don Hutto Family Residential Facility	T. Don Hutto Family Residential Facility	FALSE
USP Marion	USP Marion	FALSE
Springfield U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners	United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners	FALSE
Allenwood U.S. Penitentiary	United States Penitentiary, Allenwood	FALSE
Pollock U.S. Penitentiary	United States Penitentiary, Pollock	FALSE
Terre Haute U.S. Penitentiary	United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute	FALSE
Val Verde Correctional Facility and County Jail	Val Verde Correctional Facility	FALSE
Vermont Department of Corrections	Vermont Department of Corrections	FALSE
Virginia Beach	Virginia Beach	FALSE
Washington County Jail	Washington County Jail (Fayetteville, Arkansas)	FALSE
Washington Field Office	Washington Field Office	FALSE
Wayne County Jail	Wayne County Jail	FALSE
Willacy Detention Center	Willacy Detention Center	FALSE
Williamson County Jail	Williamson County Jail	FALSE
Winn Correctional Center	Winn Correctional Center	FALSE
Wyatt Detention Center	Wyatt Detention Center	FALSE
Joe Corley Detention Facility		FALSE
Southwest Key -Conroe		FALSE
Adelanto ICE Processing Center	Adelanto Detention Center	TRUE
Alligator Alcatraz	Alligator Alcatraz	TRUE
Broward Transitional Center	Broward Transitional Center	TRUE
California City Correctional Facility	California City Correctional Facility	TRUE
Casa Padre	Casa Padre	TRUE
Casa San Diego	Casa San Diego	TRUE
Cornhusker Clink	Cornhusker Clink	TRUE
Eloy Detention Center	Eloy Detention Center	TRUE
Florence Correctional Center	Florence Correctional Center	TRUE
Glades County Detention Center	Glades County Detention Center	TRUE
Guantanamo Bay Migrant Operations Center	Guantanamo Migrant Operations Center	TRUE
His House Children's Home	His House Children%27s Home	TRUE
Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children	Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children	TRUE
Irwin County Detention Center	Irwin County Detention Center	TRUE
LaSalle Detention Center	LaSalle Detention Center	TRUE
Northwest Detention Center	Northwest Detention Center	TRUE
Perry County Correctional Facility	Perry County Correctional Facility	TRUE
Port Isabel Service Processing Center	Port Isabel Detention Center	TRUE
Richwood Correctional Center	Richwood Correctional Center	TRUE
Rio Grande Detention Center	Rio Grande Detention Center	TRUE
South Louisiana ICE Processing Center	South Louisiana ICE Processing Center	TRUE
South Texas Detention Facility	South Texas Detention Facility	TRUE
South Texas Family Residential Center	South Texas Family Residential Center	TRUE
Stewart Detention Center	Stewart Detention Center	TRUE
Tornillo tent city	Tornillo tent city	TRUE
Ursula detention center	Ursula (detention center)	TRUE

[CarwilB]

Notes:

• Alexandria International Airport Alexandria International Airport (Louisiana) — Needs new page for staging facility at this airport
• Arthur Kill Correctional Facility inactive since 2011
• Should link to Barnstable County Correctional Facility
• Boone County Jail is linked to the wrong state. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boone_County,_Kentucky#Politics
• Wayne County Jail — inactive
• Washington Field Office directed to wrong target, created new page at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICE_Washington_Field_Office

[CarwilB]

Let's follow-up with some matching to add wikilinks to our 2026 detention facilties table

facilities_data_current %>% 
  filter(facility_name %in% w_detention_facility_cat$title) 

# 1. Filter Wikipedia categories based on the first word of facilities_data_current
w_detention_facility_cat %>%
  filter(str_extract(title, "^\\w+") %in% 
           str_extract(facilities_data_current$facility_name, "^\\w+"))

# 2. Filter current facility data based on the first word of the Wikipedia titles
facility_match_candidates <- facilities_data_current %>%
  filter(str_extract(facility_name, "^\\w+") %in% 
           str_extract(w_detention_facility_cat$title, "^\\w+"))

# 1. Prepare the Wikipedia data with a matching key
w_cat_ready <- w_detention_facility_cat %>%
  mutate(first_word_key = str_extract(title, "^\\w+"))

# 2. Join the candidate list to the Wikipedia data
facility_match_joined <- facility_match_candidates %>%
  # Create the key on the fly for the left side
  mutate(first_word_key = str_extract(facility_name, "^\\w+")) %>%
  # Join by the new key
  left_join(w_cat_ready, by = "first_word_key",
            relationship = "many-to-many") %>%
  # Clean up the temporary key afterward
  select(-first_word_key)

facility_match_joined %>%
  select(facility_name, title) %>%
  filter(!is.na(title)) %>%
  arrange(facility_name, title) %>%
  mutate(row = row_number()) %>%
  relocate(row) %>%
  kableExtra::kable()

row	facility_name	title
1	Adelanto ICE Processing Center	Adelanto Detention Center
2	Broward County Jail	Broward Transitional Center
3	Broward Transitional Center	Broward Transitional Center
4	California City Immigration Processing Center	California City Correctional Facility
5	East Hidalgo Detention Center	East Boston Immigration Station
6	Eloy Federal Contract Facility	Eloy Detention Center
7	Florence Service Processing Center	Florence Correctional Center
8	Florence Staging Facility	Florence Correctional Center
9	Glades County Detention Center	Glades County Detention Center
10	Irwin County Detention Center	Irwin County Detention Center
11	Miami Correctional Center	Miami Correctional Facility
12	Miami Federal Detention	Miami Correctional Facility
13	Miami Staging Facility	Miami Correctional Facility
14	Northwest ICE Processing Center	Northwest Detention Center
15	Northwest Regional Corrections Center	Northwest Detention Center
16	Northwest State Correctional Center	Northwest Detention Center
17	Port Isabel SPC	Port Isabel Detention Center
18	Richwood Correctional Center	Richwood Correctional Center
19	Rio Grande Detention Center	Rio Grande Detention Center
20	South Central Regional Jail	South Louisiana ICE Processing Center
21	South Central Regional Jail	South Texas Detention Facility
22	South Central Regional Jail	South Texas Family Residential Center
23	South Louisiana ICE Processing Center	South Louisiana ICE Processing Center
24	South Louisiana ICE Processing Center	South Texas Detention Facility
25	South Louisiana ICE Processing Center	South Texas Family Residential Center
26	South Texas ICE Processing Center	South Louisiana ICE Processing Center
27	South Texas ICE Processing Center	South Texas Detention Facility
28	South Texas ICE Processing Center	South Texas Family Residential Center
29	Stewart Detention Center	Stewart Detention Center
30	T Don Hutto Detention Center	T. Don Hutto Residential Center
31	Washington County Detention Center	Washington Avenue Immigration Station
32	Washington County Jail (Purgatory Correctional Facility)	Washington Avenue Immigration Station

[CarwilB]

correct_match_rows <- c(1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17, 18, 19, 23, 26, 29, 30)

Note that both Florence addresses point to the same overall facility.

[CarwilB]

Current state:

• We have 75 wikilinks but some are redlinking
• There are many unlinked detention facilities, viewable with facilities_wikitable %>% arrange(desc(average_daily_population)) %>% filter(!str_detect(facility_name_wiki, "\\[\\[")) %>% print(n=25)
• Full import of CoreCivic and GEO Group facility lists, but not other contractors.
• At least a few CCA facilities not matching because of names, but CCA is in the facility_name
• Time to assemble a largest-first list of redlinked facilties and share with a WikiProject
• Not listed: 25 ERO regional offices used as detention facilities since mid-2025: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/30/ice-hidden-detention-sites
• Sixty have management values, but some clean-up still needed

> facilities_wikitable %>% arrange(desc(average_daily_population)) %>% count(management) %>% print(n=100)
# A tibble: 28 × 2
   management                                           n
   <chr>                                            <int>
 1 ""                                                  21
 2 "Acquisition Logistics LLC"                          1
 3 "Boone County Sheriff's Department"                  1
 4 "Cambria County"                                     1
 5 "Central Falls Detention Facility Corporation"       1
 6 "Chippewa County Sheriff's Department"               1
 7 "Community Education Centers Inc."                   1
 8 "CoreCivic"                                         19
 9 "Dodge County Sheriff's Department"                  1
10 "Erie County Sheriff's Office"                       1
11 "Etowah County Sheriff's Department"                 1
12 "Federal Bureau of Prisons"                          1
13 "GEO Group"                                         17
14 "Geo Group/ICE Detention and Removal Operations"     1
15 "Glades County Sheriff's Department"                 1
16 "ICE"                                                1
17 "LaSalle Corrections"                                1
18 "Linn County Sheriff"                                1
19 "Management & Training Corp (MTC)"                   1
20 "Management and Training Corporation"                1
21 "New York State Commission of Correction"            1
22 "Plymouth County"                                    1
23 "Pottawattamie County Sheriff"                       1
24 "Seneca County Sheriff's Office"                     1
25 "Sherburne County Sheriff's Department"              1
26 "The GEO Group"                                      1
27 "Washoe County Sheriff's Office"                     1
28  NA                                                144