Overview

The Mahoning County Justice Center in Youngstown became an ICE detention facility in late 2025, joining the adjacent CoreCivic-run Northeast Ohio Correctional Center. Sheriff Jerry Greene signed both an IGSA (bed space) and 287(g) agreement with ICE. Together with the CoreCivic facility, Youngstown houses approximately 500 ICE detainees.

Key Details

• ICE rate: $125 per inmate per day
• Annual revenue: Estimated $4.5 million/year from ICE contract
• Average daily population: ~100 ICE detainees (as of September 2025: 108 ICE inmates, 142 USMS inmates, 2 BOP)
• 287(g) agreement: Sheriff Greene signed a 287(g) agreement, one of the first three in Ohio (alongside Butler and Seneca counties)
• Community opposition: ~100 protesters held a peaceful demonstration at the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office in April 2025
• Airport: Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport is 7th busiest for ICE deportation flights nationally (202 flights, Feb-Jul 2025)

Sources

• County joins contract for ICE, Marshals inmates at jail - The Vindicator (Sep 2025)
• Protesters blast ICE contract with Mahoning County jail - The Vindicator (Apr 2025)
• 3 Ohio sheriff’s departments ink agreements with ICE - Statehouse News Bureau (May 20, 2025)
• ICE paid Ohio prisons over $13.2 million - WDTN