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Franklin County closes ICE detention center The Franklin County Jail and House of Correction in Greenfield has shut down its immigration detention center, saying it doesn’t make financial sense to keep it open because the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency does not send enough detainees. STAFF FILE PHOTO/ANDY CASTILLO Published: 5/3/2021 4:48:49 PM GREENFIELD The Franklin County Jail and House of Correction has closed its immigration detention center, saying the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has not maintained the threshold agreed upon to financially justify keeping it open. Sheriff Christopher Donelan said he leased to ICE one of his four 80-bed facilities, but the average number of immigrant detainees has dropped from 65 to roughly 20 in the past few years. Historically, the number had been 70 to 75 at any one time. The nine detainees remaining when the facility shut down a couple of weeks ago were taken to the Plymouth County Co

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