US immigration detention grew nearly fivefold from 1995 to 2006.

Evidence

In 1995 approximately 5,500 people: Bryan Lonegan, et al., “Immigration Detention and Removal: A Guide for Detainees and Their Families” (Legal Aid Society, Oct. 2004), 1. … By 2006, the number was over 27,000: ICE Office of Detention and Removal Fact Sheet, Nov. 15, 2006, http://www.ice.gov/pi/news/factsheets/dro110206.htm contract out beds to county jails: Meredith Kolodner, “County Jails Boost Their Income,” News 21, July 26, 2006. — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 1070

Categorization

• SEED: The fivefold growth in immigration detention numbers anchors an article on the detention-industrial complex’s post-9/11 expansion.