Project Salt Box
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Public records enthusiasts. Tracking the flow of post-OBBBA homeland security procurements and government contracts.
Proudly based in Baltimore, MD. ⚫️🟡🦀🔴⚪️
Proudly based in Baltimore, MD. ⚫️🟡🦀🔴⚪️
Hey! As of early Jan., ICE owns the facility outright. Washington County has signaled that they will not intervene to hold up permitting or other work.
We wrote about one resident who is filing to become a consulted party due to alleged issues with how the sale and comment process occurred.
We wrote about one resident who is filing to become a consulted party due to alleged issues with how the sale and comment process occurred.
Local Resident Challenges Hagerstown ICE Facility Over Misleading Address in Federal Review
Objection alleges DHS used incorrect property address to bypass historic preservation scrutiny and avoid state public notice laws
open.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Hey! As of early Jan., ICE owns the facility outright. Washington County has signaled that they will not intervene to hold up permitting or other work.
We wrote about one resident who is filing to become a consulted party due to alleged issues with how the sale and comment process occurred.
We wrote about one resident who is filing to become a consulted party due to alleged issues with how the sale and comment process occurred.
If you have data on these two, send it my way! Happy to include on the list.
February 5, 2026 at 7:13 PM
If you have data on these two, send it my way! Happy to include on the list.
Our colleagues went to Williamsport this week to talk to neighbors at the Maryland warehouse. They're on well systems, and are very much concerned about leaching from the sewage systems into their groundwater. Without a forum for public comment, they couldn't address their worries.
February 5, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Our colleagues went to Williamsport this week to talk to neighbors at the Maryland warehouse. They're on well systems, and are very much concerned about leaching from the sewage systems into their groundwater. Without a forum for public comment, they couldn't address their worries.
Absolutely -- I can add to the to-do list :)
February 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Absolutely -- I can add to the to-do list :)
The whole property log is riddled with coincidences, separate from Harlan Crow. The former Vice Chair and CEO of CBRE (formerly J&J Worldwide), left the company in August of last year to form SK2 LLC, which was contracted by ICE to do design and due diligence work for these warehouses.
ICE Plans Detention Expansion With Deal to Design 'Mega Centers'
Agency envisions up to two dozen warehouses, some of which could hold 5,000 people or more.
www.bloomberg.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:32 PM
The whole property log is riddled with coincidences, separate from Harlan Crow. The former Vice Chair and CEO of CBRE (formerly J&J Worldwide), left the company in August of last year to form SK2 LLC, which was contracted by ICE to do design and due diligence work for these warehouses.
Flower Branch, GA.
February 5, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Flower Branch, GA.
Most industrial warehouses, like the ones ICE are buying, are built with only one or two bathrooms, showers, and drinking fountains — enough for office staff. ICE would need to massively retrofit these sites to comply with their own National Detention Standards, at the cost of millions.
February 5, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Most industrial warehouses, like the ones ICE are buying, are built with only one or two bathrooms, showers, and drinking fountains — enough for office staff. ICE would need to massively retrofit these sites to comply with their own National Detention Standards, at the cost of millions.
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And if you can find out who owns the property, call them out both directly and publicly.
The Ashland, VA deal was canceled because someone went to the Canadian press and the owner (a Canadian company) had people coming at them from two countries.
The Ashland, VA deal was canceled because someone went to the Canadian press and the owner (a Canadian company) had people coming at them from two countries.
February 5, 2026 at 12:40 PM
And if you can find out who owns the property, call them out both directly and publicly.
The Ashland, VA deal was canceled because someone went to the Canadian press and the owner (a Canadian company) had people coming at them from two countries.
The Ashland, VA deal was canceled because someone went to the Canadian press and the owner (a Canadian company) had people coming at them from two countries.
The thing that is working nationwide is to show up at city or county council meetings and use public comment time to be heard. CALL your electeds, give them your name and zip code, and tell them how you feel about these warehouses.
February 5, 2026 at 12:35 PM
The thing that is working nationwide is to show up at city or county council meetings and use public comment time to be heard. CALL your electeds, give them your name and zip code, and tell them how you feel about these warehouses.
Be sure to click the link on the warehouse map to check out our contract tool! It does the same thing for DHS contracts and purchases.
February 5, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Be sure to click the link on the warehouse map to check out our contract tool! It does the same thing for DHS contracts and purchases.
Good call — that wasn’t on the property shortlist WaPo leaked in December. I have some ideas on how to include existing detention sites. Updates to follow….
February 5, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Good call — that wasn’t on the property shortlist WaPo leaked in December. I have some ideas on how to include existing detention sites. Updates to follow….
Hey there — beds data comes from a leaked document that Washington Post reported in December.
I actually have the data broken out by street/city/state but concatenated it so people on mobile could somewhat read the data. I’ll balance it out tomorrow.
I actually have the data broken out by street/city/state but concatenated it so people on mobile could somewhat read the data. I’ll balance it out tomorrow.
February 5, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Hey there — beds data comes from a leaked document that Washington Post reported in December.
I actually have the data broken out by street/city/state but concatenated it so people on mobile could somewhat read the data. I’ll balance it out tomorrow.
I actually have the data broken out by street/city/state but concatenated it so people on mobile could somewhat read the data. I’ll balance it out tomorrow.
Virginia, Oklahoma, and several others united and shut down similar sales in their states. Proud of y’all.
February 5, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Virginia, Oklahoma, and several others united and shut down similar sales in their states. Proud of y’all.
Not yet. We’re watching the federal clearinghouse data like a hawk. Especially watching firms like SK2 LLC who have previously been attached to design and due diligence contracts for these processing centers.
Will also update with info when fit-out contracts start showing up.
Will also update with info when fit-out contracts start showing up.
February 5, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Not yet. We’re watching the federal clearinghouse data like a hawk. Especially watching firms like SK2 LLC who have previously been attached to design and due diligence contracts for these processing centers.
Will also update with info when fit-out contracts start showing up.
Will also update with info when fit-out contracts start showing up.
Sadly, yes. The map is up to date with the new sale information and potential property tax loss for the local community.
February 5, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Sadly, yes. The map is up to date with the new sale information and potential property tax loss for the local community.
My favorite quote: "There is a difference between watchdog journalism and activism designed to preemptively mobilize resistance."
February 4, 2026 at 8:05 PM
My favorite quote: "There is a difference between watchdog journalism and activism designed to preemptively mobilize resistance."
Hey B!
We actually broke that news, and then dug deep into the background of the deal here: open.substack.com/pub/projects...
We actually broke that news, and then dug deep into the background of the deal here: open.substack.com/pub/projects...
ICE Now Owns a Hagerstown Warehouse. A Plan to Design It Is in Shambles.
The first confirmed site in a proposed immigration detention network has been purchased near Hagerstown, even as the Native American nation tied to its design work says it has exited the contract
open.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Hey B!
We actually broke that news, and then dug deep into the background of the deal here: open.substack.com/pub/projects...
We actually broke that news, and then dug deep into the background of the deal here: open.substack.com/pub/projects...
