U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has instructed staff to significantly expand the use of GPS-enabled ankle monitors on migrants, a move with which prison contractor Geo Group, whose subsidiary BI Inc. operates the program, stands to profit considerably.
BI Inc., which began in the 1970s making tracking devices for livestock, now runs the entirety of ICE's immigrant-monitoring program. A one-year extension on BI's contract was recently granted without a competitive bidding process, cementing its position.
