The Denver Contract Detention Facility, often referred to as the Aurora GEO Immigration Detention Center, is a for-profit immigrant detention facility in Aurora, CO owned by the GEO Group, Inc. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) contracts with GEO but has broad discretion over whether a person is free during their immigration case or held in detention. More than 85% of people ICE has detained have had zero contact with the criminal justice system, and 90% of people in detention are in private facilities.

While Representative Jason Crow’s office has conducted oversight visits to Aurora GEO since 2019, documenting some conditions inside, Rep. Crow’s staff are denied access to many spaces and the report is often based on self reported data from ICE and GEO Group, Inc. This report is an effort to expand upon the work of Rep. Crow’s office through direct documentation of abuses and inhumane conditions from people trapped inside the facility.