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BCRC MCZ Location
Berks County Residential Center (BCRC), also known as Berks Family Residential Center and as the Berks County detention center, is a 96-bed immigration detention center in Leesport, Berks County, Pennsylvania, operated by Berks County on contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The center operated as a family detention center from March 2001 to March 2021. History In August 1994, Berks County started renting out detention center space at its youth detention center to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), the predecessor to ICE, to house juvenile immigration detainees. An article about the subject quoted Theodore Nordmark, assistant director of the INS, noting that the location of the detention center was convenient for him from his Philadelphia office, and suggested the convenient location was one reason for choosing Berks County. The housing of detainees was estimated by the county to be profitable, even after accounting for their education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leesport, Pennsylvania
Leesport is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania. The population was 1,918 at the 2010 census. Geography Leesport is located at (40.443893, -75.968137). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , of which is land and (4.00%) is water. Demographics As of the 2010 census, there were 1,918 people, 747 households, and 523 families living in the borough. The population density was 2,740 people per square mile (1,059.7/km²). There were 790 housing units at an average density of 1128.6 per square mile (436.5/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 94.8% White, 1.5% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 1.4% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 4.2% of the population. There were 747 households, out of which 36.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.3% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30% were n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
