But they were turned away by the facility.
Homestead shelters 2,450 children ages 13 to 17. Caliburn International is the holding company of Comprehensive Health Services , which runs Homestead. CHS runs three additional migrant shelters in Texas. Caliburn came under fire when news broke General John Kelly, Trump’s former chief of staff, joined its board in May. The federal government paid CHS over $210 million in 2018. The current contract could be worth more than $273 million by November.
, per federal court filings, state Homestead is overcrowded, noisy, and lacks privacy. The children are not allowed to write in journals or listen to music; some reported suicidal thoughts.
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