‘Deportation Depot’ immigrant detention center stirs fears among neighbors

By Sara-James Ranta

Fresh Take Florida

  • Baker Correctional Institution in Sanderson is set to become an immigrant detention center thanks due its proximity to the Lake City Gateway Airport and the infrastructure already in place at the state facility. (KALEY MANTZ/Fresh Take Florida)
    Baker Correctional Institution in Sanderson is set to become an immigrant detention center thanks due its proximity to the Lake City Gateway Airport and the infrastructure already in place at the state facility. (KALEY MANTZ/Fresh Take Florida)

    SANDERSON — Lucy Johnson didn’t know a shuttered prison down the road would soon hold as many as 2,000 immigrant detainees until a reporter told her. Standing under her carport as ribs sizzled on the …