It names the Town of Hudson, its town council, its planning commission and Planning Director Jennifer Woods as defendants. Earlier this month, GEO — a private company that operates the existing Aurora immigration detention center — announced a five-year contract with the federal government to reopen the prison in Hudson as an immigration detention center. Image © iStock - Naeblys“The property at issue is not zoned for use as a detention facility. Hudson officials have claimed they do not have power over whether the site is reopened as an immigration detention center because it is superseded by federal contracts and authority. Carlson lives about one and a half miles from the proposed detention center and would be directly affected by its opening.