effective services with no substantial cost savings. The agency had expected to allow current contracts on its thirteen remaining private facilities to expire. However, Attorney General Jeff Sessions criticized the August 2016 decision and reversed it on February 22, 2017. The prison's contract is expected to be renewed as it approaches expiration. Notable inmates Joaquin Valencia-Trujillo - Former leader of the Cali Cartel in Colombia; extradited to the US in 2004; convicted in 2006 of drug trafficking conspiracy for directing the shipment of more than 100 tons of cocaine a year into the US over a ten-year period. He is scheduled to be released on 12/06/2037. References GEO Group Prisons in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Hertford County, North Carolina 2001 establishments in North Carolina