The National Immigrant Justice Center’s (NIJC’s) three-year Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation resulted in 2015 in the most comprehensive public release to date of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) immigration detention center contracts and inspections. The thousands of pages of documents provide an unprecedented look into a failed system that lacks accountability, shields DHS from public scrutiny, and allows local governments and private prison companies to brazenly maximize profits at the expense of basic human rights. The project continues to obtain and analyze government documents and other records that shine a light on the obscure U.S. immigration enforcement and detention system.
NIJC's pending FOIA requests for ICE detention contracts and inspections
Read our Reports:
Toolkit: Immigration Detention Oversight and Accountability (May 2019)
ICE Fiscal Mismanagement & Congressional Oversight (February 2018)
Deaths in Detention (February 2016 | June 2018)
Contracts (August 2015)
Inspections (October 2015)
Depositions of ICE Contracting and Inspections Experts (January 2014)
More Detention Data:
ICE's detention facility list updated monthly at ice.gov
Comprehensive ICE detention facility list (November 2017)
This set of 10 lists includes data on types of contracts, demographics, medical care providers, and inspections history for more than 1,000 federal facilities that detain immigrants, including county jails, Bureau of Prisons facilities, Office of Refugee Resettlement centers, hospitals, and hotels (more on those down below). Customs and Border Protection facilities are not included in the data. Read NIJC's analysis of the data.
Detention Facility Documents:
Active ICE Facilities:
Adelanto, CA (GEO Group)
Albany County, NY
Baker County, FL
Bedford Heights, OH
Bergen County, NJ
Berks County, PA
Boone County, KY
Bristol County, MA
Broward Transitional Facility, FL (GEO Group)
Buffalo Federal Detention Facility, NY
Butler County, KS
Butler County, OH
Caldwell County, MO
Calhoun County, MI
Cambria County, PA
Caroline Detention Facility, VA
Carver County, MN
Cass County, NE
Central Arizona Detention Center (CoreCivic, formerly CCA)
Charleston County, SC (Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center)
Chase County, KS
Cibola County Correctional Center, NM (CoreCivic, formerly CCA)
Clay County, IN
Clinton County, PA
Coastal Bend, TX
Contra Costa County, CA
DeKalb County, AL
Delaney Hall, NJ
Delaware County, PA (George W. Hill Correctional Facility)
Denver Contract Detention Facility, CO (GEO Group)
Dodge County, WI
Dorchester County Detention Center, MD
Douglas County, NE
East Hidalgo, TX
Eastern Regional Jail, WV
El Centro Service Processing Center, CA
El Paso County, CO
El Paso Service Processing Center, TX (Global Precision Systems LLC)
Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility, NJ (CoreCivic, formerly CCA)
Eloy, AZ (CoreCivic, formerly CCA)
Essex County, NJ
Etowah County, AL
Florence Correctional Center, AZ (CoreCivic, formerly CCA)
Florence Service Processing Center, AZ (Asset Protection & Security Services)
Franklin County, MA
Frederick County, MD
Freeborn, MN
Geauga County, OH (FOIA pending to obtain contract)
Glades County, FL
Hall County, NE
Hardin County, IA
Henderson County, NC
Houston Contract Detention Facility, TX (CoreCivic, formerly CCA)
Howard County, MD
Hudson County, NJ
Hutto Correctional Center, TX (CoreCivic, formerly CCA)
Immigration Centers of America Farmville, VA
Imperial Regional Adult Detention Facility, CA
Irwin County, GA
Jack Harwell Detention Center, TX
James A. Musick Facility, CA
Johnson County, TX
Karnes County, TX (GEO Group)
Kenosha County, WI
Koegh-Dwyer Correctional Facility, NJ
Krome Service Processing Center, FL
Laredo Processing Center, TX (CoreCivic, formerly CCA)
LaSalle County, TX
Marshall County, IA (FOIA pending to obtain contract)
Mesa Verde Detention Center, CA (GEO Group)
Monroe County, FL
Monroe County, MI
Montgomery Service Processing Center, TX
Morgan County, MO
Morrow County, OH
Moshannon Valley, PA
Nevada Southern Detention Center, NV
Northeast Ohio Correctional Center/Youngstown Contract Detention Facility, OH
Northwest Detention Center, WA (GEO Group)
Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center, VA
Orange County, FL
Orange County, NY
Otero County Prison Facility, NM
Otero County Processing Center, NM
Pike County, PA
Pine Prairie Correctional Center, LA
Plymouth County, MA
Polk County, IA
Polk County, TX
Port Isabel Service Processing Center, TX (Ahtna, Inc.)
Prairieland Detention Center, TX
Ramsey County, MN
Rice County, KS
Richwood Correctional Center, LA (LaSalle Corrections)
Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center/Sacramento County, CA
Rio Grande Detention Center, TX
Rolling Plains, TX
San Diego/Otay Mesa Contract Detention Facility, CA (Core Civic, formerly CCA)
San Luis Regional Detention Center, AZ
Seneca County, OH
Sherburne County, MN
South Louisiana Detention Center, LA (GEO Group)
South Texas Detention Complex, TX (GEO Group)
South Texas (Dilley) Family Detention Center
St. Clair, MI
Stewart County, GA (CoreCivic, formerly CCA)
Strafford County, NH
Suffolk County, MA
Tensas Parish, LA
Theo Lacy Facility, CA
Torrance County, NM (FOIA pending to obtain contract)
Tulsa County, OK
Utah County, UT
Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail, VA
Wakulla County, FL
Washoe County Jail, NV (FOIA pending to obtain contract)
Western Tennessee Detention Facility, TN (pre-occupancy documents)
West Texas Detention Facility, TX
Willacy County/El Valle Detention Facility, TX (FOIA pending to obtain contract)
Winn Correctional Center, LA (LaSalle Corrections)
Worcester County, MD
Yakima County, WA (FOIA pending to obtain contract)
York County, PA
Yuba County, CA
Facilities believed to no longer be active: