On January 6, 2026, the US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency expanded “Operation Metro Surge” in Minneapolis into “the largest immigration enforcement operation ever carried out” by sending over 2,000 agents to Minnesota.
Though ICE is required by law to publish weekly detention statistics, after publishing data on January 7th, no data was released again until February 2nd. This data provides the first look at changes in ICE detention patterns since the scaled up operation in Minneapolis.
As I wrote on Bluesky, during January the largest increase in ICE detainees was at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, now the only facility where ICE detains minors. There is currently a measles outbreak at this detention center, operated by the for-profit private prison company CoreCivic.
To better understand this data, I made a data exploration tool for comparing the February release (actually data from January 22, 2026) to the January release (actually data from December 26, 2025). While most data below is directly from ICE, facility locations, facility type definitions, and facility operators are collected from other sources.
ICE Detention Statistics
| Facility | State | Type | Operator | Average Daily Detainees | Detainees ∆ | Detainees ∆% | No Threat % | Non-Criminal % | Mandatory % | ALOS | ALOS ∆% | Level A | Level A ∆ | Level B | Level B ∆ | Level C | Level C ∆ | Level D | Level D ∆ | Male Crim | Male Crim ∆ | Male Non-Crim | Male Non-Crim ∆ | Female Crim | Female Crim ∆ | Female Non-Crim | Female Non-Crim ∆ | Threat Lvl 1 | Threat Lvl 1 ∆ | Threat Lvl 2 | Threat Lvl 2 ∆ | Threat Lvl 3 | Threat Lvl 3 ∆ | No Threat Lvl | No Threat Lvl ∆ | Pop/Guaranteed Min |
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Geographic View
National data, local issues, human stories
While working with ICE data, I often searched Google for the name of a facility to verify its location or operator. I found it remarkable, though not surprising, how these searches also immediately brought news about poor prison conditions, inhumane treatment, difficulty accessing attorneys, and use-of-force incidents. What would stand out if these articles were gathered together into the same place? Below, I’ve included links to several recent articles about each of the detention centers with more than 100 daily detainees, as well as all privately operated facilities.
It’s clear that some of these detention centers are worse than others, or at least have more reporting about their conditions than others. The ERO El Paso Camp East Montana (privately operated by Acquisition Logistics, which has no experience running prisons) in Texas, the Richwood Correctional Center (privately operated by LaSalle Corrections) in Louisiana, the California City Immigration Processing Center (privately operated by CoreCivic), the Krome North Service Processing Center (privately operated by Akima Global Services) in Florida and the South Texas ICE Processing Center (privately operated by The GEO Group) are all among the detention centers with more reporting than I can list below.
In addition to these large private prisons, ICE also scatters detainees across an archipelago of smaller facilities, many operated by rural counties. The reporting on these smaller facilities is almost all the work of local outlets, often at the town or county scale. I am deeply concerned about the health of national media in the US, but reading these articles was a good reminder that there is so much local journalism that needs attention and support. The national-scale patterns of ICE detention are important but each facility is a local issue too.
I was also struck by just recent this is. Controversies over conversions of local lockups to ICE-contracted immigrant detention centers and heated community meetings just a few months ago. Following the news day-to-day, I sometimes lose the forest for the trees and feel as though this has always been happening. Certainly the private prison industry, and its deep tentacles into rural economies, is nothing new. But so many of these facilities in America’s detention network are genuinely new. For example, Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark, New Jersey, now one of the largest ICE detention centers in the country, opened just last year. In Oklahoma, a new detention center opened last month, planned to hold over 2,000 people. To say nothing of the warehouses that are currently being planned. This is now.
Other people and organizations have been doing great work tracking this, for longer than I have. Please see also:
ERO El Paso Camp East Montana
El Paso, TX · Private (Acquisition Logistics LLC) · 2,952 average daily detainees
- After El Paso’s ME ruled migrant’s death a homicide, ICE sent the next body to an Army hospital
- Planned ‘mega’ ICE detention center in Far East El Paso County has rocky start with tribe-owned businesses
- Immigrant deaths intensify scrutiny of detention camp as El Paso becomes deportation hub
- 60 violations in 50 days: Inside ICE’s giant tent facility at Ft. Bliss
Adams County Correctional Center
Natchez, MS · Private (CoreCivic) · 2,162 average daily detainees
- Nicaraguan Man in ICE Custody Dies in Mississippi Hospital
- Mississippi private prison OK’d to hold more ICE detainees
- Miss. ICE detention center violates COVID-19 protocols, medical unit needs improvement
Stewart Detention Center
Lumpkin, GA · Private (CoreCivic) · 2,011 average daily detainees
- NEW: Sen. Ossoff Investigation Uncovers Over 1,000 Credible Reports of Human Rights Abuses in Immigration Detention
- Families, lawmakers raise alarm over conditions inside Georgia ICE facilities
- ICE facility deaths: 2 die in Georgia; Ossoff, Warnock call for investigation
Adelanto ICE Processing Center
Adelanto, CA · Private (The GEO Group) · 1,807 average daily detainees
- Rep. Raul Ruiz tours Adelanto ICE detention center, calls conditions “inhumane” after years of being denied access NBC Palm Springs · February 6, 2026
- Federal lawsuit alleges inhumane conditions at Adelanto ICE Processing Center
- Lawsuit alleges inhumane conditions at ICE Adelanto facility
South Texas ICE Processing Center
Pearsall, TX · Private (The GEO Group) · 1,756 average daily detainees
- Detained for nearly 2 years, former pro rugby player alleges abuse at Pearsall ICE facility
- Emergency protest to be held Wednesday at Pearsall ICE detention center
- Flurry of 911 calls has been coming from ICE detention site near San Antonio
Moshannon Valley Processing Center
Philipsburg, PA · Private (The GEO Group) · 1,655 average daily detainees
- Immigrant detentions surge at Pa. center accused of abuse as Trump crackdown intensifies
- Pennsylvania immigrant jail must let N.J. detainees attend criminal hearings remotely, judge says
- Report finds Pa.’s largest immigrant detention center ‘riddled with human rights violations’
Winn Correctional Center
Winnfield, LA · Private (LaSalle Corrections) · 1,546 average daily detainees
- Inside ‘Detention Alley’: How a small Louisiana town feels about being a hub for ICE
- Investigators Wanted to Close an Abusive ICE Facility. Biden’s Administration Extended Its Contract.
- Guards at Louisiana ICE facility accused of illegally pepper-spraying detainees
Otay Mesa Detention Center
San Diego, CA · Private (CoreCivic) · 1,487 average daily detainees
- He spent 7 weeks in ICE detention. Why his case shows new legal obstacles for immigrants
- More immigrants placed in isolation cells inside ICE detention in San Diego
- Lawsuit against ICE detention center highlights medical neglect complaints
North Lake Correctional Facility
Baldwin, MI · Private (The GEO Group) · 1,413 average daily detainees
- Inside the Midwest’s largest immigration detention center with a retired pastor
- Man dies at ICE detention center in Michigan; Lawmakers question conditions
- New data show more than 1,300 ICE detainees in Baldwin
Northwest ICE Processsing Center
Tacoma, WA · Private (The GEO Group) · 1,380 average daily detainees
- Lawsuit accuses WA ICE detention center staff of assault, sexual abuse
- Detainees sue GEO Group, allege sexual assaults, beatings and cover-ups at Tacoma ICE facility
- Ninth Circuit affirms for-profit operator of Northwest ICE Processing Center violated labor law
- Officials inspect Tacoma ICE detention center after legal battle
Florida Soft-Sided Facility
Ochopee, FL · Government (Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM)) · 1,341 average daily detainees
- Secrets of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ revealed in newly released data analyzed by NBC6 Investigates
- Rubber-stamping claims dog firm handling attorney access at Alligator Alcatraz
- Immigration attorneys highly critical of process to see clients inside ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
- Lawsuit alleges ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration center doesn’t allow detainees access to attorneys
Eloy Federal Contract Facility
Eloy, AZ · Private (CoreCivic) · 1,332 average daily detainees
- Rural Arizona becomes new front for immigration activism with detention center vigil
- As solitary confinement surges in ICE detention centers, oversight weakens and concerns mount
- OIG: Results of an Unannounced Inspection of ICE’s Eloy Federal Contract Facility in Arizona
- Safety, medical care, overcrowding top worries at Eloy Detention Center
Port Isabel SPC
Los Fresnos, TX · Private (Akima Global Services) · 1,274 average daily detainees
Montgomery ICE Processing Center
Conroe, TX · Private (The GEO Group) · 1,227 average daily detainees
- ICE detainee dies after heart complications in Montgomery County
- Texas woman sues after sudden ICE detention despite pending asylum
- Conroe ICE Officer Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor in Detainee Assault Case
- ‘Worst nightmare of my life’: Solitary confinement rises at Houston-area ICE detention center
Denver Contract Detention Facility
Aurora, CO · Private (The GEO Group) · 1,226 average daily detainees
- Court restores access for Rep. Crow, others, to ICE jails amid oversight dispute
- A decade-old Aurora ICE detention center lawsuit reaches the Supreme Court
- ACLU FOIA Litigation Reveals New Information About Plans to Expand ICE Detention in Colorado
- The family of a man who died in ICE custody in Aurora is suing the company that runs the detention center
Karnes County Immigration Processing Center
Karnes City, TX · Private (The GEO Group) · 1,199 average daily detainees
- Report: Alarming conditions at two Texas detention centers where immigrant families are being held
- Texas family detention center witnesses describe adults fighting kids for clean water
- New insight into Texas family detention reveals adults fighting kids for clean water
- Note: ICE no longer lists this as a family detention center.
Jackson Parish Correctional Center
Jonesboro, LA · Private (LaSalle Corrections) · 1,192 average daily detainees
- New York Teen Returns Home After Judge Rules His ICE Detention Illegal
- After deaths at ICE detention centers, this N.J. woman fears her dad will be next | Calavia-Robertson
- Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice to end contract with troubled Jackson Parish jail
Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center (CLIPC)
Jena, LA · Private (The GEO Group) · 1,172 average daily detainees
- Congress members visit detained Columbia, Tufts students in Louisiana ICE lockups
- ICE Secretly Hauled Mahmoud Khalil to Louisiana as Retaliation, Lawyers Allege
- Palestinian Activist Detained at Louisiana ICE Facility With History of Deaths and Abuse
- ICE violated civil rights of Colombian man detained in Louisiana, watchdog says
Richwood Correctional Center
Monroe, LA · Private (LaSalle Corrections) · 1,084 average daily detainees
- ICE says it provides ‘proper meals.’ Detainees see crystalized jelly, rancid beans and iced bologna.
- ICE Arrested a Pregnant Tennessee Woman – While in Detention in Louisiana, She had a Stillbirth
- Lawsuit filed against Homeland Security, ICE over detainee diagnosed with tuberculosis
- People detained in Louisiana ICE facilities face “rampant abuse,” new report says
Bluebonnet Detention Facility
Anson, TX · Private (Management & Training Corporation (MTC)) · 1,044 average daily detainees
- What’s Happening Inside This ICE Facility in Texas Should Shock Your Conscience
- SOS: Migrants held in Texas fear notorious El Salvador prison
- “A Mockery of Due Process”: The Men Who Could Be Sent to El Salvador Next
- Venezuelan immigrants in Texas face imminent deportation as ACLU fights 18th century wartime law
California City Immigration Processing Center
California City, CA · Private (CoreCivic) · 1,036 average daily detainees
- Immigrants Suing ICE Over Detention Conditions Get Their Day in Court in SF
- The Cruel Conditions of ICE’s Mojave Desert Detention Center
- ICE opened a detention center in a former California prison. Detainees are suing over conditions inside
- Conditions at Massive New California Immigration Facility ‘Are Alarming,’ Report Finds
South Louisiana ICE Processing Center
Basile, LA · Private (The GEO Group) · 978 average daily detainees
- Queer and trans immigrants allege forced labor and sexual assault in Ice facility: ‘I was treated worse than an animal’
- Complaints allege sexual and physical abuse at Basile ICE facility
- Poor conditions at Louisiana ICE detention center holding Tufts student, advocates say
- An ICE contractor worth billions fights to pay detainees as little as $1 a day to work
Prairieland Detention Center
Alvarado, TX · Private (LaSalle Corrections) · 960 average daily detainees
- ICE detainee in North Texas denied visitors abruptly amidst facility safety concerns
- Texas lawmakers demand release of Palestinian woman
Joe Corley Processing Center
Conroe, TX · Private (The GEO Group) · 942 average daily detainees
- ICE detainee dies after heart complications in Montgomery County
- ‘Preventable tragedy’: ICE detention deaths could have been avoided, report finds
- Venezuelan national passes away in ICE custody
Folkston D Ray ICE Processing Ctr
Folkston, GA · Private (The GEO Group) · 942 average daily detainees
- The price of a paycheck: One Georgia town’s ICE dilemma
- ‘They want to kill me.’ Inside the Folkston ICE Processing Center expansion.
- ICE finds violations at Folkston detention center but continues to contract with The GEO Group
- Charlton County, ICE contract to expand processing center moves forward
El Valle Detention Facility
Raymondville, TX · Private (Management & Training Corporation (MTC)) · 941 average daily detainees
- Federal judge rules against Trump, halts deportation of Venezuelans held in Texas under wartime act
- US judges block Trump’s Venezuelan deportations that used 1798 wartime law
- 2 Venezuelans held in Valley nearly deported under Trump’s wartime declaration
Delaney Hall Detention Facility
Newark, NJ · Private (The GEO Group) · 905 average daily detainees
- Letter from NJ migrant detainees says they feel ‘kidnapped’ without justification
- New Jersey Democrats call to shutter ICE facility after detainee’s death
- Women from turbulent New Jersey ICE detention facility moved to El Paso
- ICE plans massive new immigrant detention center in Newark
Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center
Pine Prairie, LA · Private (The GEO Group) · 903 average daily detainees
- Conditions at Louisiana ICE lockup worsen as detainees increase, immigrant rights advocates say
- Conditions at La. ICE lockup worsening as detained population grows under Trump, immigrant rights advocates say
- These civil rights advocates toured Louisiana ICE detention centers. Here’s what they saw.
- ICE is sending more people to a troubled Louisiana detention center, advocates say
Otero County Processing Center
Chaparral, NM · Private (Management & Training Corporation (MTC)) · 896 average daily detainees
- Rep. Vasquez finds overcrowded ICE facility detaining mostly non-criminal immigrants
- Stranded Venezuelan Migrants in Indefinite Detention in Otero Prison Seek Release
- ACLU-NM Calls for Investigation, Releases After Man Dies in ICE Custody in Otero Detention Facility
- Ecuadoran national passes away in ICE custody
Houston Contract Detention Facility
Houston, TX · Private (CoreCivic) · 883 average daily detainees
- Democrats Use District Work Period to Conduct Oversight of ICE Detention Centers
- ‘Preventable tragedy’: ICE detention deaths could have been avoided, report finds
IAH Secure Adult Detention Facility (Polk)
Livingston, TX · Private (Management & Training Corporation (MTC)) · 872 average daily detainees
- Company handling Australia’s immigration detention playing key role in Trump’s ICE migrant crackdown
- ‘I’m Going to Ask for My Deportation, I Can’t Stand Being Here One More Day’: The Life of a Group of Migrants in a Texas Detention Center Cell
Dilley Immigration Processing Center
Dilley, TX · Private (CoreCivic) · 867 average daily detainees
- Note: In the recent ICE data release, Dilley was the fastest growing facility.
- Calls to shut down Texas ICE facility for children grow amid measles outbreak
- Two cases of measles detected at Dilley immigrant family detention center
- 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father released from ICE facility following judge’s order
- Families detained in Dilley immigrant center allege inhumane conditions in new lawsuit
Krome North Service Processing Center
Miami, FL · Private (Akima Global Services) · 866 average daily detainees
- ‘State-sponsored terrorism’: South Florida’s expanding immigration detention crisis
- “You Feel Like Your Life Is Over”: Abusive Practices at Three Florida Immigration Detention Centers Since January 2025
- In recorded calls, reports of overcrowding and lack of food at ICE detention centers
- Complaints of abuse mount at America’s oldest detention center in Miami
Baker Correctional Institution
Sanderson, FL · Government (Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM)) · 859 average daily detainees
- ICE expands detention in Florida, but withholds detainee data
- ‘Nobody gives me information’: Jacksonville-area man held in ‘Deportation Depot’ for weeks talks conditions, challenges
- Detainees pepper-sprayed on 2 occasions at Florida ‘Deportation Depot’ immigration detention center
- DeSantis announces plans for second immigration detention facility dubbed ‘Deportation Depot’
El Paso Service Processing Center
El Paso, TX · Government (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)) · 805 average daily detainees
- El Paso processing center found non-compliant in federal audit
- El Paso ICE processing center detainees face ‘widespread human rights violations,’ Amnesty International report finds
- Department of Justice terminates legal access programs for migrants
- More people in ICE custody means smaller meals and delayed medical care, detainees say
Buffalo Service Processing Center
Batavia, NY · Private (Akima Global Services) · 738 average daily detainees
- ICE agents will no longer have access to detainees’ mail at Batavia facility
- Lawsuit targets mail policy at ICE’s detention center in Batavia
- ICE abuse of detainees in Batavia facility
- Migrants Detained by ICE in New York Stage Brief Hunger Strike Over End of Free Phone Calls, Conditions
Farmville Detention Center
Farmville, VA · Private (CoreCivic) · 714 average daily detainees
- Federal judge rules ICE unlawfully detained immigrant teens without bond
- ACLU of Virginia sues ICE over detention of immigrant children with legal protections
- Inspection of Farmville Detention Center in 2024 finds several violations of medical care policies, procedures
- ‘Like living in a dark room’: Inside overcrowded ICE detention centers
Folkston Main IPC
Folkston, GA · Private (The GEO Group) · 700 average daily detainees
- The price of a paycheck: one town’s ICE dilemma
- Death toll in ICE detention facilities climb
- ICE finds violations at Folkston detention center but continues to contract with The GEO Group
- Indian migrant dies in Georgia ICE detention
Broward Transitional Center
Pompano Beach, FL · Private (The GEO Group) · 679 average daily detainees
- Records reveal details about Haitian ICE detainee’s death in Broward
- As immigration arrests surge and oversight ebbs, 911 calls at Broward detention center double
- Report finds ‘dehumanizing’ conditions in Fla. immigration detention centers
- Lawmakers demand answers after a Haitian woman dies at an ICE detention center
Imperial Regional Detention Facility
Calexico, CA · Private (Management & Training Corporation (MTC)) · 674 average daily detainees
- ICE misses deadline to release report on in-custody death in Imperial County
- Another immigrant dies in ICE custody in California, this time in the Imperial Valley
Rio Grande Detention Center
Laredo, TX · Private (The GEO Group) · 623 average daily detainees
- Families, inmates voice concerns over lack of medical care at south Laredo processing center
- Families claim possible gas leak at Laredo detention center is making inmates sick
- ACLU FOIA Litigation Continues to Disclose ICE Proposals to Expand Immigration Detention Nationwide
Golden State Annex
McFarland, CA · Private (The GEO Group) · 620 average daily detainees
- Scabies Outbreak: Health concerns rise at two Kern County detention centers ABC23 Bakersfield • December 19, 2025
- Immigrant detainees say they were harassed, sexually assaulted by guard who got promoted
- Abuse claims are rife in California detention centers. Now the facilities are poised to expand
- Protesters Decry Conditions at ICE Detention Centers as ACLU Report Details Alleged Abuses
Cimmarron Corr Facility
Cushing, OK · Private (CoreCivic) · 588 average daily detainees
- Held without bail in Oklahoma’s ICE facilities, immigrants turn to federal courts for release
- ICE detainees held at private Oklahoma prison as Trump ramps up deportations
- As Trump ramps up deportations, some immigrants spend time in an Oklahoma for-profit prison
River Correctional Center
Ferriday, LA · Private (LaSalle Corrections) · 586 average daily detainees
- Lack of translation services pervasive in Louisiana immigration detention, advocates say
- Immigrants suffered ‘rampant abuse’ inside Louisiana ICE detention facilities, report says
CCA, Florence Correctional Center
Florence, AZ · Private (CoreCivic) · 517 average daily detainees
- Man dies while in ICE custody at Florence prison
- Mexican man dies in immigration detention in Arizona
Plymouth County Correctional Facility
Plymouth, MA · Government (Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department) · 506 average daily detainees
- The vast majority of men in ICE custody in Mass. are classified as ’no threat’
- Warren, Markey Push DHS to Tackle Abysmal Plymouth County Correctional Facility Conditions
- Lawmakers question contract to continue holding immigrants at Plymouth jail
Eden Detention Ctr
Eden, TX · Private (CoreCivic) · 476 average daily detainees
- What To Know About North Texas Detention Centers
- Office of Detention Oversight: Follow-Up Compliance Inspection 2024-002-426 — Eden Detention Center (ICE ODO)
Glades County Detention Center
Moore Haven, FL · Government (Glades County Sheriff’s Office) · 468 average daily detainees
- Sweet Land, Bitter Deal: Immigrant Detention and Unbreathable Air in Florida’s Sugarcane Heartland
- Another Florida detention center plagued with toxic chemicals and unbreathable air, according to report
- ICE re-ups deal with detention center it said did not meet standards
- ICE expands Florida detention capacity with 500 additional beds at Glades County Jail
Miami Federal Detention
Miami, FL · Government (Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)) · 459 average daily detainees
- Durbin Reveals Devastating Insights Into Florida ICE Detention Facilities In Exclusive Site Visit
- Canadian man dies in South Florida federal immigration facility, officials say
- Advocates raise concerns over due process rights for immigrants held in Miami facility
- Overcrowding and Dysfunction Produced a Quiet Riot at a Miami Federal Prison Holding ICE Detainees Reason · May 27, 2025
T Don Hutto Detention Center
Taylor, TX · Private (CoreCivic) · 458 average daily detainees
- Dems in Congress are being denied access to Texas ICE facilities. Now they’re suing.
- Congressman Greg Casar alleges unlawful denial of entry to Taylor detention center
- ICE has detained a Cedar Park teen with no criminal record. It’s happening to migrants nationwide.
Nevada Southern Detention Center
Pahrump, NV · Private (CoreCivic) · 457 average daily detainees
- Nevada is home to one of the most over-capacity ICE detention centers in the country
- ‘Deeply concerning’: Nevada lawmaker says ICE detainees allege delayed health care
- Nevada corrections officer accused of sexually assaulting inmate multiple times
- Complaints prompt federal investigation into Nevada’s immigration detention centers
Webb County Detention Center (CCA)
Laredo, TX · Private (CoreCivic) · 443 average daily detainees
- Family seeks answers after ICE deported man to Costa Rica in vegetative state
- NBC 5 Investigates: Where did 600 Chicago-area ICE detainees go?
- Family speaks out after death of man deported by ICE in vegetative state
- Arrested by ICE and deported in a vegetative state: A Costa Rican man’s family seeks answers after his death
Alexandria Staging Facility
Alexandria, LA · Private (The GEO Group) · 413 average daily detainees
- NEW REPORT: Immigrant Detention in Louisiana Reaches Crisis Levels Under Trump Administration’s First Year
- Trump’s deportation hub: inside the ‘black hole’ where immigrants disappear
- “It’s kidnapping”: Cenla protesters gather outside nation’s largest deportation hub
- A glimpse at complaints inside Louisiana and Texas ICE detention centers holding Mahmoud Khalil and Badar Khan Suri
Desert View Annex
Adelanto, CA · Private (The GEO Group) · 411 average daily detainees
- Detainees, nonprofit file suit alleging inhumane conditions in California ICE detention center
- California sent investigators to ICE facilities. They found more detainees, and health care gaps
Miami Correctional Center
Bunkerhill, IN · Government (Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC)) · 405 average daily detainees
- Drug use ’every day, all day.’ Crisis at what is now known as Speedway Slammer
- High death tolls, rising violence: What to know about the prison dubbed the Speedway Slammer
- No new construction: Feds to use 1K empty Indiana prison beds to house immigration detainees
Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center
Bakersfield, CA · Private (The GEO Group) · 377 average daily detainees
- California gave counties power to inspect ICE detention centers. They’re not using it
- Prison company retaliated against detained immigrants, labor board says
- More than 60 Ice detainees on hunger strike over ‘inhumane’ living conditions
Torrance/Estancia, NM
Estancia, NM · Private (CoreCivic) · 371 average daily detainees
- Torrance County extends ICE detention contract day after Legislature votes to ban such agreements
- Torrance County ICE contract extension ‘likely improper and invalid,’ NMDOJ says
- Torrance County immigration detention center continues operating without ICE contract
- Asylum seekers testify to inhumane conditions at Torrance County Detention Facility
Laredo Processing Center
Laredo, TX · Private (CoreCivic) · 368 average daily detainees
- ICE Deletes Rape Protection for Trans Immigrants
- ICE Office of Detention Oversight Compliance Inspection 2025-001-082 (Laredo Processing Center)
- ICE Office of Detention Oversight Follow-Up Compliance Inspection 2024-002-396 (Laredo Processing Center)
Butler County Jail
Hamilton, OH · Government (Butler County Sheriff’s Office) · 360 average daily detainees
- Ohio jail expands capacity amid ICE overcrowding concerns
- Amid scrutiny, state inspection finds Butler County Jail meets standards
- ICE detainees raise alarms over medical care, sheriff refutes claims
- ICE detainees report mistreatment at Butler County Jail
Caroline Detention Facility
Bowling Green, VA · Government (Peumansend Creek Regional Jail Authority) · 344 average daily detainees
- Central Virginia ICE detention center is over capacity
- Three young immigrants ordered freed as Virginia lawsuit tests ICE detention policy
- Roughly half of detainees at both Farmville and Caroline detention centers are not criminals, according to ICE’s data
- Class Action Settlement Leads to Releases in Caroline County and Farmville
Florence Staging Facility
Florence, AZ · Government (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)) · 339 average daily detainees
- 2025 was ICE’s deadliest year in two decades. Here are the 32 people who died in custody
- Arizona immigrant detention sees solitary confinement spike
- ICE detainee passes away at Banner Desert Medical Center in Arizona
San Luis Regional Detention Center
San Luis, AZ · Private (LaSalle Corrections) · 337 average daily detainees
- A ‘stupid’ mistake turns into border nightmare for US citizen, Ukrainian fiancée
- Detention facilities operating over-capacity, new data shows
- Visa renewal leads to Arizona ICE detention for Canadian actress
Florence Service Processing Center
Florence, AZ · Government (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)) · 330 average daily detainees
- Arizona Adult Immigration Detention Center Complaints: March 2024 – August 2024
- New report finds majority of immigrant deaths in ICE detention could have been prevented
Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility
Elizabeth, NJ · Private (CoreCivic) · 305 average daily detainees
- N.J. law banning immigration detention contracts overturned by U.S. appeals court
- As ICE eyes new immigrant jail in Newark, activists protest conditions at Elizabeth detention center
- Ice could add 600 beds to New Jersey detention center, documents show
- New Jersey Private Prison Ban Voided
Baker County Sheriff Dept.
Macclenny, FL · Government (Baker County Sheriff’s Office) · 287 average daily detainees
- A man spent 88 days in solitary confinement at the Baker County ICE detention center. His experience led to a lawsuit
- ACLU: Baker County ICE not “caring to understand” non-English speakers
- ‘Egregious patterns of abuse’ in Florida migrant facility: ACLU
- Suit over Baker County Sheriff’s handling of ICE detainees awaits judge’s ruling
Folkston Annex IPC
Folkston, GA · Private (The GEO Group) · 277 average daily detainees
- The price of a paycheck: one town’s ICE dilemma
- ‘They want to kill me.’ Inside the Folkston ICE Processing Center expansion
- ICE finds violations at Folkston detention center but continues to contract with The GEO Group
- Activists rally to stop expansion of Folkston ICE detention center
Western Tennessee Detention Facility
Mason, TN · Private (CoreCivic) · 275 average daily detainees
- Immigrant detainees begin arriving at former prison in rural Tennessee town despite objections from residents
- Mason mayor confirms 20-25 ICE detainees held at former West TN prison
- New ICE detention facility coming to TN
- West Tenn. town approves CoreCivic to run immigration detention facility after chaotic meeting
Greene County Jail
Springfield, MO · Government (Greene County Sheriff’s Office) · 270 average daily detainees
- Group petitions Greene County Commission to end contract with ICE and the Greene County Jail
- Afghan asylum seeker who fought the Taliban now held by ICE in Missouri
- Greene County inked contract to jail ICE detainees under Biden administration
- Medical examiner rules death of Greene County inmate as accidental
La Salle County Regional Detention Center
Encinal, TX · Government (La Salle County Sheriff’s Office) · 255 average daily detainees
Limestone County Detention Center
Groesbeck, TX · Private (LaSalle Corrections) · 254 average daily detainees
- ICE Office of Detention Oversight (ODO) Compliance Inspection Report – Limestone County Detention Center (Mar. 25-27, 2025)
- Former Limestone Co. jailer sentenced for smuggling
Pike County Jail
Lords Valley, PA · Government (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)) · 241 average daily detainees
Clay County Justice Center
Brazil, IN · Government (Clay County Sheriff’s Office) · 238 average daily detainees
- ‘A cash cow’: How detaining immigrants became major revenue source for small Indiana county
- Immigrant Justice Groups Across Indiana and the Country Decry Detention Expansion in the Midwest
- ICE Contractual Capacity and Number Detained: Overcapacity vs. Overcrowding
Cibola County Correctional Center
Milan, NM · Private (CoreCivic) · 231 average daily detainees
- Torrance county extends ICE contract the morning after NM senate votes to ban them
- ‘A death sentence’: a young mother grappling with addiction dies in a drug-plagued US prison
- FBI investigates drug-trafficking ‘epidemic’ in prison also housing ICE detainees: ‘A lot of corruption’
- By the #s: Two NM jails house record number of ICE detainees
Northeast Ohio Correctional Center
Youngstown, OH · Private (CoreCivic) · 208 average daily detainees
- ‘Incident’ under investigation at Northeast Ohio Correctional Center
- Two Youngstown private prison staff members indicted in smuggling case
- Fatal stabbing of inmate investigated at private prison in Youngstown
- Northeast Ohio is a big part of Trump deportation network
Berlin Fed. Corr. Inst.
Berlin, NH · Government (Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)) · 202 average daily detainees
- Federal prison in Berlin holding immigration detainees
- Dozens of federal detainees being held at Maine jail, NH federal prison
- ACLU-NH confirms FCI Berlin already jailing ICE detainees
- NH Advocates Denounce Leaked Plans to Use FCI Berlin for Immigration Detention
Boone County Jail
Burlington, KY · Government (Boone County (county-operated)) · 201 average daily detainees
- Boone County group seeks review of jail’s ICE agreement
- Few ICE detainees in Northern Kentucky have committed violent crimes
- Report: Kentucky jails contracting with ICE have 659% increase in detainees this year
- Inside Kentucky’s ICE detention center
Louisiana ICE Processing
Angola, LA · Government (Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections) · 180 average daily detainees
- ACLU says ICE is unlawfully punishing immigrants at a notorious Louisiana detention center
- I won protection from torture in El Salvador. Now I face torture by the U.S. government.
- State officials deny mistreatment, hunger strike claims at Angola ICE site
- Angola ICE detainees launch hunger strike over inhumane conditions
Calhoun County Correctional Center
Battle Creek, MI · Government (Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office) · 173 average daily detainees
- ACLU of Michigan sues ICE over rule used as ‘impenetrable black box’ for jail records
- Inmate in ICE custody dies after trying to commit suicide at Calhoun County Jail
- ‘Troubling reports’ of abuse at Michigan ICE facility prompt call for investigation
Orange County Jail (NY)
Goshen, NY · Government (Orange County Sheriff’s Office (NY)) · 166 average daily detainees
- ICE Uses Obscure 9/11 Rule to Keep Immigrants Detained After They’re Granted Bond
- Report alleges ‘systemic’ medical neglect at Orange County jail housing ICE detainees
- Report claims ICE detainees at Orange County jail receive inadequate medical treatment
Hopkins County Jail
Madisonville, KY · Government (Hopkins County (county-operated)) · 164 average daily detainees
- Hopkins County Jailer Updates Fiscal Court on ICE Housing
- ICE inmates in Hopkins Co. jail
- Hopkins County Jail joins list of Ky. detention facilities that can hold ICE detainees indefinitely
- Kentucky jail says it took in ICE detainees from Evansville
Kay Co Justice Facility
Newkirk, OK · Government (Kay County Sheriff’s Office) · 158 average daily detainees
- Held without bail in Oklahoma’s ICE facilities, immigrants turn to federal courts for release
- Most Immigrant Deaths in ICE Detention Could Have Been Prevented
Grayson County Jail
Leitchfield, KY · Government (Grayson County (county-operated)) · 158 average daily detainees
- Report: Kentucky jails contracting with ICE have 659% increase in detainees this year
- ICE Detainees housed in county jails amplify overcrowding
- Chicago Mom Arrested By ICE Faces ‘Inhumane’ Conditions In Kentucky Jail, Organizers Say
- These Kentucky sheriffs are signing up to help Trump’s ICE
Allen Parish Public Safety Complex
Oberlin, LA · Government (Allen Parish Sheriff’s Office) · 150 average daily detainees
- ‘Detention Alley’: inside the Ice centres in the US south where foreign students and undocumented migrants languish
- What to know about Louisiana’s ICE detention centers after Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest
- Immigrants suffered ‘rampant abuse’ inside Louisiana ICE detention facilities, report says
Strafford County Corrections
Dover, NH · Government (Strafford County Department of Corrections) · 146 average daily detainees
- New Hampshire counties consider using jails to house ICE detainees
- ‘All the rights and privileges’ – Inside the Strafford County Jail, the only local facility in New Hampshire detaining immigrants
- Inside Strafford County jail: What it looks like for ICE detainees
- Strafford County House of Corrections holding most immigrants since 2018
Campbell County Detention Center
Newport, KY · Government (Campbell County (county-operated)) · 140 average daily detainees
- Campbell County brings in jailer to answer ICE detainee concerns
- Campbell County residents ask officials to reconsider ICE contract
- Irish woman released from Campbell County detention center after ICE hold
Irwin County Detention Center
Ocilla, GA · Private (LaSalle Corrections) · 128 average daily detainees
- ICE is reopening shuttered prisons as detention centers. Many have a troubled past
- Immigrant advocates condemn the reactivation of ICE contract at Irwin County Detention Center
- ICE has restarted detention in controversial South Georgia immigrant jail
- Georgia facility with history of alleged medical abuse resumes immigration detention
Oldham County Detention Center
La Grange, KY · Government (Oldham County (county-operated)) · 128 average daily detainees
- Oldham County residents question jail’s new policy to indefinitely hold illegal immigrants
- Oldham Countians wrestle with ICE partnership
- Kentucky jail changes policy to help enforce immigration law after Trump directive
Monroe County Detention-Dorm
Monroe, MI · Government (Monroe County Sheriff’s Office) · 125 average daily detainees
- Michigan county jails are making millions off the ICE deportation boom
- After ICE detained Michigan man for 2 months, judge calls it ‘fundamentally unfair’
- ACLU of Michigan sues ICE over rule used as ‘impenetrable black box’ for jail records
Wyatt Detention Center
Central Falls, RI · Government (Central Falls Detention Facility Corporation (CFDFC)) · 114 average daily detainees
- He thought a decade-old misdemeanor was behind him. Then he took a vacation in Europe.
- Trump policies pose new test for rocky relationship between the Wyatt and ICE
- Wyatt Detention Center hit with federal lawsuit over data breach
Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff/Jail
Ste. Genevieve, MO · Government (Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s Office) · 114 average daily detainees
- Vigil mourns Missouri man who died in ICE custody: ‘Something has to be done’
- A second man dies in ICE custody at a Missouri detention center
- Man dies of suspected suicide in ICE custody at Ste. Genevieve County Jail
- Activists in Ste. Genevieve connect ICE detainees with their families
Chase County Jail
Cottonwood Fall, KS · Government (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)) · 113 average daily detainees
- As ICE expands the use of county jails, a Kansas jail underscores resulting problems
- ICE detainees in Kansas jail complain of overcrowding and medical neglect: ‘A war of attrition’
- The first rule of ICE Club? Don’t talk about ICE Club. And treat all migrants as criminals.
- In Kansas, a county jail carries out the majority of ICE detentions
Kandiyohi County Jail
Willmar, MN · Government (Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office) · 112 average daily detainees
- Supporters call out ‘We are here’ to ICE detainees in Kandiyohi County jail
- ICE keeps detaining pregnant immigrants — against federal policy
- Minnesota mother remains in ICE custody despite judge’s release order
- Three Minnesota jails have agreements with ICE to hold detainees
Brooklyn MDC
Brooklyn, NY · Government (Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)) · 111 average daily detainees
- ‘Dirty’ and ‘infested with drugs’: the New York jail holding Maduro and Mangione
- More than 100 migrants moved to same Brooklyn jail as Sean “Diddy” Combs and Luigi Mangione
- ‘Chaos reigns’ - the notorious jail holding Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
- Exclusive: Inmates decry conditions inside Brooklyn jail
Kenton County Jail
Covington, KY · Government (Kenton County (county-operated)) · 109 average daily detainees
- Kenton County, Covington residents continue to urge against ICE cooperation
- Residents call for an end to ICE cooperation in Kenton County
- For NKY counties, beds rented by ICE are ‘a commodity’ for revenue
- Inside Kenton County Detention Center: 65 ICE detainees on immigration holds
FCI Atlanta
Atlanta, GA · Government (Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)) · 107 average daily detainees
- Inhumane Conditions of ICE Detention at FCI Atlanta - Advocacy Letter
- ICE transfers detainees to Atlanta’s federal prison, hindering access to legal aid
- ICE detainees reportedly being held in Atlanta prison
- Federal prisons to house ICE detainees as Trump furthers immigration crackdown
Sherburne County Jail
Elk River, MN · Government (Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office) · 102 average daily detainees
- Eight Minnesota counties have signed agreements with ICE
- ICE detainees face indefinite confinement in Minnesota jails
- ‘Just deport me’: ICE detainees face financial hurdles and indefinite detention in Minnesota jails
- Three Minnesota jails have agreements with ICE to hold detainees
Christian County Jail
Hopkinsville, KY · Government (Christian County (county-operated)) · 101 average daily detainees
- NBC 5 Investigates: Where 600 people detained by ICE in the Chicago area went
- Court OKs measures to aid jail in housing ICE inmates
- Christian County Jail authorized to house up to 100 ICE detainees
McCook Detention Center
McCook, NE · Government (Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS)) · 77 average daily detainees
- ACLU sues on behalf of McCook ICE detainees, criticizes attorney-client access
- Bill seeks to void Nebraska-ICE partnership at former state prison in McCook
- Nebraska converts prison into federal immigration center, aims to fill it by Thanksgiving
- Judge rules McCook prison can be used as ICE detention facility as lawsuit proceeds
Diamondback Corr Facility
Watonga, OK · Private (CoreCivic) · 64 average daily detainees
- ICE operations resume at Diamondback Correctional Facility in Watonga
- Oklahoma correctional facility to house federal immigration detainees
- Oklahoma signs $100 million contract to house detained migrants in Watonga correctional facility
- Oklahoma’s closed private prisons eyed as ICE detention centers
Miami Staging Facility
Miami, FL · Government (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)) · 20 average daily detainees
San Diego District Staging
San Diego, CA · Government (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)) · 11 average daily detainees