Inside ICE: Volume 2, Issue 11

ICE Opens Newest, Largest Detention Facility

PEARSALL, Texas — ICE’s Office of Detention and Removal Operations (DRO) formally opened its newest and largest detention facility May 17.

The state-of-the-art South Texas Detention Complex (STDC) in Pearsall, Texas, can accommodate more than 1,000 ICE detainees and includes a 67-person on-site hospital with the latest medical and dental facilities, staffed by Public Health Service employees. The hospital facility includes four zero-atmosphere rooms to contain contagious diseases.

“This is an incredible facility that sets a new standard for excellence,” said Marc Moore, ICE DRO Field Office Director for San Antonio. “ICE remains steadfast in our commitment to provide a safe, humane and secure environment for all individuals entrusted to our care.”

With various dorm pods to accommodate different groups, the facility can accommodate men in eight pods of 64 and four pods of 32. Another 150 women can be housed in three pods of 40 and two pods of 20. Each dorm pod has a separate secure outdoor exercise area. STDC also contains a high-risk two-story dorm pod.

“The dorm pod is a key feature to modern detention design,” said Moore. “Detainees are separated into manageable groups in the dorm-pod system. It’s safer for the security guards, and safer for the detainees.”

The STDC is a contract detention facility owned and operated by Correctional Services Corp. (CSC). CSC has a $1.9 million five-year contract to operate the facility. CSC will provide 268 contract guards and personnel to operate the facility; ICE will provide a staff of 68.

This self-contained facility has its own power and water supply for use in case of an emergency. It also houses four immigration courtrooms. These courtrooms include a video teleconferencing capability to hold hearings for aliens being detained off-site.

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