Half of ICE Inmates Tested for Coronavirus are Positive — An Updating List
This is an updating list created from local news reports of ICE facilities that have confirmed and unconfirmed Coronavirus outbreaks, including positive tests of inmates and employees. It also includes suspected outbreaks. A suspected outbreak may be a place where inmates have been placed in quarantine, or persons who have come into close contact with the facility have tested positive. See this article from the Center for American Progress on questions about the data released by ICE.
While ICE and many prisons are releasing statistics, there appear to be some gaps, so this list is an attempt to gather together in one place independent information from the media on confirmed and unconfirmed cases, along with links to news articles on each facility, in order to provide a fuller picture of the outbreak.
You can now see a chart with cases, deaths and tests on the ICE website. A recent update on the 900 ICE staff who have tested positive is available here.
It is important to note that confirmed cases likely represent only a small fraction of actual cases. Recent models show how outbreaks in ICE facilities may spiral out of control, overwhelming local hospital capacity.
As of 5/12, ICE began reporting the number of cases and the number of tests given. Looking at the ICE website at the beginning of June, we can now see that about half of ICE tests are coming back positive. As of June, ICE will begin offering widespread testing in some centers.
As of June, ICE has reorganized their statistics page into a helpful chart, with confirmed cases, deaths and total cases. It also lists the number of tests done, though it would be more helpful if there was a column in the chart so people could see how many tests have been done at each facility. See more on problems with testing and isolation here. Without more widespread testing, it is impossible to know how widespread coronavirus is in ICE facilities.
Read the bill introduced by Cory Booker and Rep. Jayapal to mandate the release of certain classes of people from ICE detention. And see the recent DWN report.
Some information on families in detention and COVID-19 may be found here.
We may be about to get more information on outbreaks thanks to a lawsuit requiring ICE to report contractors who have tested positive. See more about lawsuits here.
See an update on how ICE transfers are impacting the spread of coronavirus here.
Last update: July 19.
Official ICE statistics can be found here. Names of facilities in BOLD do not appear on the ICE list yet, though they may be added later. There is often a lag in ICE reporting facilities with outbreaks, particularly in prisons. Italics are unconfirmed cases that do not appear on the official ICE list. If only staff have tested positive, this is noted in ().
For an interactive map of outbreaks and other information, see here.
Etowah County Jail, Al (added by ICE 5/22)
Washington County Jail, AR (reported by ICE July 10)
San Luis Regional Detention Center, AZ (added by ICE 6/1) (see update on staff testing positive across the state.)
Florence Detention Center, Florence, AZ (see updates here and here on 4/21. Staff and inmates)
La Palma Correctional Facility, Eloy, AZ (for an update as of 4/17, see here. 4/21 here.) and here. and here. and here. see update on detained DREAMer here. more on the mass outbreak at Eloy here. here.
Yuba County Jail, CA (staff)
Otay Mesa Detention Center, San Diego, CA (Staff and inmates) (first death reported 5/7, staff and inmates -update on what is now the largest ICE facility outbreak here.)
Adelanto ICE Processing Center, CA (staff — reported by ICE on 5/7 and inmates 5/29) See update on transfers from Chuckawall Prison here.
Chuckawalla Valley State Prison, CA (inmates being transfered to Adelanto, see above)
Imperial Regional Detention Center, CA (staff and inmates — reported 5/27)
Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center, CA (staff)
Aurora Contract Detention Facility, CO (inmates test positive as of May 21, staff were first to be confirmed positive by ICE- see update here.) See further updates here.
El Paso County Criminal Justice Center, CO (staff)
Stewart Detention Center, Lumpkin, GA (first death reported May 25, staff and inmates)
Krome Detention Center, Miami, FL (inmate tested positive, quarantine, inmate released with nowhere to isolate — see update here and here.)
Broward Transitional Center, FL (added by ICE 5/7 — quarantine first reported on March 26. See update on ICE transfers.)
Glades County Detention Center, Fl (inmates under quarantine, see update on transfers)(See update here.)
Wakulla County Jail, FL (added by ICE July 1)
Stewart Detention Center, Georgia (first death reported May 25)
Folkston ICE Processing Center, GA (added by ICE 5/4)
Irwin County Detention Center, Ocilla, GA
Polk County Jail, IA (media reports May 11) update here.
Pulaski County Detention Center, Ullin, IL
Heartland Human Care Services, Bronzeville, IL (children testing positive)
Alexandria Staging Facility, Alexandria, LA (staff and inmates)
LaSalle Correctional Center, Olla, Louisiana
LaSalle ICE Processing Center, Jenna LA (added by ICE 4/15 after evidence of quarantined inmates-staff and inmates)
Winn correctional center, LA
Catahoula Correctional Center, LA (added by ICE 4/20 — update here.)
Prarieland Detention Center, LA (added by ICE 4/15)
River Correctional Center, LA (added by ICE 4/17)
Pine Prairie Immigration Detention Center, LA
Richwood Correctional Center, Monroe, LA (read the story of one sick inmate here and an update here, which states that two guards have died.)
South Louisiana ICE Processing Center, LA (quarantine)
Jackson Parish Correctional, LA (added by ICE July 1)
Allen Parish Detention Center, LA (added by ICE around 7/17)
Plymouth County Correctional Facility, MA (staff tested positive -inmates released)
Bristol County House of Corrections, Dartmouth, MA (reported by ICE 5/15, reported by media (staff positive) 4/8)(update)
Franklin County House of Corrections, MA (added by ICE 6/1)
St. Clair County Jail, Huron, MI
Calhoun County Correction Center, MI (reported in media May 11, added by ICE 5/22)
Lincoln County Detention Center, MO (added by ICE 5/22, media story May 11)
Freeborn County Adult Detention Center, MN (added by ICE 7\26)
Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility, MS (staff)see more here. and here.
Adams County Correctional Center, MS (added to ICE site on April 13)
Douglas County Department of Corrections, NE (possible staff member)
Strafford County Jail, NH (added by ICE 5/22)
Bergen County Jail in Hackensack, New Jersey (updates)
Essex County Correctional Facility, New Jersey (ICE orders facility not to report tests — staff and inmates)
Delaney Hall Detention Facility, NJ (see more here.)
Hudson County Jail, Kearny, NJ (Staff and inmates)
Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility, Elizabeth, NJ (staff and inmates confirmed cases)
Wayne County Jail, NY (staff)
Monmouth County Correctional Institution, NY
Allegany County Jail, NY (staff and inmates)
Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Buffalo, NY
Otero County Processing Center, Chaparral, NM
Torrance County Detention Facility, NM (added by ICE 5/15, reported by media 5/12)
Washoe County Jail, NV (staff)
Nevada Southern Detention Center, NV (added by ICE 5/22)
Henderson Detention Center, NV (added by ICE as of 7\26)
Nye County Jail, NV (reported in media April 29, confirmed by ICE July 10, inmates reported July 17) update here.
Moore Detention Center, OK (added by ICE July 1)
Butler County Jail/Correctional Complex, OH (staff) (inmate has tested positive)
Morrow County Jail, OH (inmates in quarantine — 4/1) (added by ICE on 4/28 — update)(advocacy groups now reporting 100% of inmates are positive.)
Linn County Jail, OR (added by ICE as of 7\26)
York County Prison, York, PA
Berks Family Residential Center, PA (child inmate was in quarantine with family — test was negative) see more here. See update here.
Pike County Correctional Facility, Hawley, PA
Wyatt Detention Facility, RI (reported in the media on 4/21, added by ICE on 4/28)
Charleston County Detention Center, SC (added by ICE July 1)
Colombia Regional Care Center, SC (added by ICE around 7/17)
East Hidalgo Detention Facility, TX (staff dies) update
El Valle Detention Facility, TX (added by ICE June 12)
Montgomery Processing Center, Texas (staff and inmates)
Webb County Detention Center, TX (added by ICE 5/15)
Rio Grande Detention Center, TX
Port Isabel Detention Center, Los Fresnos, Texas (reported by ICE 5/15) See updates on Texas facilities here.
Rolling Plains Regional Jail and Detention Center, TX (staff) (added by ICE 5/4 one month after being reported in the media -see update here.)
Houston Contract Detention Facility, Houston, TX (staff and inmates confirmed cases) update here.
IAH Secure Adult Detention Facility (Livingston, TX) (added by ICE 4/14)
Bluebonnet Detention Facility, TX (added by ICE 4/22)
Joe Corley Detention Center, TX (added by ICE 5/4) (inmate died 5/15)
South Texas ICE Processing Center, TX (added by ICE 5/4) see update on lack of testing here. and update on outbreak here. and update on staff testing positive here.
South Texas Family Residential Center, TX (Staff) (reported by ICE as of 7\26)
Karnes County Residential Center, TX (reported in media June 25, confirmed by ICE July 10)
El Paso Processing Center, TX (staff and inmates)
Johnson County Law Enforcement Center, TX (added by ICE 5/22)
T. Don Hutto Residential Center, TX (ICE reporting staff only)
Caroline Detention Facility, VA (added by ICE 4/22)
Farmville Detention Center, VA (added by ICE 5/7 — first possible cases reported in the media April 27, almost all inmates who are tested now test positive.
Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail, VA (inmates test positive 6/4, see update)
Northwest ICE Processing Center, WA (added by ICE 5/22, reported in media May 18)
Tacoma ICE Processing Center, WA (added by ICE 6/1)
Kenosha County Detention Center, WI (mass testing being done) (update) (article on recent decision not to take more ICE detainees)
