Pearsall, Texas

South Texas/Pearsall Hold Room

Status

Closed
(or ceased migrant detention operations)

2017

Type: Administrative (Immigration detention centre)

Authority: Governmental

Detains:

Capacity

Not available

Reported Population

Not available

Inadequate Conditions

Not available

United States

323,591

Immigration detainees

44,270

Detained asylum seekers

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Contact Information

South Texas Detention Facility

566 Veteran's Drive Pearsall, TX, 78061 Tel. +1 (830) 334-2939

Center status

Status Closed (or ceased migrant detention operations)

2017

Status In use

2016

Status In use

2012
GDP facility typology

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2012
National typology

Name Hold room

2012
Operating period

OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

Management

Name Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Type Governmental

2015
Maximum official detention period at facility

Length Short-term (3 days or less)

2015
Reported overstays at facility

Reported Overstays Yes

2012

Reported Overstays Yes

2011
Total number of detainees (year)

Number 20

2012

Number 65

2011
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Security Regime
Armed guards
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Gender segregation
Legal segregation
Family segregation
Age segregation
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Reports of adequate or inadequate conditions
Specially trained personnel
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Access by international organizations, civil society, national institutions
Family access
Consular access
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Reports of attempted or successful suicides at this facility

BUREAUCRATIC CHARACTERISTICS

Custodial authority

Agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Ministry Department of Homeland Security

Ministry Typology Internal or Public Security

2015
Facility owner
Estimated cost per detainee day at facility (in USD)
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