Elgin, Illinois

Elgin Police Department

Status

Closed
(or ceased migrant detention operations)

2019

Type: Prison or pretrial detention centre (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Management: Elgin Police Department (Governmental)

Detains: Undocumented migrants, Asylum seekers, Criminal detainees

Demographics

Adult men

United States

323,591

Immigration detainees (2017)

44,000

Estimated detention capacity (2017)

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Contact Information
151 Douglas Ave., Elgin, IL 60120-5570, Phone:+1 847-289-2740 Fax:+1 847-289-2750
Center status

Status Closed (or ceased migrant detention operations)

2019

Status In use

2017

Status Closed (or ceased migrant detention operations)

2014

Status In use

2013

Status In use

2012
GDP facility typology

Category Filter Criminal

Type Prison or pretrial detention centre

2012

Category Filter Criminal

Type Police station

2012
National typology

Name Intergovernmental Service Agreement (IGsA)

2013
Operating period

Year of Entry 1998

Year Ceased

OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

Management

Name Elgin Police Department

Type Governmental

2012
Security Regime

Security Level Secure

2012
Maximum official detention period at facility

Length Short-term (3 days or less)

2012
Demographics

Name Adult men

2017
Categories of detainees

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2012

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2012

Name Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2012
Total number of detainees (year)

Number 12

2012

Number 12

2011
Average daily population

Number 1

2017

Number 1

2013

Number 1

2012

Number 1

2009

Number 1

2008

Number 1

2007
Inspection grade

Grade Minimum Standards (“Good,” “Acceptable,” or “Meets Standards”)

2017

Grade Minimum Standards (“Good,” “Acceptable,” or “Meets Standards”)

2009

Grade Minimum Standards (“Good,” “Acceptable,” or “Meets Standards”)

2008

Grade Minimum Standards (“Good,” “Acceptable,” or “Meets Standards”)

2007
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Armed guards
Reported overstays at facility
Estimated average detention period (days)
Gender segregation
Legal segregation
Family segregation
Age segregation
Estimated capacity (administrative immigration detention facility)
Capacity reserved for immigration detainees (criminal facility)
Occupancy rate
Reported population at a specific time
Reported overpopulation
Reports of adequate or inadequate conditions
Specially trained personnel
Mistreatment complaints
Access by international organizations, civil society, national institutions
Family access
Consular access
Reported deaths at this facility
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

2012
Facility owner

State or Privately Owned Government

Name of Owner City

2017
Estimated cost per detainee day at facility (in USD)

Number 50

2017
Area of authority or operations

Area of Authority of Operations Chicago Region (CHI)

2013
Estimated annual facility budget (in USD)