Groesbeck, Texas

Limestone County Detention Center

Status

Closed
(or ceased migrant detention operations)

2014

Type: Prison or pretrial detention centre (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Management: Community Education Centers, Inc. (Private For-Profit)

Detains: Undocumented migrants, Criminal detainees

Demographics

Capacity

1014

United States

323,591

Immigration detainees (2017)

44,000

Estimated detention capacity (2017)

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Contact Information
910 Tyus Road, Groesbeck, TX 76642, Phone: (254) 729-8615, Fax: (254) 729-8108
Center status

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
National typology

Name US Marshall Service Intergovernmental Agreement (USMS IGA)

2013
Operating period

OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

Management

Name Community Education Centers, Inc.

Type Private For-Profit

2012
Outsourced services and non-state actors

Provider CEC Inc.

Service Management

2012
Security Regime

Security Level Secure

2012
Maximum official detention period at facility

Length Short-term (3 days or less)

2012
Demographics

Name

Categories of detainees

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2012

Name Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2012
Estimated capacity (administrative immigration detention facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 1014

2012
Total number of detainees (year)

Number 1

2012

Number 1

2011
Average daily population

Number 0

2012

Number 1

2009

Number 9

2008

Number 52

2007
Inspection grade

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

2009

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

2008
Armed guards
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Estimated average detention period (days)
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Legal segregation
Family segregation
Age segregation
Capacity reserved for immigration detainees (criminal facility)
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Specially trained personnel
Mistreatment complaints
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

2012
Area of authority or operations

Area of Authority of Operations San Antonio Region (SNA)

2013
Facility owner
Estimated cost per detainee day at facility (in USD)
Estimated annual facility budget (in USD)