Adelanto ICE Processing Center

Adelanto ICE Processing Center is an ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) detention facility located in Adelanto, California. It falls under the Los Angeles Field Office ERO field office area of responsibility.

Facility quick reference

How to locate or contact a detainee

To locate someone in ICE custody, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System at locator.ice.gov. You will need the person’s A-number (Alien Registration Number) and country of birth, or their full name, country of birth, and date of birth.

To ask whether someone is held here, and to leave an urgent message for a detainee, ICE publishes one number: (760) 561-6100. ICE lists that line as answered between 7:30 a.m. and 3 p.m., seven days a week, including weekends and holidays. For an urgent message, leave the detainee’s full name and alien registration number (A-number), plus your own name and a phone number where you can be reached; the detainee is given the message. Detainees cannot receive incoming calls — they place outgoing calls themselves. Have the person’s biographical information ready when you call (first, last and hyphenated names, any aliases, date of birth, and country of birth). ICE says the facility has tablets; it points to gettingout.com, and in its legal-access section to Talton.com or (866) 516-0115, for information on sending a detainee a non-confidential message.

Visiting in person

ICE’s page for this facility (last updated 10/07/2026, checked October 16, 2026) publishes these rules for friends and family:

• How often: a detainee may have a maximum of three visitors, three times per week; there is a one-hour limit for visits (ICE’s page states it once as a limit for all visits and, in its friends-and-family rules, as one hour unless the Facility Administrator has granted prior approval), and a detainee may receive only one visit per day.
• Arrival: visitors must arrive 15 minutes before the scheduled visit time, and no later than 6:30 p.m. to be guaranteed a visit.
• ID: visitors need a U.S., state or federal identification document, or a foreign passport with a valid U.S. visa.
• Group size: only three visitors are allowed in at one time unless the Facility Administrator approves otherwise; a baby in an adult’s arms is not counted as a visitor.
• Minors must be accompanied by an adult guardian (18 or older) and may not be left alone in the waiting room, visiting room or any other area.
• Contact or not: ICE says contact visitation is subject to change without notice. Its list of visiting restrictions says all family and social visits are contact visits, while its unit schedule below marks some periods as non-contact.
• Items: visitors may not carry any items into the visitation area or pass anything to a detainee.

ICE’s schedule depends on the detainee’s housing unit. As ICE prints it:

ICE’s page does not mark the East-side E1 and E2 periods, or the Thursday East SMU period, as contact or non-contact.

Everyone entering the facility or the visitation area is subject to a pat-down search, an inspection of belongings and a metal scan; anyone who refuses a reasonable search is not admitted, and visitors who are or appear intoxicated are turned away. No firearms or weapons of any kind anywhere in the facility, and no electronic devices (cell phones, pagers, radios) in the secure areas. ICE lists two addresses — Adelanto East, 10400 Rancho Road and Adelanto West, 10250 Rancho Road — and says the facility has a parking lot.

Sending mail, commissary funds, and personal items

Letters and packages sent to a detainee must identify the detainee and show the sender’s name and return address (this facility’s own format is below) — and each facility publishes its own exact format: some also require a housing-unit number, and facilities run by the federal Bureau of Prisons use the BOP register number instead. ICE lists each facility’s format on that facility’s page at ice.gov. This facility’s own ICE page says incoming mail “is not read upon opening, only inspected by the delivering officer” and that detainees may seal their own outgoing letters. ICE’s detention standards allow more than that. Under ICE’s National Detention Standards, Revised 2019, §5.1(E) — and under the PBNDS 2011 mail section (5.1) that ICE’s inspectors say governs this facility (see the inspection record below) — incoming general mail is opened and inspected for contraband, and outgoing general mail may be inspected and read if it is addressed to another detainee or staff have reason to believe it threatens the facility’s security or order, endangers someone, or could facilitate criminal activity. Only special correspondence — mail to or from attorneys and other legal representatives, courts and judges, government attorneys, embassies and consulates, the President and Vice President of the United States, members of Congress, the Department of Justice (including the immigration courts), DHS (including ICE/ERO, IHSC, CRCL and the DHS Inspector General), grievance administrators, and the news media — may not be read or copied by staff. Incoming special correspondence is inspected for contraband in the detainee’s presence; outgoing special correspondence is not opened, inspected or read, and if a need exists, any inspection takes place in the detainee’s presence. The standard limits any inspection to detecting physical contraband and confirming that enclosures qualify as special correspondence. Mail counts as special correspondence only if the envelope unambiguously identifies the title and office of the sender (incoming mail) or of the addressee (outgoing mail); PBNDS 2011 also requires the envelope to be labeled “special correspondence” or “legal mail.” Rules for commissary (account) deposits and permitted personal items vary by facility, and so does the number that handles them — ICE names a separate facility mail clerk on some facility pages. This facility’s deposit route, accepted form of payment and contacts are in the Sending Items to Detainees section of its own ICE page (linked above).

What ICE publishes for this facility’s mail, money, and packages

• Letters must include the last four digits of the detainee’s A-number, the housing unit, dorm and bunk number, and the sender’s name and address. ICE’s address format is: the detainee’s name; the A-number’s last four digits (for example, A1234) with the housing unit, dorm and bunk number; 10250 Rancho Road, Adelanto, CA 92301. The mail clerk distributes mail to the housing units Monday to Friday (not on weekends or holidays), and outgoing mail is routed to the post office within 24 hours of receipt by facility staff.
• Money: as of October 3, 2026, ICE’s page for this facility names no deposit service, vendor or kiosk. It says funds received in the mail are taken to the processing area to be placed on the account, with a receipt from the processing officer, and that detainees are cautioned not to have cash sent to them through the mail. The COVID-19 suspension note that used to follow this paragraph is no longer on ICE’s page (updated October 7, 2026; read October 23, 2026). The page also does not say who a money order should be made payable to.
• Packages: ICE limits them to items needed solely for travel or release from custody, with the ICE Deportation Officer’s approval, and says to contact the assigned ICE Deportation Officer at (760) 561-6100 before sending one.
• Stamps: detainees may buy them; detainees with no means of support and no funds in their facility account get a postage allowance at government expense.
• Transfers and departures: only legal mail is forwarded; general correspondence is returned to sender.
• Luggage for removal: one small piece is allowed; if the person has none at the facility, luggage may be sent or delivered after approval from the assigned ICE Deportation Officer. No electronic devices (cell phones, electric razors, laptops, radios) are accepted.

For how deposit routes differ from facility to facility, see how to send money to someone in ICE detention.

Legal access, attorneys, and immigration court information

Detainees have the right to speak with an attorney, and attorney–client visits and calls are confidential. For information about a case before the immigration court (EOIR), EOIR’s automated line 1-800-898-7180 (toll-free, 24 hours a day, English and Spanish) gives the next hearing date and case status; callers enter the 9 digits of the A-number, without the letter A (EOIR, checked October 24, 2026). For a matter before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), the main line of EOIR (the Justice Department agency the BIA belongs to) is (703) 305-0289. Applications for relief from removal must be filed directly with the immigration court handling the case. If you cannot afford an attorney, the immigration court can provide a list of pro bono legal service providers — see the related resources below.

Legal calls and visits under the Torres v. DHS settlement

ICE’s page for this facility (checked October 3, 2026) says that, under the settlement agreement in Torres v. DHS, attorneys, accredited representatives and people working under their direction (including paralegals, law students and interpreters) have the right to:

• Schedule confidential legal calls by calling (760) 561-6208, Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. A G-28 or other representation agreement is not required to schedule a call. ICE says the calls take place in a private room on a line that is not recorded or monitored, and are free for the detainee.
• Designate a phone number to receive unmonitored, unrecorded calls and voicemails from the housing-unit phones, by calling (760) 561-6100; the facility has 5 business days to approve or deny the request, and no G-28 is required.
• Leave a message asking a detainee to call back, by calling (760) 561-6100; ICE says such messages should be delivered within 7 hours.
• Schedule confidential in-person meetings by calling (760) 561-6208 at least 24 hours ahead. ICE says that, to the extent possible, scheduled legal visits start no more than 30 minutes after the scheduled time, and unscheduled legal visits no more than one hour after the visitor arrives. Cleared paralegals, law students, legal fellows, interpreters, medical evaluators and other experts can schedule the same way.
• Contact a client’s Deportation Officer by emailing #APCERO000-500@ice.dhs.gov or #APCERO501-999@ice.dhs.gov, depending on the last three digits of the client’s A-number, or request the officer’s phone number at (760) 561-6100; ICE says the facility must respond within 5 days.

ICE’s page adds that anyone who believes their rights under the settlement were violated can contact the ACLU of Southern California at (909) 291-4735.

Separately from the settlement, ICE publishes these rules for legal visits at Adelanto:

• ICE’s Adelanto virtual attorney visitation (VAV) flyer (checked October 16, 2026) says legal representatives and their staff are not permitted to video or audio record during any virtual or in-person visit or any call with detainees, and that any violation may result in suspension or permanent revocation of VAV user privileges.
• ICE’s page for this facility (checked October 20, 2026) says the facility reserves the right to cancel or reschedule appointments in the event of a safety/security risk at the facility and to ensure equal access to legal visitation by other legal representatives and detainees.
• The same page says video (VTC) legal meetings and legal calls are confidential: a visitation officer stands outside the confidential room, out of earshot but within eyeshot, and knocks 5 minutes before the cutoff time.

Other legal channels ICE publishes

• G-28s can be submitted through ICE’s online platform ERO eFile. Facility staff do not have access to ERO eFile, so representatives should bring a downloaded copy of the submitted G-28 to any in-person or remote legal visit.
• Case information: requests about people detained here go to LosAngeles.Outreach@ice.dhs.gov; ICE notes that this mailbox does not accept applications for a stay of removal or case appeals.
• Virtual legal visits (video or confidential phone calls) are booked through ERO eFile, Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. or 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., up to 2 weeks ahead but no later than 24 hours before, in 60-minute slots. The representative must enter the platform (Microsoft Teams, Webex, Zoom or Google Meet), the meeting link, ID and passcode — or the phone number, for a call only — before choosing a time. ERO eFile appointments require uploads of a scan of the representative’s government-issued ID, proof of active legal-representative status and the attorney’s ERO-eFiled G-28 (unless the visit is pre-representational); missing attachments may lead to cancellation. If a legal assistant is the only representative joining the call, the email should also include a letter of authorization on the firm’s/organization’s letterhead and a scan of the assistant’s identification. ICE states: “generally legal representatives are not permitted more than one 60-minute appointment with an alien in a single day.” Two 60-minute appointments may be booked back-to-back only if the facility can accommodate them, and for an initial intake needing a three-hour window ICE directs representatives to call. As an alternative to ERO eFile, or for more availability, attorneys may call (760) 561-6208. After the facility confirms the appointment, attorneys should open it in ERO eFile and enter the video or phone call details in Virtual Meeting Information no later than the day before the appointment. Appointments without meeting information may be canceled.
• As of October 3, 2026, ICE’s page for this facility publishes no route for faxing or emailing legal documents to a detainee, although ICE posts one for some other facilities.

Free legal providers on EOIR’s list for the Adelanto Immigration Court

ICE says a list of pro bono (free) legal organizations, updated quarterly, is posted in the housing units, and that it is the detainee’s own responsibility to contact a provider for an appointment. ICE’s facility page does not name the immigration court that hears the cases of people held here, but EOIR’s Adelanto Immigration Court is located at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center itself — 10250 Rancho Road, Suite 201A — and EOIR says filings are accepted only at the Adelanto West facility. The court that actually hears a given case may still be a different one; confirm it from the A-number through EOIR’s hotline at 1-800-898-7180. On the October 2026 edition of EOIR’s List of Pro Bono Legal Service Providers, the entries under Adelanto Immigration Court are:

EOIR states that it does not endorse any of the organizations, referral services, or attorneys on its list.

Adelanto Immigration Court: access and opening days

EOIR’s Adelanto Immigration Court page gives these details for the court inside the detention center (checked October 23, 2026):

• Parking and transit: EOIR says the court has limited parking space and no public transportation because of the detention center’s and court’s remote location.
• Opening days: EOIR lists Monday to Friday, except federal holidays.
• Court entrance: EOIR says public access to the court is through the main entrance at both East and West facilities.

Feedback, complaints, and oversight

To report a concern about conditions at this facility or the conduct of an ICE or contract employee, contact the ERO Los Angeles Field Office that oversees this facility, or file a complaint with the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL). On its own Make a Civil Rights Complaint page DHS publishes one channel — the online portal at engage.dhs.gov/crcl-complaint; CBP additionally publishes, for the same office, the e-mail address CRCL@dhs.gov, fax (202) 401-4708, and the postal address DHS/CRCL, Compliance Branch, 2707 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE, Mail Stop #0190, Washington, DC 20528-0190. The DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) hotline is 1-800-323-8603.

This facility’s own ICE page adds these channels:

• Comments on the service provided: Field Office Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 300 North Los Angeles St. #7621, Los Angeles, CA 90012.
• A misconduct complaint to the field office: the same Field Office Director address, or (213) 830-7911.
• ICE Office of Professional Responsibility (by mail): Director, Office of Professional Responsibility, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 500 12th Street, SW, Suite 1049, Mailstop 5099, Washington, DC 20536-5005.
• ICE OPR Integrity Coordination Center: 1-833-4ICE-OPR or ICEOPRIntake@ice.dhs.gov.
• DHS OIG in writing: DHS Office of Inspector General, Attn: Office of Investigations - Hotline, 245 Murray Drive, Building 410 Stop: 2600, Washington, DC 20528 · fax (202) 245-5217 · DHSOIGHOTLINE@DHS.GOV.

A news reporter who wants to interview someone held here must apply in writing to the Los Angeles Field Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations. ICE says a detainee has the right not to be interviewed, photographed or recorded, and the reporter must first obtain the detainee’s written permission.

ICE inspection record

ICE’s Office of Detention Oversight (ODO), part of ICE’s Office of Professional Responsibility, inspected this facility on July 14–16, 2026 (ODO report, Inspection 2026-001-159). What the report says:

• Who runs it: the facility opened in 2011, is owned by San Bernardino County and operated by The GEO Group, Inc., and has housed ICE detainees since 2011 under ERO Los Angeles. It is a dedicated ICE detention facility operating under the Performance-Based National Detention Standards (PBNDS) 2011 (Revised 2016), and it holds male and female detainees of low, medium-low, medium-high and high security classification for periods longer than 72 hours.
• Staffing and services: ERO deportation officers are assigned full time and are on site Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. GEO provides food service and medical care, and Keefe Commissary Network provides commissary. The facility was accredited by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care in June 2022 and the American Correctional Association in January 2023, and was found DHS PREA compliant in a September 2023 audit.
• Findings: compliant with all 30 standards reviewed; no deficiencies. ODO specifically reviewed the Disability Identification, Assessment, and Accommodation standard and found every element compliant.
• Detainee interviews: ODO interviewed 25 detainees; none alleged discrimination, mistreatment or abuse, and all reported satisfaction with facility services.
• Rating: Superior. At the previous inspection, in September 2025, ODO reviewed 29 standards and found 6 deficiencies — Custody Classification System (1), Funds and Personal Property (2) and Grievance System (3) — and rated the facility Good. ODO says it received the facility’s corrective action plan for that inspection, which likely resolved those deficiencies.

ODO redacts bed-capacity and population counts in the published report; for population, see the ICE statistics box above. ICE lists every posted report on its ODO facility inspections page, including separate reports for the Desert View facilities in Adelanto.

Earlier inspection

• March 12–14, 2019: ODO reviewed 21 standards under ICE PBNDS 2011 and identified 24 deficiencies in 13 standards, including two repeat deficiencies. Source.
• Legal-visitation logs in the same March 2019 report: ODO found missing entries recording whether a detainee had a G-28 on file and when the legal visit ended (Deficiency V-1). Source.

287(g) agreements: ICE's 287(g) participating-agencies workbook, dated October 9, 2026, lists no agency in California. (source: ICE · what 287(g) is)

Related procedural resources

• Know Your Rights — what to do if ICE detains you
• EOIR immigration court schedules and procedures
• BIA-recognized legal-aid organizations in California
• Other ICE detention facilities in California
• All facilities under the Los Angeles Field Office
• How to send money to someone in ICE detention