Bluebonnet Detention Facility

Bluebonnet Detention Facility is an ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) detention facility located in Anson, Texas. It falls under the Dallas 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: (325) 823-8031. Give the detainee’s full name, alien registration number (A-number), your own name, and a phone number where you can be reached; the facility passes the message on. Detainees cannot receive incoming calls — they place outgoing calls themselves. Have the person’s biographical information ready when you call (full legal name and any aliases, date of birth, and country of birth). ICE says to call that line between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ICE says the facility has ICE tablets, and that information on sending a detainee a non-confidential message is at gettingout.com.

Visiting in person

ICE’s page for this facility (last updated 08/12/2026, checked October 7, 2026) lists this friends-and-family schedule:

A visit lasts one hour, unless the warden approves more time in advance through the Detainee Request Form on the tablets. ICE’s page lists visiting rules by the facility’s operational status: under GREEN, 2 adults and 2 children may visit; under RED, all visitors must wear a well-fitting mask. Adult visitors must show a valid, verifiable government-issued ID, and minors must be accompanied by an adult guardian (18 or older) and never left alone in the waiting room or visiting room. All family and social visits are non-contact, and visitors may not carry any items into the visitation area or pass anything to a detainee.

Everyone entering the facility or the visitation area is subject to a pat-down, X-ray screening of items, an inspection of belongings and a metal detector; anyone who refuses a reasonable search is not admitted. No firearms or weapons of any kind are permitted in the facility, and ICE’s page for this facility says no electronic devices (cell phones, pagers, radios) are permitted at all. Visitors who are or appear intoxicated are turned away. ICE lists free public parking at the facility.

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. ICE’s inspectors say this facility operates under the Performance-Based National Detention Standards (PBNDS) 2011 (Revised 2016) (see the inspection record below). Under that standard’s mail section, 5.1, staff open and inspect incoming general correspondence for contraband in the detainee’s presence unless the facility administrator authorizes otherwise, and it “may be read to the extent necessary to maintain security, as authorized by the facility administrator” — reading, with the administrator’s approval, may be done at random. Outgoing general mail may be inspected or read if it is addressed to another detainee or there is evidence it might threaten the facility’s secure or orderly operation, endanger the recipient or the public, or facilitate criminal activity. Only special correspondence or legal mail — mail to or from attorneys and other legal representatives, government attorneys, judges and courts, embassies and consulates, the President and Vice President, members of Congress, the Justice Department and DHS (including ICE, ERO, ICE Health Services Corps, CRCL and the DHS Inspector General), outside health care professionals, grievance administrators and the news media — may not be read: the envelope must be labeled “special correspondence” or “legal mail” and identify the sender’s or addressee’s title and office. Staff may neither read nor copy it; any inspection takes place in the detainee’s presence and is limited to detecting physical contraband and confirming that enclosures qualify as 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, plus the sender’s name and address. Outgoing mail is routed to the post office within 24 hours of receipt by facility staff, and a mail pick-up and delivery schedule is posted in the housing units.
• Money: as of October 7, 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 in the mail. The page does not say who a money order should be made payable to.
• Packages: limited to items needed solely for travel or release from custody, with the ICE Deportation Officer’s approval. Before sending one, ICE says to contact the ICE Supervisory Detention and Deportation Officer at the facility: Bluebonnet Detention Center, P.O. Box 592, Anson, TX 79501, telephone (325) 823-8031.
• Stamps: detainees may buy them; indigent detainees (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, one 40 lb bag can be sent or delivered after approval from the Supervisory Detention and 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 visits, video calls and legal documents

ICE’s page for this facility publishes these channels for legal representatives (checked October 7, 2026):

• Case information: requests about people detained here go to Dallas.Outreach@ice.dhs.gov. ICE notes that this mailbox does not accept applications for a stay of removal or case appeals.

• Deportation Officer: to learn who a client’s Deportation Officer is, ICE says to contact the Bluebonnet Detention Center at (325) 823-8031; a G-28 must be on file before any information is disclosed.

• 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.

• In-person legal visits can be scheduled ahead through ERO eFile, first come, in 30-minute increments; back-to-back appointments are permitted but may not exceed 60 minutes. Walk-in visits are still permitted, but scheduled visits are prioritized. To schedule a visit in off-hours, ICE says to contact the facility’s Classification Department.

• Virtual legal visits and legal calls are requested through ERO eFile, with the representative’s cell phone number or email in the Virtual Meeting Information section. If only a legal call is requested, state that and provide the phone number the facility should call. All video visits use the Socrates platform; ICE says the facility does not support Teams, Webex, Zoom or other platforms. Virtual visits run Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on weekends and holidays, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., in 30-minute increments (two back-to-back for a full 60 minutes); no representative may have more than one 60-minute meeting with a client in a single day. Appointments can be made up to 2 weeks ahead but no later than 24 hours before. ICE requires uploads of the representative’s government-issued ID, proof of active legal-representative status (such as a bar card) and the ERO-eFiled G-28 (unless the visit is pre-representational). If a legal assistant is the only legal representative joining the call, the assistant should also attach a letter of authorization on the firm’s/organization’s letterhead and a scan of the assistant’s identification. The facility uses Socrates 360 to exchange legal documents electronically, including signing them; ICE links a Socrates 360 user guide. If no slot is available or there is an exigent circumstance, ICE lists BDC.Classification@mtctrains.com or (325) 823-8031 (ask for the Classification Office).

• Medical or mental health evaluators: for a request under PBNDS 2011 Section 5.7 (V.N.1) and Section 4.3 (V.FF), ICE says the representative must upload the written request in the Attorney Authorization Letter field and the evaluator’s professional licensure or CV in the Medical/Mental Health Evaluators field.

• ICE’s page says the facility reserves the right to cancel or reschedule legal 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 (checked October 20, 2026).

• ICE limits virtual legal visits and legal calls to legal representatives, legal assistants and interpreters; family and friends are excluded (checked October 20, 2026).

• ICE says that during virtual legal sessions a visitation officer is stationed outside the confidential room, out of earshot but within eyeshot, and knocks 5 minutes before the cutoff (checked October 20, 2026).

Free legal providers

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, so we do not tie this facility to one court’s provider list. The court can be confirmed from the A-number through EOIR’s hotline at 1-800-898-7180; EOIR’s List of Pro Bono Legal Service Providers (October 2026 edition) is organized by court.

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 Dallas 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: Assistant Field Office Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations, 8101 North Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX 75247, (972) 367-2200. For a misconduct complaint, ICE lists the Field Office Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations, at the same address and number.
• 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 (as ICE’s page for this facility prints it): DHS Office of Inspector General/MAIL STOP 0305, Attn: Office of Investigations - Hotline, 245 Murray Lane SW, Washington, DC 20528-0305 · fax (202) 245-5217 · DHSOIGHOTLINE@DHS.GOV.

A news reporter who wants to interview someone held here must apply in writing to the Dallas Field Office, 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

As of October 7, 2026, the most recent report ICE lists for this facility on its ODO facility inspections page is an unannounced compliance inspection by ICE’s Office of Detention Oversight (ODO), part of ICE’s Office of Professional Responsibility, on December 10–12, 2024 (ODO report, Unannounced Compliance Inspection 2025-004-026). What the report says:

• Who runs it: the facility opened in December 2019 and is owned by Jones County and operated by the Management & Training Corporation (MTC). ICE’s ERO Dallas began housing detainees there in December 2019. The facility operates under the Performance-Based National Detention Standards (PBNDS) 2011 (Revised 2016) and holds male and female detainees of low, medium-low, medium-high and high security classification for periods longer than 72 hours. ODO notes that ERO’s Custody Management Division facility list showed male detainees only, but it confirmed on site that the facility also holds women.
• Services: MTC provides food service and medical care, and Union Supply Group provides commissary. The facility was accredited by the American Correctional Association in January 2022 and the National Commission on Correctional Health Care in June 2022, and was DHS PREA certified after an August 2022 audit.
• Findings: compliant with all 24 standards reviewed; ODO identified no findings.
• Detainee interviews: ODO interviewed 29 detainees (5 more declined); none alleged discrimination, mistreatment or abuse. One detainee said he had thoughts of harming himself after a delay in his court hearing; ODO ended the interview and told facility and ERO Dallas staff, and the facility placed him on one-on-one suicide observation after a positive suicide assessment from the mental health provider.
• Rating: Superior, the same as at the previous full inspection in December 2023, which reviewed 29 standards and found 2 deficiencies, both in the Funds and Personal Property standard.

ODO redacts bed-capacity and population counts in the published report; for population, see the ICE statistics box above.

Earlier inspections

• February 8-12, 2021 — compliance inspection: ODO reviewed 21 standards under PBNDS 2011 (Revised 2016), found compliance with 12, and identified 14 deficiencies in the remaining nine standards. ODO report.
• February 1-8, 2022 — compliance inspection: ODO reviewed 24 standards under PBNDS 2011 (Revised 2016), found compliance with 20, and identified four deficiencies in the remaining four standards. ODO report.
• August 2-4, 2022 — follow-up compliance inspection: ODO reviewed 19 standards under PBNDS 2011 (Revised 2016), found compliance with 16, and identified three deficiencies in the remaining three standards. ODO report.

287(g) agreements in Jones County

This facility is in Jones County, Texas (per the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder for the address ICE publishes). ICE's 287(g) participating-agencies workbook, dated October 9, 2026, records 2 agreements with agencies in that county:

Source: ICE, 287(g) program (participating-agencies workbook). A 287(g) agreement is between ICE and the law-enforcement agency; on its own it says nothing about this facility. What each model means · all agreements by state.

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 Texas
• Other ICE detention facilities in Texas
• All facilities under the Dallas Field Office
• How to send money to someone in ICE detention