Calhoun County Correctional Center

Calhoun County Correctional Center is an ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) detention facility located in Battle Creek, Michigan. It falls under the Detroit 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.

ICE publishes two different numbers for this facility. To ask whether someone is held here, call (313) 771-6601 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. (checked October 16, 2026). To leave an urgent message for a detainee, call (269) 969-6304 and give the detainee’s full name, alien registration number (A-number), and your 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). The visiting schedule ICE publishes for this facility is listed below; confirm current hours on the official ICE page linked above.

Visiting in person

ICE’s page for this facility (updated 08/06/2026; checked October 16, 2026) lists:

• Friends and family: Mondays–Fridays, 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. Visitors must sign in no later than 2:15 p.m. and must arrive 45 minutes before the scheduled visit time to clear security.
• ID and minors: adult visitors must present a valid, verifiable government-issued identification card. Minors must be accompanied by an adult guardian (18 years or older) and must not be left unaccompanied in the waiting room, visiting room or any other area.
• Non-contact only: all family or other social visits are non-contact. Broader hours are available through the video visitation system; ICE refers to the IC Solutions website (www.icsolutions.com) for details.
• Search and restrictions: everyone requesting admittance is subject to a pat-down search, an inspection of belongings and a metal scan, and anyone who refuses a reasonable search is not admitted. No firearms or weapons are permitted, and no electronic devices (cell phones, pagers, radios, etc.) are permitted in the secure areas. Visitors may not carry any items into the visitation area or pass items to detainees. Visitors who are or appear to be intoxicated are not allowed to visit.
• Attorneys: daily, 7 a.m. – 3 p.m., with no restriction on the number of legal visits except during a declared facility emergency.
• Consular officials may meet with their detained nationals at any time. ICE requests prior arrangements with the ICE Supervisory Deportation Officer, at (313) 771-6601, “to the extent possible”, and asks consular officials to bring appropriate credentials.
• Clergy may visit at any time, but must make prior arrangements with the Chaplain’s Office.
• Parking and accessibility: general parking is adjacent to the facility. ICE’s page states that the facility does not discriminate based on disability and provides detainees with disability-related accommodations, as needed, to access its programs and activities (checked October 17, 2026).

Sending mail, commissary funds, and personal items

Each facility publishes its own exact format for letters and packages sent to a detainee (this facility’s format is in the list below). 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 2019 national standard allows more than that. Under ICE’s National Detention Standards, Revised 2019, §5.1(E) — cited here for comparison only, because ICE’s Office of Detention Oversight inspected this facility in July 2026 under the National Detention Standards (NDS) 2025 instead (inspection report), and we have not reviewed that standard’s mail rules — 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). 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

Per ICE’s page for this facility (checked October 16, 2026):

• Letters must include the last four digits of the detainee’s A-number (File Number), plus the sender’s name and address. All incoming mail is subject to screening for contraband. Outgoing mail is routed to the post office within 24 hours of receipt by facility staff. A mail pick-up and delivery schedule is posted in all housing units.
• Money: ICE’s page describes funds received in the mail. Those funds are taken to the processing area and placed into the detainee’s account, and the processing officer provides a receipt. ICE adds that detainees “are cautioned not to have cash sent to them in the mail.”
• Packages: before sending one, contact the Supervisory Detention and Deportation Officer at the Detroit ERO Office, (313) 771-6601, 985 Michigan Avenue, Suite 207, Detroit, MI 48226. A detainee may receive items determined to be necessary for the sole purpose of travel or release from agency custody, with the ICE Deportation Officer’s approval.
• Stamps: detainees may buy stamps. Indigent detainees (those with no means of financial 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 endorsed “Return to Sender” and returned to the post office.
• Luggage for removal: one small piece is allowed. If the person has none, luggage can be sent or delivered after approval from the Supervisory Deportation Officer. For security reasons, no electronic devices (cell phones, electric razors, laptop computers, radios, etc.) are accepted.
• Tablet messages: the facility has tablets. For how to send a non-confidential message, ICE points to www.icsolutions.com and to a Calhoun County jail web page.

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.

Booking legal visits, video calls, and legal calls

Per ICE’s page for this facility (checked October 16, 2026):

• G-28s for detainees at this facility can be submitted through ERO eFile. Facility staff do not have access to ERO eFile, and ICE says legal representatives should download copies of their submitted G-28 for any in-person or remote legal visit.
• In-person legal visits: daily, 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. (see Visiting in person above).
• Virtual attorney visitation (Zoom): request it through the online form linked on this facility’s ICE page. The VAV desk officer emails back a confirmed date and time. Requests should be made 24 hours before the desired appointment time. Visits run in increments of 30 to 60 minutes, and all appointments are contingent on availability. ICE says legal representatives are not limited in the number of appointments they can request, but no legal representative may have more than one 60-minute appointment with a detainee in a single day.
• Virtual schedule: Monday–Friday 7:30–10:30 a.m., 1–4:30 p.m. and 7:30–9 p.m.; weekends and holidays 8:30–10:30 a.m. and 1–4 p.m. The on-duty supervisor reviews weekend and holiday requests between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. daily. Meetings requested outside the listed times are declined.
• The request form requires: the representative’s full name, phone number(s) and email; the detainee’s name and A-number (if known); the Zoom meeting date, time and link; a scan of the representative’s government-issued ID; a scan of proof of active legal-representative status (state bar card, attorney license, paralegal license or similar); and a scan of the G-28, unless the visit is pre-representational. If a legal assistant is the only one joining, the request also needs a letter of authorization on the firm’s or organization’s letterhead and a scan of the assistant’s ID.
• Who may attend: only legal representatives, legal assistants and interpreters may attend; family and friends may not. Outside interpretation services may be contacted during the session. The same guidelines apply to virtual legal visits and legal calls. Sessions are confidential. A visitation officer stands outside the room, out of earshot but within eyeshot, and knocks 5 minutes before the cut-off time.

Sending legal documents to a detained client

• Fax: The facility may allow a reasonable amount of electronic written communication between the detainee and their designated legal representative. legal correspondence may be faxed only to (269) 969-6408. ICE says this Electronic Document Exchange is “only to be used when timely communication through the mail is not possible.”
• Cover letter: it must give the detainee’s full name, A-number, the sender’s fax and email information and the total number of pages, and must mark the correspondence “Legal Mail.” Attach a copy of the bar card, a copy of the G-28 if already in place, and a copy of the sender’s ID.
• Documents for a VAV visit already set up: they can be uploaded through the link on the VAV form.
• Case information: email Detroit.Outreach@ice.dhs.gov. This mailbox does not accept applications for Stay of Removal or Case Appeals.
• Identifying a client’s Deportation Officer: call the Detroit Field Office at (313) 771-6601. A G-28 must be on file for any information to be disclosed.
• Pro bono list: the list is posted in all detainee housing units and other appropriate areas and is updated quarterly. Contacting a provider for an appointment is the detainee’s responsibility.

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 Detroit 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 (checked October 16, 2026):

• Comments on service, or a misconduct complaint to the field office: Field Office Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 985 Michigan Avenue, Suite 207, Detroit, MI 48226. For misconduct complaints, ICE also lists (313) 771-6601.
• 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, as listed on ICE’s page: 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.
• Media: inquiries about ICE go to ICEMedia@ice.dhs.gov. A reporter who wants to interview a detainee must apply in writing to the Detroit Field Office, Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations, indicating familiarity with and agreement to comply with the facility rules and regulations provided by staff. ICE says “Ordinarily, live television or radio interviews will not be permitted in the facility.” 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) inspected Calhoun County Correctional Center on July 28–30, 2026 (Inspection 2026-001-163, ODO report). The inspection applied the National Detention Standards (NDS) 2025, and the report is headed ERO Detroit. Findings per ICE’s July 2026 inspection:

• Environmental Health and Safety: in the Intake Garage Storeroom area, A Pod Housing Unit and Intake Kitchen Area, ODO found no documented file of the corresponding Safety Data Sheets in the work area. It also found no documentation of any inventories for the Intake Garage Storeroom, A Pod Storage Room and Intake Kitchen Area.
• Custody Classification System: in 25 of 25 detainee files reviewed, detainees were not classified on arrival, before being admitted into the general population. Of those files, 21 documented initial housing in the male classification unit and 4 in the female classification unit before initial classification. In 23 of 25 files, classification was completed 14 to 87 hours after admission; the standard calls for completion within 12 hours.
• Facility Security and Control: in pod A, staff did not record a shakedown from March 2026 through April 2026 on either the day or the night shift.
• Funds and Personal Property: four of four property inventories, dated April 10 to July 16, 2026, listed only “bag with property” or “suitcase with contents”. The four matching containers held 19 to 47 personal items not on the inventory.
• Medical Care (two priority components): 2 of 25 detainees did not receive tuberculosis screening under current CDC guidelines before being placed in general population. Both arrived April 27, 2026 and were screened on May 2, 2026, 5 days after admission. Separately, 2 detainees received psychotropic medication (on January 1, 2026 and April 21, 2026) without a separate documented informed consent describing the medication’s side effects.
• The report’s table of contents also lists Personal Hygiene and Significant Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention and Intervention under Inspection Findings.

Earlier inspections

• April 9–11, 2024 — ODO Compliance Inspection (Inspection 2024-001-315, report): under NDS 2019, the table of contents lists findings under Security (Admission and Release — in 5 of 5 reviewed released detainee files, staff did not fingerprint detainees prior to release — and Special Management Unit) and Care (Significant Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention and Intervention). ODO also interviewed 36 detainees, none of whom alleged discrimination, mistreatment, or abuse. OCR text from the scanned conclusion page (page 8) reports compliance with 18 of 21 standards reviewed, 3 deficiencies across the remaining 3 standards, and a Good rating.
• August 29–31, 2023 — ODO Follow-Up Compliance Inspection (Inspection 2023-002-193, report): under NDS 2019, ODO assessed 16 standards, found compliance with 15, and found 2 deficiencies in the remaining 1 standard (Significant Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention and Intervention), down from 3 deficient standards and 6 deficiencies in ODO’s April 2023 full inspection. In 2 of 3 suicide watch logs reviewed, ODO found 24 monitoring entries recorded at 16- to 46-minute intervals for one detainee and 20 entries at 16- to 47-minute intervals for another where the standard ODO quotes requires that monitoring “be documented every 15 minutes or more frequently if necessary,” and clinical staff did not include staggered checks at intervals not to exceed 15 minutes.
• September 13–15, 2022 — ODO Follow-Up Compliance Inspection (report): under NDS 2019, the table of contents lists findings under Safety (Environmental Health and Safety), Security (Admission and Release, Facility Security and Control, Funds and Personal Property, Use of Force and Restraints, and Special Management Unit), Care (Food Service, Medical Care, and Significant Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention and Intervention), Activities (Recreation), and Justice (Detainee Handbook and Grievance System).
• March 15–17, 2022 — ODO Compliance Inspection (report): under NDS 2019, the table of contents lists findings under Security (Use of Force and Restraints, Special Management Unit, and Sexual Abuse and Assault Prevention and Intervention) and Care (Hunger Strikes, Medical Care, and Significant Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention and Intervention).
• August 30–September 2, 2021 — ODO Follow-Up Compliance Inspection (report): conducted remotely under NDS 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with findings listed under Security (Funds and Personal Property and Special Management Units). OCR text from the scanned conclusion page (page 8) reports compliance with 10 of 12 standards reviewed and 2 deficiencies in the remaining 2 standards.
• April 12–16, 2021 — ODO Compliance Inspection (report): under NDS 2019, the table of contents lists findings under Security (Custody Classification System, Funds and Personal Property, and Special Management Units), Care (Medical Care, Hunger Strikes, Significant Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention and Intervention, and Disability Identification, Assessment, and Accommodation), and Justice (Grievance System).
• August 24–27, 2020: in its report, ODO found an immediate use of force in one out of 11 reviewed incidents despite no immediate threat to the detainee or others and the detainee being in an isolated location. ODO also found eight out of 12 files lacked documentation of observations every 30 minutes on an irregular basis in administrative and disciplinary segregation.
• May 13–15, 2014: ODO reported 11 deficiencies in six areas in its inspection report.

287(g) agreements in Calhoun County

This facility is in Calhoun County, Michigan (per the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder for the address ICE publishes). ICE's 287(g) participating-agencies workbook, dated October 9, 2026, records 1 agreement 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 Michigan
• Other ICE detention facilities in Michigan
• All facilities under the Detroit Field Office