Clay County Jail

Clay County Jail is an ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) detention facility located in Brazil, Indiana. It falls under the Chicago 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 one number for this facility, (812) 448-9051 ext. 131, both to ask whether someone is held here (ICE lists it as answered between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.) and to leave 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, and the detainee will be given your message. Detainees cannot receive incoming calls. 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 this facility has tablets; information on sending a non-confidential message is at gettingout.com. Virtual friends-and-family communications are scheduled through the facility’s provider, Combined Public Communications (cpcjail.com).

Visiting in person

ICE’s page for this facility (last updated 08/06/2026, checked October 15, 2026) lists these friends-and-family visiting hours, in Eastern Time:

• One hour per week: ICE detainees get one hour of visitation per week, which can be divided into two 30-minute visits. ICE says a longer visit may be allowed when the family or friend has traveled a considerable distance.
• Arrive 45 minutes early so there is time to process visitors through security.
• Adults must present a valid, verifiable government-issued identification card. 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.
• All family and social visits are non-contact. Visitors may not pass items to detainees or carry items into the visitation area; everyone is subject to a pat-down search, an inspection of belongings and a metal scan, and no electronic devices (cell phones, pagers, radios) are allowed in secure areas.
• Parking: ICE says visitor parking is on the east side of the building.

Sending mail, commissary funds, and personal items

For comparison, ICE’s National Detention Standards, Revised 2019, §5.1(E) require every facility to inspect all incoming general correspondence for contraband, and allow outgoing general mail to be inspected and/or read if it is addressed to another detainee or if there is reason to believe it might threaten the facility’s secure or orderly operation, endanger the recipient or the public, or facilitate criminal activity. Special correspondence (mail to or from attorneys and other legal representatives, courts and judges, embassies and consulates, members of Congress, DHS and Justice Department offices and the other senders the standard lists) follows separate rules by direction: incoming special correspondence is inspected for contraband in the detainee’s presence, while outgoing special correspondence is not opened, inspected or read under facility policy, and if a need exists any inspection takes place in the detainee’s presence. Staff may neither read nor copy special correspondence in either direction. 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).

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

• Letters must be addressed as shown below and include 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.

Clay County Jail
C/O Detainee Name, last four digits of the A-Number
611 East Jackson Street
Brazil, IN 47834

• Commissary money: ICE points to Tiger Commissary for online deposits. Detainees may also receive U.S. Postal Service money orders sent to the address above, with the detainee’s name and the last four digits of the A-number on the money order. The processing officer gives the detainee a receipt; ICE cautions against mailing cash.
• Phone-minute money: call Combined Public Communications at (702) 829-3001 or use cpcjail.com.
• Packages: before sending one, email the Chicago Field Office detained unit at chi-ero-detained@ice.dhs.gov. Only items needed solely for travel or release from custody are allowed, with the ICE Deportation Officer’s approval.
• 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. No electronic devices are accepted.
• Stamps: detainees may buy them; indigent detainees get a postage allowance at government expense.
• Transfers and departures: only legal mail is forwarded; general correspondence is returned to sender.

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.

Case information, the deportation officer, and legal email

• Case information: ICE directs requests about a person held here to the Chicago Field Office detained unit at chi-ero-detained@ice.dhs.gov. ICE says that mailbox does not accept applications for a stay of removal or case appeals. The same address is used to identify a client’s Deportation Officer; a G-28 must be on file before anything is disclosed.
• G-28s can be submitted through ERO eFile. Facility staff do not have access to it, so bring a downloaded copy of the submitted G-28 to any in-person or remote legal visit.
• Email from a legal representative to a detainee: send it to ice@claycountyin.gov with a cover letter giving the detainee’s full name, A-number, the sender’s return fax number and the total number of pages. ICE says the email is delivered to the detainee in a sealed envelope, inspected for contraband but not read, logged and processed by the court officer, and handled Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., excluding holidays. ICE’s page presents this route as an exception: when timely communication through the mail is not possible, the facility administrator may, at their discretion, allow a reasonable amount of communication by email between a detainee and their designated legal representative.
• Email from a detainee to a legal representative: the detainee sends the request through the facility tablet to an assigned case manager; a facility officer emails the documents in the detainee’s presence and returns the originals.

ICE says the pro bono provider list is posted in the housing units and updated quarterly, and that contacting a provider 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 Chicago 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 service, or a misconduct complaint to the field office: Field Office Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 101 W Ida B Wells Drive, Suite 4000, Chicago, Illinois 60605, (872) 351-3990.
• 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/MAIL STOP 0305, Attn: Office of Investigations - Hotline, 245 Murray Lane SW, Washington, DC 20528-0305 (the address on the OIG’s own hotline page as of October 15, 2026; the older Murray Drive address shown on this facility’s ICE page is not listed there).

A news reporter who wants to interview someone held here must apply in writing to the Chicago Field Office. 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) made an unannounced follow-up compliance inspection of Clay County Jail on June 25–27, 2024 (inspection 2024-002-375, ERO Chicago), measuring it against the National Detention Standards (NDS) 2019 (ODO report). As of October 15, 2026 it is the newest Clay County Jail report on ICE’s ODO facility inspections page, which also lists a January 9–11, 2024 inspection.

The report’s text pages describe these findings:

• Detainee interviews: ODO interviewed 20 detainees; none alleged discrimination, mistreatment or abuse, and all 20 reported satisfaction with facility services.
• Scanned pages: the report’s facility overview, summary table and conclusion are scanned images, and its table of contents also lists a Significant Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention and Intervention section on a scanned page. This page therefore does not state the report’s overall deficiency total or rating.

Earlier inspections:

• ODO’s February 3–5, 2015 compliance inspection found 50 deficiencies in 16 standards.
• ODO’s November 16-20, 2020 report records a compliance inspection of Clay County Jail. Among its findings, the facility’s telephone-access policy did not allow detainees to make international calls.
• ODO’s May 10-13, 2021 report records a follow-up compliance inspection of Clay County Jail.
• February 7–9, 2023: ODO assessed 23 standards under PBNDS 2008, found compliance with 18, and identified 23 deficiencies in the remaining 5 standards. Report.
• August 1–3, 2023: ODO found that the electronic video-visitation log omitted detainees’ A-numbers, visitors’ relationships to detainees and visitors’ immigration status. Report.

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 Indiana
• Other ICE detention facilities in Indiana
• All facilities under the Chicago Field Office