Farmville Detention Center

Farmville Detention Center is an ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) detention facility located in Farmville, Virginia. It falls under the Washington 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: (434) 395-8114. Give 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 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 4 p.m. ICE says the facility has 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 08/06/2026, checked October 7, 2026) says friends-and-family visits are non-contact and must be scheduled in advance on the CoreCivic website; to schedule a contact visit, contact the facility first for approval. The days depend on the detainee’s ICE classification:

ICE says visiting hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days a week, for social and legal visits; special requests outside those times may be accommodated case by case with at least 24 hours’ notice. The Director may restrict visits for space, staff or security reasons, but no visit will be less than one hour. Arriving in the facility parking lot before 8:30 a.m. is prohibited, visitor processing begins at 8:45 a.m., and no visitor is processed after 8:15 p.m. 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.

ICE’s visiting restrictions for this facility say family or social visits “may be contact or noncontact”, while the scheduling paragraph above calls them non-contact; as of October 7, 2026, ICE does not reconcile the two, so ask the facility when you book. Everyone entering the facility or the visitation area is subject to a pat-down, a search of belongings and a metal scan; anyone who refuses a reasonable search is not admitted. No firearms or weapons of any kind anywhere in the facility, and no electronic devices (cell phones, pagers, radios) in the secure areas. Visitors who are or appear intoxicated are turned away, and visitors may not carry items into the visitation area or pass anything to a detainee. ICE lists free public parking at the facility.

Sending mail, commissary funds, and personal items

Letters and packages sent to a detainee must show the detainee’s full name and A-number, along with the sender’s name and return address — 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 detainee’s A-number (ICE calls it the File Number), plus the sender’s name and address. ICE gives this mailing format: Detainee’s first and last name, A#, P.O. Box N, Farmville, VA 23901. 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 facility warden at Farmville Detention Center, P.O. Box 488, Farmville, VA 23901 (a different P.O. box from the one for letters).
• 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, luggage can be sent or delivered after approval from the Supervisory 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 and the Deportation Officer: ICE’s page sends case-information requests, and requests to learn who a client’s Deportation Officer is, to Washington.Outreach@ice.dhs.gov (a G-28 must be on file before any information is disclosed; the mailbox does not accept applications for a stay of removal or case appeals). As of October 7, 2026, the case-information link on ICE’s page displays that Washington address but its underlying email link points to Philadelphia.Outreach@ice.dhs.gov; type the Washington address yourself.
• 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 60-minute appointments; only one appointment per detainee per day is available, and a second is subject to cancellation. Low and medium-low detainees have non-contact legal visits on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and high-level detainees on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday; if a contact visit is required, say so in the Special Needs section of the appointment. There is a maximum of two visitors per appointment. Walk-in visits are still permitted, but scheduled visits are prioritized.
• Video meetings and confidential legal calls must be requested through ERO eFile, subject to availability Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (ICE adds that 4 hours of visitation are permitted on holidays) and Saturday through Sunday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The representative enters a Zoom link (Zoom only), meeting ID and passcode, or notes a phone call only and gives the number to call. Appointments can be made up to 2 weeks ahead but no later than 24 hours before, in 60-minute slots; no representative may have more than one 60-minute appointment with a detainee in a single day unless an extended (2-hour) appointment was requested and approved. 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, ICE says the email should also attach a letter of authorization on the firm’s or organization’s letterhead and a scan of the assistant’s identification. For an exigent circumstance, ICE lists FRMVAV@corecivic.com.
• 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.

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 Washington 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, or a misconduct complaint to the field office: Field Office Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 14797 Murdock Street, MS5216, Chantilly, VA 20598-5216, (703) 633-2100.
• 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, Attn: Office of Investigations - Hotline, 245 Murray Drive, Building 410 Stop: 2600, Washington, DC 20528 · fax (202) 254-4292 · DHSOIGHOTLINE@DHS.GOV.

A news reporter who wants to interview someone held here must apply in writing to the Washington Field Office, 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 April 21–23, 2026 (ODO report, Inspection 2026-001-135). What the report says:

• Who runs it: the facility opened in 2010 and is owned and operated by CoreCivic, LLC. ICE’s ERO Washington began housing detainees there in 2010. It is a dedicated ICE detention facility operating under the Performance-Based National Detention Standards (PBNDS) 2011 (Revised 2016), and it holds male 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, on site Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Trinity Services provides food service, CoreCivic, LLC provides medical care, and Keefe Commissary Network provides commissary. The facility was accredited by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care in June 2023 and the American Correctional Association in August 2024, and was DHS PREA certified after a May 2024 audit.
• Findings: compliant with 27 of 28 standards reviewed; 1 deficiency, a priority component in Medical Care: in 5 of 25 medical files ODO reviewed, the comprehensive health assessment was completed 18 to 41 days after the detainee arrived, and 1 of 25 files had no comprehensive health assessment at all; the standard requires one within 14 days of arrival.
• Detainee interviews: ODO interviewed 38 detainees (5 more declined); none alleged discrimination, mistreatment or abuse, and all 38 reported satisfaction with facility services.
• Rating: Good, up from Acceptable/Adequate at the previous inspection in December 2024 (report). That inspection reviewed 27 standards and found 19 deficiencies in 6 standards (4 priority-component and 6 repeat deficiencies): Grievance System (1), Medical Care (12), Recreation (1), Significant Self-harm and Suicide Prevention and Intervention (3), Staff Training (1) and Visitation (1). ODO says it received the facility’s corrective action plan for that inspection in November 2025.

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.

Earlier inspections

• September 27-29, 2022 — unannounced compliance inspection: ODO reviewed 17 standards under PBNDS 2011 (2013 Errata), found compliance with 16, and identified two deficiencies in the remaining one standard. ODO report.

• During the September 27-29, 2022 inspection, ODO toured nine housing units and found neither ERO Washington contact information nor the days and hours for contacting ERO staff posted in detainee living areas. ODO report.

• In the September 27-29, 2022 report, ODO flagged an area of concern: if the facility housed its maximum capacity of 690 detainees, it would not meet the ratio of one washbasin for every 12 detainees. ODO report.

• In its January 4-8, 2021 compliance inspection (the report names the facility Immigration Centers of America (Farmville)), ODO found that the Form I-203 (Order to Detain or Release) in 2 of 12 files lacked the appropriate ICE/ERO Washington authorizing official’s signature. ODO report.

• In that January 4-8, 2021 inspection, ODO found that food carts were not securely locked before leaving the food-service area for delivery to the Special Management Unit. ODO report.

• ODO also found in the January 4-8, 2021 inspection that the inventory audit log did not document when staff conducted inventory audits. ODO 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 Virginia
• Other ICE detention facilities in Virginia
• All facilities under the Washington Field Office
• How to send money to someone in ICE detention