Golden State Annex

Golden State Annex is an ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) detention facility located in McFarland, California. It falls under the San Francisco 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: (661) 792-2731. Give the detainee’s full name, alien registration number (A-number), and your name and 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). Confirm current hours by calling (661) 792-2731 or checking the official ICE page linked above.

Sending mail, commissary funds, and personal items

ICE’s facility page (checked October 20, 2026) lists these deposit and package details:

• ICE lists CorrectPay deposits by phone at (855) 836-3364 or through www.CorrectPay.com.
• ICE also lists money orders through the United States Postal Service to Golden State Annex 611 Frontage Road McFarland, CA 93250, with the detainee’s full name and A# referenced on the money order.
• ICE limits received items to necessities for travel or release with ICE Deportation Officer approval and lists the facility mail clerk at (661) 792-2731 x274134 for contact before packages are sent.

Source: ICE.

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 Office of Detention Oversight inspected this facility in June 2026 under the Performance-Based National Detention Standards (PBNDS) 2011 (Revised 2016) (inspection report). 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).

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.

Additional contact and visit information from ICE

ICE’s Golden State Annex page publishes these details (checked October 23, 2026):

• Detainee information: ICE lists (661) 792-2731 between 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. for information about a person held here.
• Visitor clothing: ICE prohibits sheer or transparent clothing, leggings and overly tight clothing, including spandex.
• Tablet messages: ICE says the facility has tablets and directs information about sending non-confidential messages to www.gettingout.com.
• Case information: ICE directs requests about people detained at Golden State Annex to SanFrancisco.Outreach@ice.dhs.gov; ICE says this mailbox does not accept applications for Stay of Removal or Case Appeals.
• Virtual legal visits when no slot is available or circumstances are exigent: ICE lists GSAattorney@geogroup.com or (661) 792-2731.
• Virtual legal appointments: ICE says appointments can be scheduled up to 2 weeks in advance, but no later than 24 hours before the appointment.

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 San Francisco 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.

ICE inspection record

ICE’s Office of Detention Oversight (ODO) inspected Golden State Annex on June 23–25, 2026 (ODO report, Inspection 2026-001-143), the most recent report for it on ICE’s ODO facility inspections page when we checked on October 15, 2026. What the report says:

• Who runs it: the facility opened in 1997 and is owned and operated by The GEO Group; ERO began housing detainees there in 2020 under ERO San Francisco. It is a dedicated ICE detention facility operating under the Performance-Based National Detention Standards (PBNDS) 2011 (Revised 2016) and holds male detainees of low through high security classification for periods longer than 72 hours. ERO deportation officers are not assigned full-time but make weekly scheduled visits on Tuesdays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Services and accreditation: GEO provides food and medical care, and Union Supply provides commissary. The facility was accredited by the American Correctional Association in January 2023 and the National Commission on Correctional Health Care in February 2023, and was found compliant with the DHS PREA standards after an August 2023 audit.
• Findings: compliant with 25 of 28 standards; 7 deficiencies in 3 standards. Five were in Population Counts: during a June 24, 2026 count in dorms A1 and A4, three detainees were wrapped head to toe in blankets and appeared asleep while others were cleaning, and staff did not positively identify each detainee or stop movement until the count cleared. One, a priority component, was in Medical Care: a detainee who arrived October 2, 2025 got the required health assessment 20 days later instead of within 14 days. One was in the Grievance System: 2 of 25 grievances were answered 6 and 7 days after submission instead of within 5 days.
• Rating: Good, up from Acceptable/Adequate at the January 2025 inspection, when ODO found 17 deficiencies in 10 standards.
• Detainee interviews: ODO interviewed 18 detainees; none alleged discrimination, mistreatment or abuse. One said medical staff had not scheduled a specialist visit for his fractured foot; ODO’s record review found an X-ray and follow-up by a doctor, and a podiatry appointment pending.

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

Earlier inspections

• August 2-4, 2022 — follow-up compliance inspection: ODO reviewed 18 standards under PBNDS 2011 (Revised 2016), found compliance with 12, and identified 12 deficiencies in the remaining 6 standards. ODO report.
• January 24-26, 2023 — compliance inspection: ODO reviewed 25 standards under PBNDS 2011 (Revised 2016), found compliance with 23, and identified two deficiencies in the remaining two standards. ODO report.
• The January 24-26, 2023 report identifies Key and Lock Control and Hold Rooms in Detention Facilities as the deficient standards; ODO had not inspected those standards during the previous year’s full inspection. ODO report.

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 San Francisco Field Office