Grayson County Detention Center

Grayson County Detention Center is an ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) detention facility located in Leachfield, Kentucky. 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.

To ask whether someone is held here, and to leave an urgent message for a detainee, ICE publishes one number: (270) 259-3636. Give the detainee’s full name, alien registration number (A-number), and a phone number where you can be reached; the facility passes the message on. ICE’s page lists the same number, (270) 259-3636, as the facility main phone. 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 (270) 259-3636 or checking the official ICE page linked above. ICE’s page (updated 08/20/2026; checked October 17, 2026) also states that Grayson County Detention Center offers “chirping” devices to detainees for non-confidential messages; once a detainee has the device, an invite can be sent to the number of their choice to connect and begin communications.

Visiting in person and virtual visits

ICE’s page for Grayson County Detention Center lists these visiting rules (checked October 17, 2026):

• Friends and family hours: ICE detainees are allowed 1 hour of visitation per week, which can be divided into two 30-minute visits or four 15-minute visits, on Fridays and Sundays from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern Time, on a first-come, first-served basis. Virtual communications are scheduled through Combined Public Communications at cpcjail.com.
• Restrictions and search procedures: all family and social visits are non-contact. Everyone requesting admittance is subject to a pat-down search, an inspection of belongings, and a metal scan search; anyone refusing a reasonable search or appearing intoxicated is not admitted. Visitors may not carry items into the visitation area or pass items to detainees, and firearms, weapons, and electronic devices (cell phones, pagers, radios, etc.) are prohibited in secure areas.
• Clergy and consular visits: clergy may visit at any time with prior arrangements with the Chaplain’s Office by emailing programs@gcdetention.com. Consular officials may meet with their detained nationals at any time; ICE asks that prior arrangements be made to the extent possible via the Chicago Field Office detained unit at chi-ero-detained@ice.dhs.gov and that consular officials bring appropriate credentials.
• Parking and accessibility: ICE states that free public parking is available on the premises and that the facility is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Sending mail, commissary funds, and personal items

ICE lists each facility’s format on that facility’s page at ice.gov. Under ICE’s National Detention Standards, Revised 2019, §5.1(E), 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 17, 2026):

• Postal mail address: letters must include the sender’s name and address and be addressed to:

Grayson County Detention Center
C/O Detainee Name, Last 4 digits of the Administrative File Number (A Number)
320 Shaw Station Road
Leachfield, KY 42754

• Mail handling and forwarding: ICE’s page states that incoming mail is screened for contraband and inspected by the delivering officer prior to delivery without being read upon opening. Detainees may seal outgoing letters, which are routed to the post office within 24 hours of receipt by staff, and indigent detainees receive a postage allowance at government expense. When a detainee departs or is transferred, only legal mail is forwarded; general correspondence is marked “Return to Sender.”
• Commissary funds: money may be placed on an account using the kiosk in the jail lobby, online at www.jailatm.com, or by United States Postal Service money order mailed to the address above referencing the detainee’s name plus the last four digits of the A-Number. Mailed funds are placed into the account in the processing area with a receipt provided; ICE cautions against sending cash in the mail.
• Telephone call funds: money for phone minutes is placed by calling Combined Public Communications at (702) 829-3001 or visiting cpcjail.com.
• Packages and removal luggage: before sending a package, email the Chicago Field Office detained unit at chi-ero-detained@ice.dhs.gov. Detainees may receive items determined to be of necessity solely for travel or release with approval of the ICE Deportation Officer, and detainees being removed are allowed one small piece of luggage (no electronic devices such as cell phones, electric razors, laptops, or radios are accepted).

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, virtual appointments, and electronic legal documents

Per ICE’s page for this facility (checked October 17, 2026):

• In-person attorney visits: authorized daily, anytime 24/7 (Eastern Time); picture IDs and bar cards are required. G-28s can be submitted through ERO eFile, and legal representatives should download copies of the submitted G-28 for any in-person or remote visit because facility staff do not have access to ERO eFile.
• Virtual legal visits and confidential calls: requested at least 24 hours in advance by email to video@gcdetention.com, and scheduled 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in 30- to 60-minute increments (contingent on availability, with a limit of one 60-minute appointment with a detainee per day). The request email must include the representative’s full name, phone, email, and Zoom/Cisco WebEx account information; the detainee’s name and A-Number; proposed dates and times; government-issued ID; active bar card or legal license; and Form G-28 (unless pre-representational; a legal assistant joining alone must also attach a letterhead authorization letter and government ID).
• Electronic legal document exchange: ICE’s page states that when timely communication through the mail is not possible, the facility administrator may, in his discretion, allow a reasonable amount of electronic written communication between the detainee and the designated legal representative. Legal representatives can send legal correspondence marked “Legal Mail” by email to video@gcdetention.com or by fax to (270) 230-8818 with a cover letter listing the detainee’s full name, A-Number, sender’s return fax number, and total pages. Requests are processed Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. CST (excluding holidays), and documents are inspected for contraband without being read.
• Case information and Deportation Officer inquiries: email chi-ero-detained@ice.dhs.gov (a G-28 must be on file for Deportation Officer disclosure; the mailbox does not accept Stay of Removal applications or Case Appeals).

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.

ICE inspection record

ICE’s Office of Detention Oversight (ODO) inspected this facility, which its report calls the Grayson County Jail in Leitchfield, Kentucky, from July 23 to August 21, 2025, through an ODO-assisted self-inspection that included a one-day site visit on August 21, 2025 (ODO report, Inspection 2025-006-038). It was the most recent report for this facility on ICE’s ODO facility inspections page when we checked on October 15, 2026. What the report says:

• Who runs it: the jail opened in 1998, is owned by Grayson County (the report names the owner as the Grayson County Physical Court) and is operated by the Grayson County Jailer; ERO began housing detainees there in 1999 under ERO Chicago. It is a U.S. Marshals Service contracted facility where ICE is an authorized user, operating under the USMS Federal Performance Based Detention Standards (FPBDS, May 2025), and it holds male and female detainees of low through high security classification for periods longer than 72 hours. Grayson County provides food and medical care, Keefe provides commissary, and the facility holds no outside accreditations.
• Findings: compliant with all 21 standards reviewed; no deficiencies; rated Superior. ODO’s previous rated review, a fiscal year 2024 Special Review under the NDS 2019, found 20 deficiencies (10 of them in Food Service) and rated the jail Acceptable/Adequate.
• Detainee interviews: ODO interviewed seven detainees. One said facility staff had physically assaulted them by closing the housing-unit door on their arm; ODO referred the incident to ERO Chicago on August 21, 2025, ERO reported it to ICE’s Integrity Coordination Center the next day, an investigation was opened, and ICE released the detainee from custody on September 4, 2025. The report says the investigation was still open when it was published.
• August 20–22, 2024 special review: ICE’s ODO report found no documented hazardous-material training, including classification codes and safe handling procedures for each material, for 25 out of 25 staff members. ODO also found no written procedures governing mandatory after-action reviews for use-of-force incidents, whether calculated or immediate, and applications of restraints.

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

287(g) agreements in Grayson County

This facility is in Grayson County, Kentucky (per the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder for the address ICE publishes). ICE's 287(g) participating-agencies workbook, dated October 9, 2026, records 3 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 Kentucky
• Other ICE detention facilities in Kentucky
• All facilities under the Chicago Field Office