Lawrence County Jail is an ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) detention facility located in Deadwood, South Dakota. It falls under the St. Paul Field Office ERO field office area of responsibility.

Facility quick reference

ItemDetail
Facility nameLawrence County Jail
Street address50 Tatanka Drive
City, State, ZIPDeadwood, SD 57732
Detainee information line(605) 578-2230
Facility main phone(605) 578-2230
ERO field office main phone(612) 409-7799
ERO field officeSt. Paul Field Office
ICE detainee locatorlocator.ice.gov
Official ICE pageice.gov/detain/detention-facilities/lawrence-county-jail
Last verified2026-09-10

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: (605) 578-2230. For an urgent message, ask for the jail and leave the detainee’s full name, alien registration number (A-number), and your name and a phone number where you can be reached; ICE says the detainee will be given the message. ICE’s page gives the hours for detainee-information calls as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (checked October 16, 2026). 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). Contact and visitation hours vary by facility — confirm current hours by calling (605) 578-2230 or checking the official ICE page linked above.

Hours of Visitation

ICE’s page for Lawrence County Jail publishes these rules (checked October 16, 2026).

Visiting in person

  • Friends and family: schedule a visit by emailing jail@lawrence.sd.us. The jail states: “We do not have face-to-face visits.” Visits take place on the video visit phones in the jail lobby, and all family or other social visits are non-contact.
  • Attorneys: legal representatives are authorized to visit their clients 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
  • Consular officials may meet with their detained nationals at any time; ICE requests that they make prior arrangements with the ICE Supervisory Deportation Officer, (612) 409-7799, to the extent possible, and bring appropriate credentials.
  • Clergy may visit at any time but must make prior arrangements with the Chaplain’s Office.
  • Search and restrictions: everyone requesting admittance to the facility or the visitation area is subject to a pat-down search, an inspection of belongings and a metal scan search; anyone refusing 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 who are or appear to be intoxicated are not allowed to visit. Visitors may not pass or attempt to pass any items to detainees, or carry any items into the visitation area.
  • Parking: ICE’s page says free public parking is available at the facility.

Sending mail, commissary funds, and personal items

Each facility publishes its own exact mail format. For this facility, ICE’s page says letters must include the last four digits of the detainee’s A-number, plus the sender’s name and address; that general mail goes to an address in Grand Forks, North Dakota, not to the jail; and that the jail does not accept packages through the mail (details 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 we have not confirmed which detention standard governs this facility — 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):

  • General mail goes to this address, not to the jail:
Lawrence County Jail (SD)
Detainee Name
1533 S 42nd St, Suite 200
Grand Forks, ND 58201
  • Only legal mail may be sent directly to the jail, and all legal mail must be clearly marked on the outside of the envelope:
Detainee Name
50 Tatanka Drive
Deadwood SD 57732
  • Letters must include the last four digits of the detainee’s A-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.
  • Not accepted through the mail: packages, obscene or pornographic materials, personal checks, cashier’s checks, postage stamps or stamped envelopes, any type of food, and books or periodicals.
  • Money: money is not to be given directly to the detainee. It can be placed on the detainee’s account via the U.S. Postal Service to 50 Tatanka Dr, Deadwood SD 57732, with the detainee’s name referenced on the money order. Funds received in the mail are placed into the account and the processing officer gives a receipt; ICE cautions detainees not to have cash sent to them in the mail.
  • Stamps: detainees may buy them; indigent detainees (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.
  • Items for travel or release: a detainee may receive items needed for the sole purpose of travel or release from custody, with the approval of the ICE Deportation Officer. Before sending packages, contact the St. Paul Field Office (ICE lists its main phone as (612) 409-7799).
  • 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, laptop computers, radios, etc.) are accepted.

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.

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

  • G-28s can be submitted through ERO eFile. Facility staff do not have access to it at this time, so ICE says legal representatives should download copies of their submitted G-28 for any in-person or remote legal visit.
  • Video teleconference (VTC) meetings and confidential legal phone calls are requested by email to jail@lawrence.sd.us or by calling (605) 578-2230 and asking for the jail; the Lawrence County court officers email back with a confirmed date and time.
  • ICE says the email should include the representative’s full name and contact information (phone and email), the detainee’s name and alien number, a few proposed dates and times, a scan of the representative’s government-issued ID, a scan of documentation of active legal-representative status (such as a state bar card, attorney license or paralegal license), and the attorney’s DHS Form G-28 unless the meeting is pre-representational. If a legal assistant is the only representative joining, the email should also attach a letter of authorization on the firm’s or organization’s letterhead and a scan of the assistant’s ID.
  • Appointments should be made 24 hours before the desired time. They are scheduled 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in one-hour increments, and longer sessions can be requested. Representatives are not limited in the number of VTC appointments they can request, but no representative may have more than one 60-minute appointment with a detainee in a single day.
  • Only legal representatives, legal assistants and interpreters may take part — no family or friends. Outside interpretation services may be contacted during the session. A visitation officer stays outside the room, out of earshot but within eyeshot, and knocks 5 minutes before the cut-off time. Representatives and their staff may not video or audio record any virtual or in-person visit or call.
  • Legal documents can go by email to jail@lawrence.sd.us or by fax to (605) 578-3913. ICE says the subject line should make clear it is legal correspondence, with the documents attached and a cover sheet giving the detainee’s full name, A-number, the sender’s return fax number, the total number of pages, and the notation “Legal Mail.” The documents are inspected for contraband but not read. Requests are processed Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., excluding holidays.
  • 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 a detainee and the designated legal representative.
  • Case information: requests about people detained here can be sent to stpaul.outreach@ice.dhs.gov; this mailbox does not accept applications for a stay of removal or case appeals.
  • Deportation Officer: to learn a client’s Deportation Officer, contact the St. Paul Field Office at (612) 409-7799; a G-28 must be on file for any information to be disclosed.
  • BIA: ICE’s page for this facility gives (703) 605-1007 for automated information, or a live representative during office hours, on a Board of Immigration Appeals matter.
  • Non-confidential messages: the facility has tablets; information on how to send a non-confidential message is available at jail@lawrence.sd.us.
  • Pro bono list: ICE says a list of free legal organizations is posted in all detainee housing units and updated quarterly, and that 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 St. Paul 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 (checked October 16, 2026) 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 St. Paul Field Office, 1 Federal Dr. Ste 1601, Ft. Snelling, MN 55111.
  • ICE Office of Professional Responsibility (by mail): Director, Office of Professional Responsibility, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, P.O. Box 14475, Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. 20044.
  • Joint Intake Center: 1-877-2INTAKE or joint.intake@dhs.gov.
  • News media: a reporter who wants to interview someone held here must apply in writing to the St. Paul Field 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. Media inquiries about ICE go to ICEMedia@ice.dhs.gov.