Moshannon Valley Processing Center

Moshannon Valley Processing Center is an ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) detention facility located in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania. It falls under the Philadelphia 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 two different numbers for this facility. To ask whether someone is held here, call (717) 767-2300; ICE’s page lists that line between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. (checked October 10, 2026). To leave an urgent message for a detainee, call (814) 768-1200 and 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 the facility has ICE Talton tablets, and that information on sending a non-confidential message is in the GettingOut help center (gettingout.com/help). ICE’s page also states that bonds cannot be processed at this facility; ICE’s page links its list of ERO bond acceptance offices instead.

Visiting in person

ICE’s page for this facility (last updated 08/06/2026, checked October 10, 2026) lists friends-and-family visits seven days a week, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. To give everyone equal visiting opportunities, each detainee is assigned specific times and dates to receive visitors, so ICE says to contact the facility in advance to confirm the assigned time for the person you want to see. ICE’s page says visit sessions will “normally be a minimum of two hours,” depending on the number of visitors and staff availability, and that the Staff Duty Officer may authorize more time for family members traveling significant distances.

• Who may come: no more than two adults (18 or older) and two children (17 or younger) at one time. Adult visitors need positive identification, such as a driver’s license or other government-issued photo ID. Children must stay under an adult visitor’s direct supervision; disruptive behavior by anyone can end the visit and may lead to future visits being denied.
• Belongings: no personal items are allowed in the visiting area; numbered keys at the facility entrance are provided to lock items in a locker. Nothing may be passed to a detainee, and anyone who is or appears intoxicated is not admitted.
• Search: everyone entering is subject to a pat-down, a search of belongings and a metal scan; no firearms or weapons, and no electronic devices (cell phones, pagers, radios) in the secure areas. ICE’s page adds that undergarments with an underwire are not allowed in the facility.
• Dress code (visitors 12 and older): shoes at all times and no open-toed shoes; no gang colors; shorts must meet the length rule ICE prints; for women, skirts and dresses to the knee when seated, no sheer, strapless, bare-midriff, tight-fitting clothing or swimsuits, and no pants with holes; for men, shirts at all times and no muscle, bare-midriff or sleeveless shirts. ICE’s page has the full code.
• Parking: ICE lists free public parking at the facility.

Sending mail, commissary funds, and personal items

Letters and packages sent to a detainee must identify the detainee and show the sender’s name and return address (this facility’s own format is below) — 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 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).

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

As of October 10, 2026, ICE’s page for this facility says:

• Letters must include the last four digits of the detainee’s A-number (File Number), plus 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 all housing units.
• Money: money is not to be given directly to the detainee. ICE lists Access Corrections by phone at 1-866-345-1884 or at accesscorrections.com, or a money order sent by U.S. Postal Service to Moshannon Valley Processing Center, 555 GEO Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, with the detainee’s name referenced on the money order. Funds received in the mail are taken to the processing area to be placed on the account, with a receipt from the processing officer; detainees are cautioned not to have cash sent to them in the mail.
• Property: detainee property is not accepted through the mail. Property for the purpose of removal must be brought to the facility in person, and a detainee is allowed one small piece under 40 lbs, about the size of an airline carry-on.
• 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.

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 10, 2026):

• Case information: requests about people detained here go to Philadelphia.Outreach@ice.dhs.gov. ICE notes that this mailbox does not accept applications for a stay of removal or case appeals. The same mailbox is ICE’s channel for learning who a client’s Deportation Officer is; a G-28 must be on file before any information is disclosed.
• 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.
• Video visits and legal calls are requested through ERO eFile (ICE’s page gives start dates of July 1, 2026 for appointments with women and July 6, 2026 for appointments with men). Slots run 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, in 30-minute intervals (two back-to-back slots make 60 minutes); appointments can be booked up to two weeks ahead and no later than 24 hours before, and no representative may have more than one 60-minute appointment with a detainee in a single day. The representative should enter the video meeting ID and passcode in the Virtual Meeting Information section of ERO eFile. For a phone-only request, indicate that it is phone only and provide the number the facility should call before selecting an available appointment time. ICE’s page and its virtual attorney visitation flyer say only Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Zoom are supported. The upload must include the representative’s government 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 a letter of authorization on the firm’s or organization’s letterhead and a scan of the assistant’s identification should also be attached, and appointments without the required attachments may be subject to cancellation. If a scheduled appointment is no longer required, cancel or reschedule it in advance. Only legal representatives, legal assistants and interpreters may take part; the flyer bars video or audio recording by representatives and their staff. If no slot is available or there is an exigent circumstance, ICE lists (814) 768-1200 or schedulemvpc@geogroup.com.
• Tablets: ICE says the facility’s Talton tablets have video visitation capabilities; representatives can register for a GettingOut Friends and Family account and then email ICESupport@talton.com with their email address and phone number so that their communications are not recorded or monitored.
• Legal documents: ICE lists this channel under Electronic Exchange of Legal Documentation, which says that when timely communication through the mail is not possible, the facility administrator “may, in his discretion, allow for a reasonable amount of electronic written communication” between the detainee and the designated legal representative. Subject to that, representatives can send legal correspondence by email to scheduleMVPC@geogroup.com or by fax to (814) 342-5900, marking it as legal correspondence in the subject line and attaching a cover sheet with the detainee’s full name, A-number, the sender’s return fax number, the total number of pages, and the notation “Legal Mail”. ICE says the documents are inspected for contraband but not read, and are processed Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. EST, excluding holidays.

Immigration court and free legal providers (Elizabeth Immigration Court)

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. EOIR’s Immigration Court List – Administrative Control (updated October 1, 2026) lists “Moshannon Valley Correctional Facility” — EOIR’s name, which differs from ICE’s — among the detention facilities for the Elizabeth Immigration Court; EOIR says the courts on that list “may have jurisdiction” over charging documents for people held at the facilities listed. EOIR’s Elizabeth Immigration Court page gives the address 625 Evans Street, Room 148A, Elizabeth, NJ 07201, inside a DHS-controlled detention facility (see the Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility page), public hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and window-filing hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday except federal holidays, and the general-inquiry email Elizabeth.Immigration.Court@usdoj.gov. The court that actually hears a given case may still be a different one; confirm it from the A-number through EOIR’s hotline at 1-800-898-7180. On the October 2026 edition of EOIR’s List of Pro Bono Legal Service Providers, the entries under Elizabeth Immigration Court are:

Several of these entries carry service-area limits that EOIR records (New Jersey; DC, Maryland and Virginia), so check each note before calling. EOIR states that it does not endorse any of the organizations, referral services, or attorneys on its list.

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 Philadelphia 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 10, 2026) 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, 114 North 8th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, (215) 656-7164.
• 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, Attn: Office of Investigations - Hotline, 245 Murray Drive, Building 410 Stop: 2600, Washington, DC 20528 · fax (202) 245-5217 · DHSOIGHOTLINE@DHS.GOV.

A news reporter who wants to interview someone held here must apply in writing to the Philadelphia 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

Earlier inspection: ICE’s February 28-March 2, 2023 compliance report records compliance with 23 of 26 standards under PBNDS 2011 (Revised 2016) and eight deficiencies in the remaining three standards. Its comparison with April 2022 records three deficient standards and six deficiencies at that earlier inspection.

ICE’s Office of Detention Oversight (ODO), part of ICE’s Office of Professional Responsibility, inspected this facility on June 9–11, 2026 (ODO report, Inspection 2026-001-115). What the report says:

• Who runs it: the facility opened in 2006 and is owned and operated by The GEO Group, Inc. ERO began housing detainees there in 2021, under ERO Philadelphia. It is a dedicated ICE detention facility operating under the Performance-Based National Detention Standards (PBNDS) 2011 (Revised 2016), and it holds male and female detainees of low, medium-low, medium-high and high security classification for periods longer than 72 hours.
• Staffing and services: ERO has a detention service manager and a detention service compliance officer assigned part-time, on site Mondays and Tuesdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. GEO provides food services and medical care, and Keefe Commissary Network provides commissary. The facility was accredited by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care in July 2023 and the American Correctional Association in January 2026, and was DHS PREA certified after a March 2023 audit.
• Findings: compliant with all 29 standards reviewed; no deficiencies.
• Detainee interviews: ODO interviewed 26 detainees; none alleged discrimination, mistreatment or abuse, and all reported satisfaction with facility services.
• Rating: Superior. At the previous inspection (fiscal year 2025), ODO reviewed 28 standards, found no deficiencies and also rated the facility Superior. ICE’s inspection index lists that earlier inspection as March 4–6, 2025 (report).

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.

Additional earlier inspections:

• March 5-7, 2024 compliance inspection: ODO found that indigent detainees received free envelopes only for requests related to a pending court date. ODO also found that the facility photocopied incoming special correspondence or legal mail and gave detainees copies of the original documents. Report.
• August 15-17, 2023 unannounced follow-up compliance inspection: ODO recorded corrective action on August 16, 2023: the chief of security updated the vehicle-log template to include all required information and implemented it at the vehicle entrance that day. 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 Pennsylvania
• Other ICE detention facilities in Pennsylvania
• All facilities under the Philadelphia Field Office