River Correctional Center

River Correctional Center is an ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) detention facility located in Ferriday, Louisiana. It falls under the New Orleans 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: (318) 757-0622. 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 (318) 757-0622 or checking the official ICE page linked above.

Visiting in person

ICE publishes these visiting rules on its page for this facility (updated 08/06/2026; checked October 15, 2026):

Rules ICE lists for visitors: arrive 15 to 30 minutes before the visit to clear security and bring a valid, verifiable government-issued ID. ICE lists 1 hour per visit, noting that visitors may stay 2 hours when there are very few visits, while the same page also says visits shall not exceed 1 hour. Family and social visits are contact visits; minors need an adult guardian 18 or older; visitors may not carry items into the visitation area or pass items to detainees; anyone who is or appears intoxicated is turned away; and everyone is subject to a pat-down, a belongings inspection and a metal scan.

Sending mail, commissary funds, and personal items

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 ICE’s Office of Detention Oversight inspected this facility in July 2026 under the National Detention Standards (NDS) 2025 instead (inspection report), and we have not reviewed that standard’s mail rules — 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); PBNDS 2011 also requires the envelope to be labeled “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 show the last four digits of the detainee’s A-number plus the sender’s name and address. Only legal mail is forwarded when a detainee leaves or is transferred; general correspondence is returned to the post office marked Return to Sender.
• Money: ICE lists three routes: calling Correct Solutions at 1-877-618-3516 #24053, the website CSGpay.com, or a money order by U.S. mail to River Correctional Center, 26362 Highway 15, Ferriday, LA 71334, with the detainee’s name on the money order. Funds that arrive by mail are receipted and placed on the account; ICE cautions not to send cash.
• Packages: only items needed for travel or release, with the ICE Deportation Officer’s approval; contact the facility mail clerk at (318) 757-0622 before sending one. No electronic devices 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.

Booking legal video calls and sending documents for signature

• Video meetings and legal calls: request by email to VAV_River@lasallecorrections.com (staff email back a confirmed date and time) or call (318) 757-0622 for the court room officer. The email should include scans of the representative’s government-issued ID, proof of active legal-representative status and the attorney’s DHS Form G-28 (unless the visit is pre-representational). If a legal assistant is the only legal representative joining the call, the email should also attach authorization on the firm’s or organization’s letterhead and a scan of the assistant’s ID. Only legal representatives, legal assistants and interpreters may participate; no family or friends are permitted. Book 24 hours ahead; appointments run 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Time in 30- to 60-minute increments, and no representative may have more than one 60-minute appointment with a detainee in a single day. ICE states that representatives and their staff may not video or audio record any virtual or in-person visit or call, on pain of suspension or permanent revocation of virtual-visit privileges.
• Documents for signature: When timely mail communication is not possible, the facility administrator may, at their discretion, allow a reasonable amount of fax communication between the detainee and their designated legal representative. Subject to that condition, a representative can ask River staff for a fax number at the start of a virtual legal visit, or say in the VAV_River email that documents will need signing; ICE also lists River.receptionist@lasallecorrections.com for secure document service.
• G-28s: can be filed through ERO eFile; facility staff do not have access, so ICE says to download a copy for any in-person or remote legal visit.

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 New Orleans 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 on July 21–23, 2026 (ODO report, Inspection 2026-001-156), 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 2001 and is owned and operated by LaSalle Corrections; ERO began housing detainees there in 2019 under ERO New Orleans. It is a dedicated ICE detention facility under the National Detention Standards (NDS) 2025, holding male detainees of low through high security classification for periods longer than 72 hours. LaSalle provides food and medical care, Correct Commissary provides commissary, and the facility was accredited by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care in June 2022.
• Findings: compliant with 18 of 24 standards; 12 deficiencies in 6 standards, one of them a priority component. ODO found 18 of 147 staff actively working had no OPR security clearance (12 still pending and 6 on neither list) and referred that finding to the OPR intake center on July 27, 2026; officers had not signed 4 of 21 post orders.
• Clean clothing after a cancelled flight: two detainees told ODO their removal flight on July 14, 2026 was cancelled after they reached the airport and that, back at the facility, they had gone 8 days without fresh or laundered clothing. ODO confirmed it and found the other 20 detainees from the same flight had not been reissued fresh clothing either, which led to several Personal Hygiene findings.
• Detainee interviews: ODO interviewed 25 detainees (one declined, and one showing signs of illness was referred to medical); none alleged discrimination, mistreatment or abuse.
• Rating: Acceptable/Adequate. The FY 2025 inspection, under the PBNDS 2011 (Revised 2016), found 7 deficiencies and rated the facility Good; ODO says the change of standards prevents a trend comparison.

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

Earlier inspections

• December 4-6, 2018: The Nakamoto Group reports a pre-occupancy inspection against ICE’s National Detention Standards (NDS). Based on the proposed policies and procedures to be implemented before ICE detainees arrived, the team did not identify any deficient components.

• March 10-12, 2020: The Nakamoto Group reports an annual NDS inspection. The inspection team identified two (2) deficient components in two (2) standards: Environmental Health and Safety (1) and Security Inspections (1); the latter was a repeat deficiency.

• November 2-4, 2021 — compliance inspection: ODO reviewed 23 standards under PBNDS 2011 (Revised 2016), found compliance with 11, and identified 55 deficiencies in the remaining 12 standards. ODO report.

• May 9-11, 2023 — follow-up compliance inspection: ODO reviewed 17 standards under PBNDS 2011 (Revised 2016), found compliance with 15, and identified six deficiencies in the remaining two standards. ODO report.

• May 14-16, 2024 — unannounced follow-up compliance inspection: ODO reviewed 17 standards under PBNDS 2011 (Revised 2016), found compliance with 15, and identified two deficiencies in the remaining two standards. ODO report.

287(g) agreements in Concordia Parish

This facility is in Concordia Parish, Louisiana (per the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder for the address ICE publishes). ICE's 287(g) participating-agencies workbook, dated October 9, 2026, records 4 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 Louisiana
• Other ICE detention facilities in Louisiana
• All facilities under the New Orleans Field Office