T. Don Hutto Detention Center

T. Don Hutto Detention Center is an ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) detention facility located in Taylor, Texas. It falls under the San Antonio 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 (512) 218-2400 both to ask whether someone is held here (ICE lists it as answered between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.) and to leave an urgent message: leave the detainee’s full name and alien registration number (A-number), plus your own name and a phone number where you can be reached, and the detainee will be given your message. The facility main phone ICE lists is (512) 218-3100. Detainees cannot receive incoming calls. Have the person’s biographical information ready: first, last and hyphenated names, any aliases, date of birth and country of birth.

ICE says this facility has tablets; for sending a non-confidential message, ICE points to CoreCivic’s page for the facility and its Talton link under “More Info.”

Visiting in person

ICE’s page for this facility (last updated 08/06/2026, checked October 15, 2026) sets family-visit times by custody level and the first letter of the detainee’s last name, so find out both before planning a trip:

• Contact visits: ICE’s page for Hutto says all family and social visits are contact visits. Everyone entering is still subject to a pat-down search, an inspection of belongings and a metal scan, and visitors may not pass items to detainees.
• ID and minors: adults must present a valid, verifiable government-issued identification card; minors must be accompanied by an adult guardian (18 or older).
• Dress code: for all visitors, shoes must be worn at all times and gang colors or displays are prohibited. Shorts must cover the buttocks and crotch when standing and sitting and must reach at least mid-thigh (“short shorts,” jogging shorts and cut-offs are prohibited). For women, the top of shirts and dresses (excluding straps) must be no lower than the underarm in front and back; skirts, dresses and slits may rise no higher than mid-thigh when seated; sheer clothing, bare midriffs, strapless tops, tube tops and swimsuits are prohibited. For men, shirts must be worn at all times and muscle shirts, bare-midriff and sleeveless shirts are prohibited.
• Parking: ICE lists open parking.

Sending mail, commissary funds, and personal items

For comparison, ICE’s National Detention Standards, Revised 2019, §5.1(E) require every facility to inspect all incoming general correspondence for contraband, and allow outgoing general mail to be inspected and/or read if it is addressed to another detainee or if there is reason to believe it might threaten the facility’s secure or orderly operation, endanger the recipient or the public, or facilitate criminal activity. Special correspondence (mail to or from attorneys and other legal representatives, courts and judges, embassies and consulates, members of Congress, DHS and Justice Department offices and the other senders the standard lists) follows separate rules by direction: incoming special correspondence is inspected for contraband in the detainee’s presence, while outgoing special correspondence is not opened, inspected or read under facility policy, and if a need exists any inspection takes place in the detainee’s presence. Staff may neither read nor copy special correspondence in either direction. 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.”

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

• Letters must include the last four digits of the detainee’s A-number (file number), plus the sender’s name and address. Detainees may seal their own outgoing letters, and outgoing mail is routed to the post office within 24 hours of receipt by facility staff.
• Money: ICE’s page names no deposit vendor or deposit address for this facility. It says funds received in the mail are placed in the detainee’s account, with a receipt from the processing officer, and cautions against mailing cash. ICE’s July 2026 inspection report says CoreCivic provides commissary services at the facility.
• Packages: only items needed solely for travel or release from custody are allowed, with the ICE Deportation Officer’s approval. Before sending one, ICE says to contact CC/TDHDC, P.O. Box 1063, Taylor, Texas 76754 (the ZIP code as printed on ICE’s page; the facility’s street address uses 76574).
• 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 are accepted.
• Transfers and departures: only legal mail is forwarded; general correspondence is returned to sender.

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.

Case information, the deportation officer, and booking legal visits

• Case information: ICE directs requests about a person held here to HuttoPublic@ice.dhs.gov, and says that mailbox does not accept applications for a stay of removal or case appeals.
• Deportation Officer: to learn who a client’s Deportation Officer is, ICE says to contact the facility at (512) 218-2400. A G-28 must be on file before anything is disclosed.
• G-28s can be submitted through ERO eFile. Facility staff do not have access to it, so bring a downloaded copy of the submitted G-28 to any in-person or remote legal visit.
• In-person legal visits can be booked in advance through ERO eFile, first come first served, in 60-minute increments, with one 60-minute appointment per representative with a detainee per day. Walk-ins are still permitted, but scheduled visits are prioritized.
• Video teleconference (VTC) meetings and confidential legal phone calls must be requested through ERO eFile, which sends the confirmation. Slots run 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, can be booked up to 2 weeks in advance but no later than 24 hours before, and are scheduled in 60-minute intervals; ICE says 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. Representatives enter the Zoom meeting ID and passcode, or the phone number to call, and upload their ID, proof of legal-representative status and the eFiled G-28 (unless pre-representational). If a legal assistant is the only legal representative joining the call, the email should also attach an authorization letter on the firm’s or organization’s letterhead and a scan of the assistant’s identification. If a legal representative makes a request consistent with PBNDS 2011 Section 5.7 (V.N.1) and Section 4.3 (V.FF), the representative must upload the written request in the Attorney Authorization Letter field and the Professional Licensure/Curriculum Vitae in the Medical/Mental Health Evaluators field. Only legal representatives, legal assistants and interpreters may participate; clients’ family and friends are not permitted.
• No slot available, or an exigent circumstance: ICE gives HuttoVAV@corecivic.com or (512) 218-2400.

ICE says the pro bono provider list is posted in the housing units and updated quarterly, and that contacting a provider 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 San Antonio 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 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, 1777 NE Loop 410, Suite 1500, San Antonio, TX 78217.
• 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/MAIL STOP 0305, Attn: Office of Investigations - Hotline, 245 Murray Lane SW, Washington, DC 20528-0305 (the address on the OIG’s own hotline page as of October 15, 2026; the older Murray Drive address shown on this facility’s ICE page is not listed there).

A news reporter who wants to interview someone held here must apply in writing to the San Antonio Field Office. 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

ICE’s Office of Detention Oversight (ODO) inspected the facility, which its report calls the T. Don Hutto Residential Center, on July 7–9, 2026 (inspection 2026-001-154) (ODO report). What the report says:

• Who runs it: the facility opened in 1997 and is owned and operated by CoreCivic. ICE began housing detainees there in 1998, under ERO San Antonio. It is a dedicated ICE detention facility operating under the Performance-Based National Detention Standards (PBNDS) 2011 (Revised 2016), and ODO says it holds male detainees with low security classification levels for periods longer than 72 hours. (ICE’s facility page nonetheless posts visiting hours for both high and low custody levels.)
• Staffing and services: ERO officers assigned full time are on site Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Trinity Services provides food service, ICE Health Services Corps provides medical care, and CoreCivic provides commissary. The facility was accredited by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care in March 2021 and the American Correctional Association in January 2022, and was found compliant in a June 2024 DHS Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) audit.
• Findings: compliant with 26 of 28 standards; 3 deficiencies in 2 standards, none of them priority components:

• Detainee interviews: ODO interviewed 27 detainees; none alleged discrimination, mistreatment or abuse, and all reported satisfaction with facility services.
• Rating: Superior, up from Good after the December 2024 inspection, when ODO found 4 deficiencies in 2 standards (Food Service 3, Use of Force and Restraints 1), one of them a priority component. ODO says it received the facility’s corrective action plan for that inspection, which likely resolved the earlier deficiencies.

As of October 15, 2026 the July 2026 report is the newest Hutto report on ICE’s ODO facility inspections page.

Earlier inspections

ICE’s inspection index also lists T. Don Hutto Residential Center inspections on:

• April 3–5, 2018.
• June 6–8, 2023.
• December 12–14, 2023 (ODO compliance inspection report): ODO observed 50 unidentified bags stored in a holding cell without a Form I-77 or equivalent attached. ODO also found that the facility did not conduct quarterly inventories of detainee baggage and nonvaluable property.
• June 25-27, 2024 (ODO follow-up compliance report): ODO found compliance with 17 of 18 PBNDS 2011 (Revised 2016) standards reviewed and one deficiency in the remaining standard. ODO found that medical staff completed a detainee’s comprehensive health assessment 18 days after arrival.

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 Texas
• Other ICE detention facilities in Texas
• All facilities under the San Antonio Field Office