Winn Correctional Center

Winn Correctional Center is an ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) detention facility located in Winnfield, 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.

ICE publishes two different numbers for this facility. To ask whether someone is held here, call (318) 628-3971; ICE lists that line as answered between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. To leave an urgent message for a detainee, call (318) 628-2354 and 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; the facility passes the message on. ICE lists the same (318) 628-2354 number for the facility mail clerk and for the Chaplain’s Office. Detainees cannot receive incoming calls — they place outgoing calls themselves. Have the person’s biographical information ready when you call (first, last and hyphenated names, any aliases, date of birth, and country of birth).

Visiting in person

ICE’s page for this facility (last updated 08/06/2026, checked September 24, 2026) assigns family-visit days by custody level, so find out the person’s level before you plan a trip. ICE’s January 2026 inspection report (below) says Winn holds male detainees only.

• Late arrivals are turned away: visitors are not allowed on the compound after 9 a.m. for the morning visits or after 2 p.m. for the afternoon visits.
• Each visit lasts 1 hour, with a maximum of four visitors (adults and children).
• Picnic visits are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays only, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., and must be requested by the detainee.
• Dress code: no shorts, ripped jeans, open shoes, sandals, flip-flops or hooded jackets; all women should wear a sports bra; men may not wear white T-shirts.
• Leave cell phones, purses, “iPhone watches” (ICE’s wording) and wallets in your vehicle; ICE says wallets and purses are not allowed in the facility. Every visitor must have a valid ID or passport, with no exceptions.

Visitors may not pass items to detainees or carry items into the visitation area, anyone who is or appears to be intoxicated is refused, and everyone entering is subject to a pat-down search, an inspection of belongings and a metal scan. ICE lists free public parking on the premises and says the facility complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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 January 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). ICE gives the facility mail clerk for this facility as (318) 628-2354.

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

• Letters must include the last four digits of the detainee’s A-number, plus the sender’s name and address. Outgoing mail is routed to the post office within 24 hours of receipt by facility staff.
• Money by mail: ICE’s page for Winn says you may send cash, money orders and/or cashier’s checks to the detainee’s trust account at the address below, and that a cashier’s check or money order must include the detainee’s full name and A-number:

Winn Correctional Center
[Detainee's full name and A-number]
560 Gum Springs Road
Winnfield, LA 71483

• Money in person: visitors may deposit cash at the facility. Cash a detainee has on arrival is deposited and receipted to the detainee’s trust account.
• Packages: before sending one, contact the facility mail clerk at (318) 628-2354. Only items needed solely for travel or release from custody are allowed, with the ICE Deportation Officer’s approval.
• Stamps: detainees may buy them; indigent detainees get a postage allowance at government expense.
• Transfers and departures: only legal mail is forwarded; general correspondence is returned to sender.
• 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.

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 visits, video calls, and legal calls

• 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. Representatives can request extended-time appointments for up to 15 detainees, which the facility must approve within 24 hours of the request. Walk-ins are still permitted, but scheduled visits are prioritized.
• Video teleconference (VTC) meetings and confidential legal phone calls must be scheduled 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 weekends, can be booked up to 2 weeks in advance but no later than 24 hours before, and are scheduled in 60-minute intervals. A representative may have only one 60-minute appointment with a detainee per day, unless a request for an extended-time (2-hour) appointment is approved by the facility within 24 hours.
• The request must give the representative’s full name and contact details (phone and email), the detainee’s name and A-number (or name, date of birth and country of birth for a search), and the meeting ID and passcode in the Virtual Meeting Information section. Uploads: a scan of the representative’s government-issued ID; proof of active legal-representative status (such as a state bar card or attorney or paralegal license); and the eFiled G-28, unless the visit is pre-representational. A legal assistant joining alone also needs a letter of authorization on the firm’s or organization’s letterhead and a scan of the assistant’s ID. ICE warns that breaking the virtual-visitation guidelines can end a session or lead to suspension of future requests.
• Only legal representatives, legal assistants and interpreters may attend — no family or friends. A visitation officer stays outside the room, out of earshot but within eyeshot, and knocks 5 minutes before the cut-off time.
• No slot available, or an emergency: ICE gives VAV_Winn@lasallecorrections.com or the Winn facility line (318) 628-3971, ext. 4.

Sending legal documents to a detained client

When timely communication through the mail is not possible, the facility administrator may, at their discretion, allow a reasonable amount of electronic written communication between the detainee and their designated legal representative. ICE says legal representatives can send legal correspondence by fax to (318) 628-7507 or by email to Winncourtbusiness@lasallecorrections.com, with a cover letter 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, then delivered. These requests are processed Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Central time, excluding holidays.

As of September 24, 2026, ICE’s page for Winn lists no case-information mailbox and no instruction for identifying a client’s Deportation Officer, although ICE posts both for some other facilities. 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 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.

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, 1250 Poydras Street, Suite 325, New Orleans, Louisiana 70113.
• 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 September 24, 2026; the older Murray Drive address, fax and email shown on the ICE page are not listed there).

A news reporter who wants to interview someone held here must apply in writing to the New Orleans 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), part of ICE’s Office of Professional Responsibility, inspected Winn on January 13–15, 2026 (ODO report). What the report says:

• Who runs it: the facility opened in 1990, is owned by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections and is operated by LaSalle Corrections. ICE began housing detainees there in 2019 under ERO New Orleans. It is a dedicated ICE facility operating under the National Detention Standards (NDS) 2025, and it holds male detainees of low, medium-low, medium-high and high security classification for periods longer than 72 hours.
• Staffing and services: ERO New Orleans has deportation officers assigned full time, on site Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. LaSalle Corrections provides food and medical care, and Correct Commissary provides commissary. The facility was accredited by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care in August 2022 and, after a March 2025 audit, certified under the DHS Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards.
• Findings: compliant with 20 of 24 standards; 13 deficiencies in 4 standards, two of them priority components:

• Water complaint: several detainees reported a yellow tint to the drinking and shower water. ODO saw the tint; the assistant warden produced the most recent annual water test report, dated June 2024, which ODO says showed the facility met all federal and state health-based standards for human consumption. The detainees remained dissatisfied.
• Detainee interviews: ODO interviewed 37 detainees; none alleged discrimination, mistreatment or abuse.
• Rating: Acceptable/Adequate, the same as in January 2025, when ODO (then applying PBNDS 2011, revised 2016) found 12 deficiencies: Custody Classification System (4), Disciplinary System (1), Grievance System (3) and Use of Force and Restraints (4). Because the standards changed, ODO could not run a trend analysis, and it wrote that the facility’s corrective action plan from that inspection “may not have been effective in resolving the previous deficiencies.”

ICE’s ODO facility inspections page lists this January 2026 inspection twice, as two separate PDF files, alongside Winn’s earlier ODO reports.

Death in custody reported by ICE (September 2026). ICE reported that a 36-year-old man from Costa Rica held at this facility died in ICE custody on September 18, 2026 (ICE detainee death notification, September 21, 2026).

DHS Inspector General inspection (report published June 2, 2026). Separately from ICE’s own oversight, the DHS Office of Inspector General made an in-person, unannounced inspection of Winn on March 4–6, 2025 and published its findings on June 2, 2026 (OIG-26-08). The OIG found Winn complied with the standards it reviewed for special management units, general hygiene and the grievance system, but did not fully comply with those for environmental health and safety, food service, use of force, medical care, classification, the voluntary work program, legal access and materials, staff-detainee communication, and outdoor recreation in the special management unit. Among its findings: staff did not store perishable food at the required temperature, did not document and notify ICE of all use-of-force incidents, and did not provide outdoor recreation equipment to detainees in the disciplinary special management unit; medical staff did not always update medical records or document their interpretation of lab results. The OIG also reports that facility staff refused to provide it copies of all facility video recordings. ICE concurred with all nine of its recommendations. In the report’s cover memo dated June 2, 2026, the OIG considered recommendations 1, 3, 6, 7 and 8 resolved and open, and recommendations 2, 4, 5 and 9 resolved and closed; that is their status as of the report, not a current status.

Earlier inspection — January 14-16, 2025. The ODO report provides these details behind the earlier findings:

• The detainee handbook contained no notice of the right to protection from personal abuse, unnecessary or excessive use of force, personal injury, disease, property damage and harassment.

• In 5 out of 25 grievances reviewed, facility staff took between 6 and 38 business days to respond to detainees.

• In 9 out of 25 grievance-log entries, staff had not documented the date the detainee was notified; in 7 out of 25 entries, staff had not documented the adjudication outcome.

• In its January 24-26, 2023 compliance inspection, ODO found no documentation of timed emergency-key drills in 10 of 10 fire drill logs reviewed. ODO report.

• In its July 18-20, 2023 follow-up inspection under PBNDS 2011 (Revised 2016), ODO found compliance with 14 of 16 standards and three deficiencies in the remaining two standards. ODO report.

• In its August 17-19, 2021 follow-up inspection, ODO found an inadequate number of sinks, urinals, toilets and showers in detainee housing areas. ODO 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 Louisiana
• Other ICE detention facilities in Louisiana
• All facilities under the New Orleans Field Office