ICE's own fiscal-year average, not a bed count and not a point-in-time headcount.
Average of that population convicted or with pending charges
652.8
ICE's classification, reproduced as published. This is an ICE administrative classification. Pending charges are not convictions, and this field is not population-level crime-rate evidence.
Average length of stay
51.9 days
Guaranteed minimum
640
A population level a contract treats as guaranteed. The workbook prints the number, not the price.
70CDCR26FR0000028 · Recorded as of August 20, 2026
A
Accountability dossier
Federal inspectors documented nooses in cells at Adelanto in 2018. ICE's own oversight division re-inspected the facility in 2019, a federal class action over pandemic conditions ended in a court-approved settlement, and ICE has disclosed a death of a person held here. The money record and the conditions record are kept in separate lanes below.
Complete dossier · Last reviewed August 20, 2026
Identity, roles, population, inspections, litigation and an officially disclosed death are all sourced to primary records.
Evidence chain · every edge labelled by what the record establishes
01
Public money
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — appropriated detention funding
The DHS inspector general's 2018 management alert describes Adelanto as a facility operated by GEO Group under contract, which is a source outside the award record stating who runs the site.
What this does not establish
The inspector general's description of the operator on the 2018 inspection dates does not establish ownership, present-day operation, or control of every function inside the facility.
Money, population, inspections, litigation and harm on one calendar
The facility record beside the money record
Lanes are shown side by side because they share a facility and a calendar, not a cause. Chronological proximity does not establish causation.
Only dated events are plotted. Records carrying an as-of or dataset-cutoff date, such as ICE’s fiscal-year population aggregates, are listed in the table instead, because a data-pull date is not the date something happened.
Select or focus a marker to read the underlying record. Every marker below is also listed in the table.
Facility evidence records by date, lane, evidence status and source.
Date
Lane
Record
Status
Jul 10, 2014
Inspections and oversight
ICE compliance inspection, July 8-10, 2014ICE's Office of Detention Oversight inspected the same Adelanto site, then recorded under an earlier facility name, against the detention standards.ICE Office of Detention Oversight
Attributed finding
Apr 14, 2017
Observed and attributed harm
Death disclosed by ICE, April 2017ICE disclosed that a Mexican national detained at Adelanto was transferred to a Victorville hospital and died there. ICE's notice states the cause as internal bleeding.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Observed / verified
Sep 27, 2018
Inspections and oversight
Inspector general management alert: nooses, segregation and medical careThe DHS inspector general reported that during an unannounced visit staff found detainee-made nooses in cells, found segregation used improperly, and identified medical-care problems, which the alert states violated ICE's 2011 detention standards and posed significant health and safety risks.DHS Office of Inspector General
Attributed finding
Oct 11, 2018
Inspections and oversight
Contracted annual inspection of Adelanto East, October 2018A contractor engaged by ICE recorded an annual inspection of the East building against the 2011 detention standards during October 9-11, 2018.The Nakamoto Group for ICE
Attributed finding
Mar 14, 2019
Inspections and oversight
ICE follow-up compliance inspection, March 12-14, 2019ICE's Office of Detention Oversight conducted a follow-up compliance inspection of Adelanto against the detention standards after the inspector general's 2018 alert.ICE Office of Detention Oversight
Fiscal 2026 average daily populationICE reports this facility's average daily population for fiscal 2026 in its detention-management workbook. It is a fiscal-year average, not a bed count and not a headcount on any given day.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Observed / verified
As of Jul 20, 2026
Population and capacity
Fiscal 2026 average length of stayICE reports the average number of days people spent in custody at this facility in fiscal 2026.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Observed / verified
As of Jul 20, 2026
Population and capacity
Contracted guaranteed minimumICE's workbook prints a guaranteed minimum population level for this facility. The workbook prints the number; it does not print the price attached to it.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Observed / verified
D
Inspections, findings and litigation
An ICE compliance rating records the agency's own determination against its detention standards on the inspection dates. It does not establish that no harm or deficiency occurred.
July 10, 2014 · Inspections and oversightAttributed finding
ICE compliance inspection, July 8-10, 2014
ICE's Office of Detention Oversight inspected the same Adelanto site, then recorded under an earlier facility name, against the detention standards.
Locator
Inspection dates July 8-10, 2014
Linked to this facility by
Reviewed alias: the report's address and field office match the Adelanto facility indexed here.
What this does not establish
An inspection record does not establish the conditions before or after those dates.
September 27, 2018 · Inspections and oversightAttributed finding
Inspector general management alert: nooses, segregation and medical care
The DHS inspector general reported that during an unannounced visit staff found detainee-made nooses in cells, found segregation used improperly, and identified medical-care problems, which the alert states violated ICE's 2011 detention standards and posed significant health and safety risks.
Locator
OIG-18-86
Linked to this facility by
The report names the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in its title.
What this does not establish
The alert is the inspector general's finding about conditions observed on those dates. It does not establish that any specific person was harmed, nor that any contract action caused what inspectors saw.
October 11, 2018 · Inspections and oversightAttributed finding
Contracted annual inspection of Adelanto East, October 2018
A contractor engaged by ICE recorded an annual inspection of the East building against the 2011 detention standards during October 9-11, 2018.
Locator
Cover letter dated October 11, 2018
Linked to this facility by
The cover letter names Adelanto ICE Processing Center East.
What this does not establish
A contracted annual inspection is paid for by the agency being inspected. Its rating is not an independent safety determination and does not establish that no deficiency existed.
March 14, 2019 · Inspections and oversightAttributed finding
ICE follow-up compliance inspection, March 12-14, 2019
ICE's Office of Detention Oversight conducted a follow-up compliance inspection of Adelanto against the detention standards after the inspector general's 2018 alert.
Locator
ERO Los Angeles field office, inspection dates March 12-14, 2019
Linked to this facility by
The report names the facility, city and field office on its cover page.
What this does not establish
An ICE inspection is the agency reviewing its own contracted facility against its own standards. It is not an independent finding of safety.
April 13, 2020 · Litigation and corrective actionAllegation
Roman v. Wolf: class action over pandemic conditions
People detained at Adelanto filed a federal class habeas action in April 2020 alleging unconstitutional conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The court certified a class; plaintiffs' counsel records that the court granted final approval of a settlement.
Locator
No. 5:20-cv-00768 (C.D. Cal.)
Procedural status
Class certified; resolved by court-approved settlement per plaintiffs' counsel
Linked to this facility by
The docket caption and pleadings name the Adelanto facility.
What this does not establish
A complaint states what plaintiffs allege. A settlement resolves a case without a court finding that the allegations are true.
April 14, 2017 · Observed and attributed harmObserved / verified
Death disclosed by ICE, April 2017
ICE disclosed that a Mexican national detained at Adelanto was transferred to a Victorville hospital and died there. ICE's notice states the cause as internal bleeding.
Locator
ICE news release, April 14, 2017
Linked to this facility by
ICE's own notice names Adelanto as the facility of detention.
What this does not establish
The notice establishes a death in custody and ICE's stated cause. It does not establish that the death was preventable, that care was inadequate, or that any contractor or contract action was responsible.
Federal inspectors recorded specific, dated conditions findings at this facility in 2018, and ICE re-inspected it in 2019.
A federal class action over pandemic conditions was filed, certified, and settled with court approval.
ICE has disclosed at least one death of a person detained here.
ICE reports a fiscal 2026 average daily population and average length of stay for this facility.
What this does not establish
That any award, modification, or payment indexed here caused any condition, illness, or death at this facility.
That the conditions inspectors documented in 2018 or 2019 persist today.
That the facility is safe or unsafe. No source indexed here makes that determination, and this project does not score facilities.
That allegations in the pandemic litigation are established facts. The case settled without findings of fact.
Reviewed name matches
Adelanto Detention Facility — ICE's 2014 compliance inspection uses this earlier name for the same Adelanto, California site inspected under the same ERO Los Angeles field office.
Adelanto ICE Processing Center East — ICE's facility-inspection library records an annual inspection of the East building of the same Adelanto complex.
G
Open research questions
These are the gaps the reviewed record set names. A question listed here is unanswered, not answered in the facility's favour, and this list does not claim to cover everything unknown about the facility.
No civil rights memorandum found in the published DHS collection
Searched — nothing released
On the search date, the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties published collection contained no investigation or recommendation memorandum naming this facility. This is a search result, not an event, so it is not plotted on the timeline and not counted as legal evidence. Locator: CRCL recommendation and investigation memoranda collection.
Collection searched · August 20, 2026 · not an event date
What this does not establish
Absence from the published collection does not establish that no complaint was filed, investigated, or substantiated. CRCL does not publish every memorandum.
These are company-wide records. They are not allocated to this facility and do not establish that political activity caused any award or facility decision.