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
383.6
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
11.5 days
Guaranteed minimum
5,000
A population level a contract treats as guaranteed. The workbook prints the number, not the price.
70CDCR26FR0000001 · Recorded as of August 20, 2026
02b
Contract floor, population and ownership
A difference between a printed contract floor and a reported population is a difference in beds. It becomes money only where an auditor published a figure.
Contract floor and populationICE workbook data pull, 2026-07-20
Firm-fixed-price facility contract. GAO reviewed contract line items and invoices for bounded periods.
up to $11,500,000.00 — August 1 to August 15, 2025. GAO calculated up to $11.5 million in waste for full services during the first half of August 2025, when no detained noncitizens were held at the facility.
approximately $423,000.00 — August 16 to September 30, 2025. GAO calculated approximately $423,000 in unnecessary meal costs during the initial intake period.
approximately $7,100,000.00 — October 1, 2025 through March 12, 2026. GAO calculated approximately $7.1 million in unnecessary meal costs through March 12, 2026.
›What this row does not establish
The workbook gap is not itself GAO's waste calculation. GAO used contract line items, invoices and daily population data for bounded periods.
More than 10% below the printed floor. A printed guaranteed minimum is a contract floor recorded in ICE's workbook. It is not the facility's physical or licensed capacity, and on its own it establishes no payment.
GAO examined Camp East Montana and reported waste and performance problems at the largest site in the detention system. People held there filed a federal class action in May 2026 alleging unsafe conditions. Both records sit beside a money trail that runs through the Army as well as ICE.
Complete dossier · Last reviewed August 20, 2026
Identity, GAO findings, litigation, two facility-specific deaths documented by named non-governmental reviewers, the money record and two time-bounded operator periods are sourced. No ICE inspection report and no official ICE death disclosure naming this site has been located, and no subcontractor is established.
Evidence chain · every edge labelled by what the record establishes
01
Public money
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — appropriated detention funding
The Defense Department award announcement says Acquisition Logistics was contracted to establish and operate the facility; the Court of Federal Claims describes the task order as constructing, operating and maintaining it; GAO identifies the initial prime contractor and the operating period.
What this does not establish
The operator role does not establish facility ownership, sole performance of every service, the identity of every subcontractor, responsibility for every condition or death, or that the contract was terminated for contractor fault.
GAO says a different vendor was contracted to begin operating on April 18, 2026; the separate federal award record and the AP report identify Amentum Services, Inc.
What this does not establish
The role does not establish corporate succession to Acquisition Logistics, assignment or novation of the prior contract, resolution of prior performance problems, or operations after the recorded contract period.
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.
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Money and award actions
Population and capacity
No record indexed in this lane
Inspections and oversight
Litigation and corrective action
Observed and attributed harm
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
Aug 01, 2025
Money and award actions
Facility opened — 70CDCR26C00000016Camp East Montana opened with capacity for about 5,000 detained noncitizens, without the required pre-occupancy inspection.U.S. Government Accountability Office
Death recorded at this site, January 3, 2026Human Rights Watch and Physicians for Human Rights record the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos, 55, at Camp East Montana on January 3, 2026 after 174 days in custody. The medical review published with the report gives the suspected cause as asphyxia due to neck and torso compression from use of force by ICE staff.Human Rights Watch / Physicians for Human Rights
Attributed finding
Jan 14, 2026
Observed and attributed harm
Death recorded at this site, January 14, 2026The same report records the death of Victor Manuel Diaz, 36, at Camp East Montana on January 14, 2026 after 9 days in custody, with the suspected cause recorded as suicide by hanging.Human Rights Watch / Physicians for Human Rights
Observed / verified
Feb 28, 2026
Money and award actions
Occupancy versus meals paid — 70CDCR26C00000016ICE data cited by GAO showed about 1,600 people held while ICE continued paying full meal costs for 5,000.U.S. Government Accountability Office
Observed / verified
Mar 12, 2026
Money and award actions
Amentum award signed — 70CDCR26C00000016Date signed on the federal record. The period of performance start is recorded one day later, March 13, 2026; both values are reproduced as published.USAspending.gov
GAO: waste and performance issues at Camp East MontanaGAO reported to congressional requesters on the rapid opening of Camp East Montana, the contract terms under which ICE pays costs, and performance and waste issues it identified at the site.U.S. Government Accountability Office
Attributed finding
Jul 27, 2026
Money and award actions
Extension reported — 70CDCR26C00000016AP reported ICE's published justification to extend through September 30, 2027 at a potential additional cost of $776 million.Associated Press
Observed / verified
Sep 30, 2026
Money and award actions
Current period of performance ends — 70CDCR26C00000016End date on the federal award record as retrieved.USAspending.gov
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.
May 29, 2026 · Litigation and corrective actionAllegation
Angye v. ICE: class action complaint over conditions
Four people detained at Camp East Montana filed a putative class action in the Western District of Texas alleging unsafe and inhumane conditions at the site. Plaintiffs' counsel records the case as ongoing.
Locator
No. 3:26-cv-01515 (W.D. Tex., El Paso Division)
Procedural status
Filed May 29, 2026; recorded as ongoing by plaintiffs' counsel
Linked to this facility by
The complaint's caption and class definition name Camp East Montana.
What this does not establish
A complaint states allegations. No court has found these allegations true, and no class has been recorded as certified in the records indexed here.
June 9, 2026 · Inspections and oversightAttributed finding
GAO: waste and performance issues at Camp East Montana
GAO reported to congressional requesters on the rapid opening of Camp East Montana, the contract terms under which ICE pays costs, and performance and waste issues it identified at the site.
Locator
GAO-26-108886
Linked to this facility by
The report names Camp East Montana in its title.
What this does not establish
GAO's findings are GAO's. They do not establish legal liability, criminal conduct, or that any specific person was harmed.
January 3, 2026 · Observed and attributed harmAttributed finding
Death recorded at this site, January 3, 2026
Human Rights Watch and Physicians for Human Rights record the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos, 55, at Camp East Montana on January 3, 2026 after 174 days in custody. The medical review published with the report gives the suspected cause as asphyxia due to neck and torso compression from use of force by ICE staff.
Locator
PHR medical-review case table, first-year study period
Linked to this facility by
The report's case table names Camp East Montana as the facility of custody for this death, which is how this project's harm ledger already records it.
What this does not establish
This is a finding reported by named non-governmental reviewers, not an official ICE death disclosure and not an adjudication. It does not establish preventability, liability, or any connection to a contract action. The death precedes the March 13, 2026 Amentum contract and is not linked to the Acquisition Logistics termination or to any later award.
January 14, 2026 · Observed and attributed harmObserved / verified
Death recorded at this site, January 14, 2026
The same report records the death of Victor Manuel Diaz, 36, at Camp East Montana on January 14, 2026 after 9 days in custody, with the suspected cause recorded as suicide by hanging.
Locator
PHR medical-review case table, first-year study period
Linked to this facility by
The report's case table names Camp East Montana as the facility of custody for this death.
What this does not establish
The record establishes a death at this site on this date as documented by the cited reviewers. It does not establish preventability, individual negligence, or responsibility, and it precedes the March 13, 2026 Amentum contract, so it is not connected to that award or to the terminated Acquisition Logistics order.
GAO examined this site and published dated findings on its opening, its contract terms, and its performance.
A federal class action over conditions at the site was filed on May 29, 2026 and is recorded as ongoing.
The site's money trail includes a Department of War order transferred to ICE and later terminated for the government's convenience.
Acquisition Logistics LLC was contracted to construct, operate and maintain the site from July 18, 2025 until the order was terminated on April 17, 2026. GAO reports that a different vendor began operating on April 18, 2026; separate award records and reporting identify Amentum Services, Inc.
Two deaths in custody at this site, on January 3 and January 14, 2026, are documented in the Human Rights Watch and Physicians for Human Rights review. Both precede the March 13, 2026 Amentum contract.
What this does not establish
That any condition alleged in the complaint occurred. These are allegations, not findings.
That any award action caused illness, injury, or death at the site.
That either January 2026 death is connected to any award, modification, termination, or contractor. Both precede the March 13, 2026 Amentum contract, and no source links them to the terminated Acquisition Logistics order.
That either death was preventable or that any party is responsible. The cited reviewers record a suspected cause; they do not adjudicate liability.
That GAO's waste findings amount to fraud or illegality. GAO makes no such finding.
That the order was terminated for cause, default or contractor fault, or that GAO's findings caused the change of operator. Termination for convenience is a government contracting action, and no reviewed record states a reason.
That Amentum succeeded to, was assigned, or took over the earlier contract. The two awards are separate records.
Reviewed name matches
Fort Bliss soft-sided detention site — The GAO report and the federal complaint describe the same El Paso site on Army land, opened in 2025, under both names.
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.
No ICE Office of Detention Oversight compliance inspection report for this site has been located in ICE's published inspection library.
Open — no search recorded
Dossier last reviewed · August 20, 2026 · not an event date
The procedural posture of the class action after filing is not established by the records indexed here.
Open — no search recorded
Dossier last reviewed · August 20, 2026 · not an event date
The complete list of subcontractors that performed medical, guard, food, construction and transport services under the initial contract is not established. GAO says the proposal used medical and guard subcontractors but does not name them.
Open — no search recorded
Dossier last reviewed · August 20, 2026 · not an event date