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Accountability dossier · partial

A researched record, still incomplete: the sections below carry what has been found and published so far, and say where work remains.

CALEXICO, CA · Contract detention facility

Imperial Regional Detention Facility

ICE's published operating figures for this facility, with the researched record set out below.

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01

What ICE publishes

FY2026 average daily population
611

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
89.6

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
63 days
Guaranteed minimum
640

A population level a contract treats as guaranteed. The workbook prints the number, not the price.

Last inspection end
January 16, 2025
Last final rating
Pass

ICE workbook data pull, 2026-07-20

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
02

Money this project traces here

No award record in this dataset names this facility. ICE and its contractors may hold awards covering it that this project has not yet indexed.

A

Accountability dossier

Imperial Regional Detention Facility in Calexico holds an average daily population of 611 against a guaranteed minimum of 640 in ICE's fiscal 2026 workbook. DHS OIG report OIG-21-12 found the facility generally complied with reviewed classification standards and did not meet reviewed standards on administrative segregation, physical conditions, medical checks and grievances, and ICE communication with detained people; people in administrative segregation were confined 22 to 23 hours a day and two had been in isolation more than 300 days. All six of that report's recommendations remain open. California's Department of Justice identifies Management & Training Corporation as the operator. No source reviewed here establishes who owns the property or what the current federal contract pays.

Partial dossier · Last reviewed August 20, 2026

Published as substantial but partial. The inspection findings, the open recommendation status, the attributed operator role, ICE's workbook figures and the indexed death record are established. Ownership, the current contract and its economics, and the 2025 inspection text are not.

Evidence chain · every edge labelled by what the record establishes

01

Public money

  • U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — appropriated detention funding

02

Award

  • Not established in sources currently indexed

03

Contractor / operator

  • Management & Training Corporation — operator

04

Facility

  • Imperial Regional Detention Facility

05

Findings

  • 10 published inspection, litigation, and harm records

public money → award · Not established

No federal award record currently indexed in this dataset names this facility.

What this does not establish

The award record does not establish how much has been paid out, nor that the appropriation was passed for this facility specifically.

Harm records indexed here (observed / attributed)
1 / 0

Observed means an official record documents it. Attributed means a named source reached the finding. The two are never summed.

Inspection and oversight records
7
Legal instrument, litigation and complaint records
2

These are counts of records indexed by this project, not counts of everything that happened. They are never summed into a score.

B

Who is involved, and on what basis

  • Federal agencyU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

    No effective period printed in the indexed record

    ICE lists the facility in its own detention-management workbook and awards the orders indexed here.

    What this does not establish

    Agency custody does not establish who owns or operates the physical facility.

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • OperatorManagement & Training Corporation

    No effective period printed in the indexed record

    California Department of Justice immigration-detention review materials identify Management & Training Corporation as the operator of this facility. The reviews do not print a contract start or end date for the arrangement.

    What this does not establish

    An operating role does not establish who owns the property, which services are subcontracted, what the federal contract pays, or when the arrangement began or ends.

    California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney GeneralCalifornia Department of Justice
C

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.

Facility evidence records by date, lane, evidence status and source.
DateLaneRecordStatus
Jan 21, 2020Inspections and oversightDHS OIG found segregation, facility-condition, medical-grievance and communication violationsThe inspector general published OIG-21-12 on this facility, reporting violations of ICE detention standards involving prolonged administrative segregation, physical facility conditions, medical checks and grievances, and ICE communication with detained people. Six recommendations were issued to ICE.DHS Office of Inspector GeneralObserved / verified
Jan 21, 2020Inspections and oversightThe facility generally complied with the reviewed classification standardsThe inspector general reported that the facility generally complied with the ICE detention standards it reviewed for classification.DHS Office of Inspector GeneralObserved / verified
Jan 21, 2020Inspections and oversightPeople in administrative segregation confined 22 to 23 hours a day, two beyond 300 daysThe inspector general found that people in administrative segregation were confined 22 to 23 hours per day and that two people had remained in isolation for more than 300 days, which the report treats as noncompliance with ICE detention standards.DHS Office of Inspector GeneralObserved / verified
Jan 21, 2020Inspections and oversightPhysical facility conditions did not meet reviewed detention standardsThe inspector general documented physical conditions at the facility that did not meet the ICE detention standards it reviewed.DHS Office of Inspector GeneralObserved / verified
Jan 21, 2020Inspections and oversightInsufficient daily medical checks in segregation and medical-grievance deficienciesThe inspector general found that daily face-to-face medical checks for people in segregation were insufficient and that the documentation of and responses to medical grievances were deficient.DHS Office of Inspector GeneralObserved / verified
Jan 21, 2020Inspections and oversightICE communication with detained people did not meet applicable standardsThe inspector general found that ICE communication with people detained at the facility was limited and did not meet the applicable standards it reviewed.DHS Office of Inspector GeneralObserved / verified
Jan 16, 2025Inspections and oversightICE workbook records a January 16, 2025 inspection with a Pass ratingICE's fiscal 2026 detention-management workbook records an Office of Detention Oversight inspection of this facility ending January 16, 2025, reviewed against the 2011 performance-based national detention standards with 2016 revisions, and prints a final rating of Pass.U.S. Immigration and Customs EnforcementObserved / verified
Jan 06, 2026Observed and attributed harmDeath recorded in custody, January 2026The Human Rights Watch and Physicians for Human Rights case table records the death of Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, 68, a Honduran national, on January 6, 2026 after 52 days in custody, with congestive heart failure and myocardial infarction recorded as the suspected cause.Human Rights Watch / Physicians for Human RightsObserved / verified
As of Jul 20, 2026Population and capacityFiscal 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 EnforcementObserved / verified
As of Jul 20, 2026Population and capacityFiscal 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 EnforcementObserved / verified
As of Jul 20, 2026Population and capacityContracted 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 EnforcementObserved / verified
As of Aug 20, 2026Litigation and corrective actionAll six OIG-21-12 recommendations remain openThe oversight record shows all six recommendations issued to ICE in OIG-21-12 open. The recommendation themes are prolonged administrative segregation, facility conditions, medical checks and grievances, and ICE communication with detained people.Oversight.gov / DHS Office of Inspector GeneralObserved / verified
As of Aug 20, 2026Litigation and corrective actionCalifornia's Department of Justice identifies the operator in its detention reviewsCalifornia Department of Justice immigration-detention review materials for 2025 and 2026 identify Management & Training Corporation as the operator of this facility and include it within the state's detention oversight.California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney GeneralCalifornia Department of JusticeAttributed finding
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.

As of August 20, 2026 · Litigation and corrective actionObserved / verified

All six OIG-21-12 recommendations remain open

The oversight record shows all six recommendations issued to ICE in OIG-21-12 open. The recommendation themes are prolonged administrative segregation, facility conditions, medical checks and grievances, and ICE communication with detained people.

Locator
OIG-21-12 recommendations 1–6
Linked to this facility by
The recommendations were issued to ICE about this facility.

What this does not establish

Open status establishes that the inspector general had not closed the recommendations. It does not establish that ICE or the facility did no corrective work, and it is not affected by ICE's later inspection rating.

Oversight.gov / DHS Office of Inspector General
As of August 20, 2026 · Litigation and corrective actionAttributed finding

California's Department of Justice identifies the operator in its detention reviews

California Department of Justice immigration-detention review materials for 2025 and 2026 identify Management & Training Corporation as the operator of this facility and include it within the state's detention oversight.

Locator
California DOJ immigration-detention reviews, Imperial facility entries
Linked to this facility by
The reviews name the Imperial Regional Detention Facility in Calexico.

What this does not establish

Only the facility-specific operator identification is carried here. Statewide findings in these reviews are not attributed to this facility, and the reviews do not establish ownership or contract terms.

California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney GeneralCalifornia Department of Justice
January 21, 2020 · Inspections and oversightObserved / verified

DHS OIG found segregation, facility-condition, medical-grievance and communication violations

The inspector general published OIG-21-12 on this facility, reporting violations of ICE detention standards involving prolonged administrative segregation, physical facility conditions, medical checks and grievances, and ICE communication with detained people. Six recommendations were issued to ICE.

Locator
OIG-21-12, report description and findings
Linked to this facility by
The report inspects the Imperial Regional Detention Facility in Calexico, California, the facility ICE prints at 1572 Gateway.

What this does not establish

The catalog and report-file metadata conflict on publication timing. The findings are bounded to the inspection period and do not establish present conditions.

DHS Office of Inspector General
January 21, 2020 · Inspections and oversightObserved / verified

The facility generally complied with the reviewed classification standards

The inspector general reported that the facility generally complied with the ICE detention standards it reviewed for classification.

Locator
OIG-21-12, classification findings
Linked to this facility by
The finding is made about this facility in the report that inspected it.

What this does not establish

Compliance with one reviewed standard is not a facility-wide safety determination and does not offset the report's other findings.

DHS Office of Inspector General
January 21, 2020 · Inspections and oversightObserved / verified

People in administrative segregation confined 22 to 23 hours a day, two beyond 300 days

The inspector general found that people in administrative segregation were confined 22 to 23 hours per day and that two people had remained in isolation for more than 300 days, which the report treats as noncompliance with ICE detention standards.

Locator
OIG-21-12, administrative segregation findings
Linked to this facility by
The finding is made about this facility in the report that inspected it.

What this does not establish

The report frames the practice as noncompliance with detention standards. No source read here establishes that the segregation was unlawful, nor what effect it had on any individual.

DHS Office of Inspector General
January 21, 2020 · Inspections and oversightObserved / verified

Physical facility conditions did not meet reviewed detention standards

The inspector general documented physical conditions at the facility that did not meet the ICE detention standards it reviewed.

Locator
OIG-21-12, facility condition findings
Linked to this facility by
The finding is made about this facility in the report that inspected it.

What this does not establish

A standards finding from the reviewed period is not a current condition, not a safety score, and not a determination that the facility is unsafe today.

DHS Office of Inspector General
January 21, 2020 · Inspections and oversightObserved / verified

Insufficient daily medical checks in segregation and medical-grievance deficiencies

The inspector general found that daily face-to-face medical checks for people in segregation were insufficient and that the documentation of and responses to medical grievances were deficient.

Locator
OIG-21-12, medical care and grievance findings
Linked to this facility by
The finding is made about this facility in the report that inspected it.

What this does not establish

These are process failures recorded in the reviewed period. They do not establish any individual clinical outcome, injury or death, and they are not connected here to any death recorded at this facility.

DHS Office of Inspector General
January 21, 2020 · Inspections and oversightObserved / verified

ICE communication with detained people did not meet applicable standards

The inspector general found that ICE communication with people detained at the facility was limited and did not meet the applicable standards it reviewed.

Locator
OIG-21-12, detainee communication findings
Linked to this facility by
The finding is made about this facility in the report that inspected it.

What this does not establish

A communication finding is not a finding about access to counsel or legal materials, and no such claim is drawn from it here.

DHS Office of Inspector General
January 16, 2025 · Inspections and oversightObserved / verified

ICE workbook records a January 16, 2025 inspection with a Pass rating

ICE's fiscal 2026 detention-management workbook records an Office of Detention Oversight inspection of this facility ending January 16, 2025, reviewed against the 2011 performance-based national detention standards with 2016 revisions, and prints a final rating of Pass.

Locator
Workbook inspection fields
Linked to this facility by
Reviewed alias join between the ICE workbook row and this facility, matched on printed name, city and state.

What this does not establish

The underlying report is not indexed here. A Pass rating does not close any inspector general recommendation, does not establish that the prolonged-segregation finding was corrected, and does not establish that no deficiency was cited.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
E

Harm recorded in the sources indexed here

January 6, 2026 · Observed and attributed harmObserved / verified

Death recorded in custody, January 2026

The Human Rights Watch and Physicians for Human Rights case table records the death of Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, 68, a Honduran national, on January 6, 2026 after 52 days in custody, with congestive heart failure and myocardial infarction recorded as the suspected cause.

Locator
HRW/PHR case table entry
Linked to this facility by
The case table names the Imperial Regional Detention Facility as the facility of detention.

What this does not establish

The record establishes a documented death and a source-reported suspected cause. It does not establish the final cause, preventability, or any connection to an inspection finding, the operator, the agency or a federal award.

Human Rights Watch / Physicians for Human Rights
F

What this dossier does and does not establish

Establishes

  • DHS OIG found the facility generally complied with the reviewed classification standards and did not meet reviewed standards on segregation, facility conditions, medical checks and grievances, and ICE communication.
  • The inspector general documented confinement of 22 to 23 hours a day in administrative segregation and two people held in isolation for more than 300 days.
  • All six OIG-21-12 recommendations remain marked open as of August 20, 2026.
  • California's Department of Justice identifies Management & Training Corporation as the operator in its immigration-detention reviews.
  • ICE's fiscal 2026 workbook reports an average daily population of 611.0, an average length of stay of 63.0 days, a guaranteed minimum of 640, and a Pass rating for an inspection ending January 16, 2025.
  • The Human Rights Watch and Physicians for Human Rights case table names this facility for the January 6, 2026 death already indexed by this project.

What this does not establish

  • No current owner, federal contract value, per diem, obligation or outlay for this facility is established.
  • An average daily population below the guaranteed minimum does not establish that ICE paid for empty beds; no cost is modeled from the difference.
  • The January 2025 Pass rating does not resolve or close any open inspector general recommendation.
  • Nothing here establishes that the January 2026 death was caused by any inspection finding, facility condition, operator, agency or contract.
  • Nothing here establishes that the inspector general's findings persist today.
  • Statewide California Department of Justice findings are not established as findings about this facility.

Reviewed name matches

  • IRDF — Abbreviation used in inspector general and state oversight material for the 1572 Gateway, Calexico, California facility. Never applied to Imperial County jails, border holding rooms, or other Imperial Valley sites.
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.

  1. Current operating contract and payment chain not obtained

    Searched — nothing released

    No current contract, modification, invoice or payment record for this facility has been obtained, and no federal award record in this project names it. Locator: Imperial Regional Detention Facility operating contract.

    Collection searched · August 20, 2026 · not an event date

    What this does not establish

    No current contract value, per diem, obligation or outlay is published, and no cost is modeled from the guaranteed minimum or from the gap between it and the average daily population.

    California Department of Justice

  2. Property owner and landlord not established

    Searched — nothing released

    No property record, lease, filing or agency statement identifying the owner or landlord of this facility has been obtained. Locator: Facility ownership records.

    Collection searched · August 20, 2026 · not an event date

    What this does not establish

    Ownership is not inferred from the operator, the county name, or the agency in custody.

    DHS Office of Inspector General

  3. January 2025 inspection report text not obtained

    Searched — nothing released

    ICE's workbook records an Office of Detention Oversight inspection ending January 16, 2025 with a Pass rating. The underlying report has not been obtained, so its scope and findings are unread. Locator: ICE fiscal 2026 workbook inspection fields.

    Collection searched · August 20, 2026 · not an event date

    What this does not establish

    A Pass rating does not establish that the inspector general's findings were corrected or were within the scope of the later inspection.

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

  4. Evidence submitted on the six open recommendations not obtained

    Searched — nothing released

    No ICE corrective-action submission, closure memorandum or supporting evidence for the six open recommendations has been obtained. Locator: OIG-21-12 recommendations 1–6.

    Collection searched · August 20, 2026 · not an event date

    What this does not establish

    Open status is not read as a finding that no corrective work occurred.

    Oversight.gov / DHS Office of Inspector General

  5. No official death review for the January 2026 death

    Searched — nothing released

    No ICE death review, autopsy or final medical record for the January 6, 2026 death recorded in the Human Rights Watch and Physicians for Human Rights case table has been obtained. Locator: HRW/PHR case table entry.

    Collection searched · August 20, 2026 · not an event date

    What this does not establish

    The indexed record carries a documented death and a source-reported suspected cause. It does not establish the final cause, preventability, or any connection to a finding, an operator, an agency or an award.

    Human Rights Watch / Physicians for Human Rights

  6. Facility-specific California DOJ findings not extracted

    Searched — nothing released

    The state reviews are carried here only for the operator identification. Facility-specific findings within the full reports have not been extracted. Locator: California DOJ immigration-detention reviews.

    Collection searched · August 20, 2026 · not an event date

    What this does not establish

    Statewide findings in those reviews are not attributed to this facility.

    California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney GeneralCalifornia Department of Justice

  7. 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.

    DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

  8. The current operating contract, its price and its payment chain are unobtained.

    Open — no search recorded

    Dossier last reviewed · August 20, 2026 · not an event date

  9. Who owns the property is unresolved.

    Open — no search recorded

    Dossier last reviewed · August 20, 2026 · not an event date

  10. The findings of the January 2025 inspection recorded in ICE's workbook are unread.

    Open — no search recorded

    Dossier last reviewed · August 20, 2026 · not an event date

  11. What evidence ICE has submitted on the six open recommendations is unknown.

    Open — no search recorded

    Dossier last reviewed · August 20, 2026 · not an event date

  12. No official death review for the January 6, 2026 death has been located.

    Open — no search recorded

    Dossier last reviewed · August 20, 2026 · not an event date

H

Dossier sources

05

Award and harm sources