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How many people, for how long

These are ICE's own monthly figures, reproduced without smoothing or interpolation. A missing month breaks the line rather than being filled in.

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Four framing figures

Each figure carries its own boundary: what it counts, who published it, and the window it covers. Read the boundary before quoting the number.

USD, billionsAttributed finding

$45B

Appropriated for ICE detention capacity

P.L. 119-21 enacted July 4, 2025

CBO's estimate identifies $45 billion under section 70101 of the enacted reconciliation law for ICE detention capacity.

Congressional Budget OfficeU.S. Government Publishing Office (govinfo)
USD, billionsAttributed finding

$38.3B

Reported planned detention infrastructure spending

Reported February 13, 2026, plan runs through end of 2026

Reuters reported an internal planning document describing $38.3 billion in detention spending. This is a reported plan, not an executed obligation total.

ReutersAssociated Press
bedsAttributed finding

92,600

Planned detention beds

Target date November 2026, reported February 13, 2026

A planning target described in reporting on an internal ICE document. A target is not a count of beds in operation.

ReutersAssociated Press
deathsAttributed finding

52

Reported deaths in ICE custody

January 20, 2025 through June 4, 2026 (first 500 days)

HRW and PHR reported 52 deaths in ICE custody within this bounded window. The figure is a count within that window only, and does not itself establish cause or preventability for any individual death.

Human Rights Watch / Physicians for Human Rights
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What changed

Every dated record this project holds, newest first: contract actions on federal award records, and inspection, oversight and litigation records from the facility dossiers. Filter by record type.

510 dated records currently indexed — showing the 25 most recent

  • Contract action

    GEO Group: Potential period ends if every option is exercised

    Latest end date reachable under the award if the government exercises all remaining options. The record does not establish that it will.

    What this does not establish

    A dated contract action establishes money and scope on the federal award record. It establishes nothing about conditions, staffing or who operates a facility.

    USAspending.govU.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (USAspending.gov)70CDCR26FR0000028
  • Contract action

    Amergis Healthcare Staffing: Potential period ends if every option is exercised

    Latest end date reachable under the award if the government exercises all remaining options. The record does not establish that it will.

    What this does not establish

    A dated contract action establishes money and scope on the federal award record. It establishes nothing about conditions, staffing or who operates a facility.

    USAspending.govU.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (USAspending.gov)70CDCR24FR0000061
  • Contract action

    InGenesis: Potential period ends if every option is exercised

    Latest end date reachable under the award if the government exercises all remaining options. The record does not establish that it will.

    What this does not establish

    A dated contract action establishes money and scope on the federal award record. It establishes nothing about conditions, staffing or who operates a facility.

    USAspending.govU.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (USAspending.gov)70CDCR24FR0000032
  • Contract action

    The Arora Group: Potential period ends if every option is exercised

    Latest end date reachable under the award if the government exercises all remaining options. The record does not establish that it will.

    What this does not establish

    A dated contract action establishes money and scope on the federal award record. It establishes nothing about conditions, staffing or who operates a facility.

    USAspending.govU.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (USAspending.gov)70CDCR24FR0000035
  • Contract action

    KVG: Potential period ends if every option is exercised

    Latest end date reachable under the award if the government exercises all remaining options. The record does not establish that it will.

    What this does not establish

    A dated contract action establishes money and scope on the federal award record. It establishes nothing about conditions, staffing or who operates a facility.

    USAspending.govU.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (USAspending.gov)70CDCR26FR0000035
  • Contract action

    GardaWorld Federal Services: Potential period ends if every option is exercised

    Latest end date reachable under the award if the government exercises all remaining options. The record does not establish that it will.

    What this does not establish

    A dated contract action establishes money and scope on the federal award record. It establishes nothing about conditions, staffing or who operates a facility.

    USAspending.govU.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (USAspending.gov)70CDCR26FR0000043
  • Contract action

    Acquisition Logistics: Potential period ends if every option is exercised

    Latest end date reachable under the award if the government exercises all remaining options. The record does not establish that it will.

    What this does not establish

    A dated contract action establishes money and scope on the federal award record. It establishes nothing about conditions, staffing or who operates a facility.

    USAspending.govU.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (USAspending.gov)70CDCR26FR0000001
  • Contract action

    Amergis Healthcare Staffing: Current period of performance ends

    End of the currently funded ordering period on the federal record. It is not a closeout date and it does not establish that work stopped.

    What this does not establish

    A dated contract action establishes money and scope on the federal award record. It establishes nothing about conditions, staffing or who operates a facility.

    USAspending.govU.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (USAspending.gov)70CDCR24FR0000061
  • Contract action

    The Arora Group: Current period of performance ends

    End of the currently funded ordering period on the federal record. It is not a closeout date and it does not establish that work stopped.

    What this does not establish

    A dated contract action establishes money and scope on the federal award record. It establishes nothing about conditions, staffing or who operates a facility.

    USAspending.govU.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (USAspending.gov)70CDCR24FR0000035
  • Contract action

    GEO Group: Current period of performance ends

    Renewal decision point.

    What this does not establish

    A dated contract action establishes money and scope on the federal award record. It establishes nothing about conditions, staffing or who operates a facility.

    USAspending.gov70CDCR26FR0000101
  • Contract action

    GardaWorld Federal Services: Current period of performance ends

    End of the currently funded ordering period on the federal record. It is not a closeout date and it does not establish that work stopped.

    What this does not establish

    A dated contract action establishes money and scope on the federal award record. It establishes nothing about conditions, staffing or who operates a facility.

    USAspending.govU.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (USAspending.gov)70CDCR26FR0000043
  • Contract action

    GEO Group: Potential period end

    Latest end date if all options are exercised.

    What this does not establish

    A dated contract action establishes money and scope on the federal award record. It establishes nothing about conditions, staffing or who operates a facility.

    USAspending.gov70CDCR26FR0000050
  • Contract action

    CoreCivic: Current period of performance ends

    End of the currently funded ordering period on the federal record. It is not a closeout date and it does not establish that work stopped.

    What this does not establish

    A dated contract action establishes money and scope on the federal award record. It establishes nothing about conditions, staffing or who operates a facility.

    USAspending.govU.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (USAspending.gov)70CDCR26FR0000030
  • Contract action

    GEO Group: Current period of performance ends

    End of the currently funded ordering period on the federal record. It is not a closeout date and it does not establish that work stopped.

    What this does not establish

    A dated contract action establishes money and scope on the federal award record. It establishes nothing about conditions, staffing or who operates a facility.

    USAspending.govU.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (USAspending.gov)70CDCR26FR0000028
  • Contract action

    GEO Group: Current period of performance ends

    Renewal or replacement decision point.

    What this does not establish

    A dated contract action establishes money and scope on the federal award record. It establishes nothing about conditions, staffing or who operates a facility.

    USAspending.gov70CDCR26FR0000042
  • Contract action

    CSI Aviation: Current period of performance ends

    End of the currently funded ordering period on the federal record. It is not a closeout date and it does not establish that work stopped.

    What this does not establish

    A dated contract action establishes money and scope on the federal award record. It establishes nothing about conditions, staffing or who operates a facility.

    USAspending.govU.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (USAspending.gov)70CDCR26FC0000001
  • Contract action

    KVG: Current period of performance ends

    End of the currently funded ordering period on the federal record. It is not a closeout date and it does not establish that work stopped.

    What this does not establish

    A dated contract action establishes money and scope on the federal award record. It establishes nothing about conditions, staffing or who operates a facility.

    USAspending.govU.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (USAspending.gov)70CDCR26FR0000035
  • Contract action

    GEO Group: Current period of performance ends

    End of the currently funded ordering period on the federal record. It is not a closeout date and it does not establish that work stopped.

    What this does not establish

    A dated contract action establishes money and scope on the federal award record. It establishes nothing about conditions, staffing or who operates a facility.

    USAspending.govU.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (USAspending.gov)70CDCR26FR0000055
  • Contract action

    Amentum: Current period of performance ends

    End date on the federal award record as retrieved.

    What this does not establish

    A dated contract action establishes money and scope on the federal award record. It establishes nothing about conditions, staffing or who operates a facility.

    USAspending.gov70CDCR26C00000016
  • Contract action

    Paragon Professional Services: Current period of performance ends

    End of the currently funded ordering period on the federal record. It is not a closeout date and it does not establish that work stopped.

    What this does not establish

    A dated contract action establishes money and scope on the federal award record. It establishes nothing about conditions, staffing or who operates a facility.

    USAspending.govU.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (USAspending.gov)70CDCR25FR0000112
  • Contract action

    InGenesis: Current period of performance ends

    End of the currently funded ordering period on the federal record. It is not a closeout date and it does not establish that work stopped.

    What this does not establish

    A dated contract action establishes money and scope on the federal award record. It establishes nothing about conditions, staffing or who operates a facility.

    USAspending.govU.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (USAspending.gov)70CDCR24FR0000032
  • Contract action

    Akima Infrastructure Protection: Current period of performance ends

    End of the currently funded ordering period on the federal record. It is not a closeout date and it does not establish that work stopped.

    What this does not establish

    A dated contract action establishes money and scope on the federal award record. It establishes nothing about conditions, staffing or who operates a facility.

    USAspending.govU.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (USAspending.gov)70CDCR25FR0000092
  • Contract action

    CoreCivic: Current period of performance ends

    End of the currently funded ordering period on the federal record. It is not a closeout date and it does not establish that work stopped.

    What this does not establish

    A dated contract action establishes money and scope on the federal award record. It establishes nothing about conditions, staffing or who operates a facility.

    USAspending.govU.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (USAspending.gov)70CDCR25FR0000122
  • Inspection record

    Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center: GEO lists Pine Prairie as a 1,094-bed ICE facility

    GEO's facility page lists the address, capacity, ICE client, accreditations, and company-described support services.

    What this does not establish

    Independent verification of every service, accreditation quality, or conditions claim.

    The GEO GroupGEO facility profile, Pine Prairie
  • Contract action

    GEO Group: Potential period ends if every option is exercised

    Latest end date reachable under the award if the government exercises all remaining options. The record does not establish that it will.

    What this does not establish

    A dated contract action establishes money and scope on the federal award record. It establishes nothing about conditions, staffing or who operates a facility.

    USAspending.govU.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (USAspending.gov)70CDCR25FR0000096

Every row is a dated record already published on this site: contract actions from the federal award data and reviewed inspection, oversight and litigation records from the facility dossiers. Rows are ordered by the date the record prints, not by the date this project read it.

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What this ledger currently holds

Counts computed from this project's own records. They describe coverage here, not national totals.

Case files published
25

Each traces one federal award identifier to what the record does and does not establish.

Award records held
28

Retrieved from the federal award data on 2026-08-20.

Dated contract actions
251

Individual modifications and base actions across those award records.

Recipients profiled
15

Award recipients only. Recipient, parent, owner and operator are kept separate.

Facility accountability dossiers
68

12 published as complete; the rest say in the interface what is missing.

ICE workbook facility rows
208

Every facility row ICE prints in the extract. ICE workbook data pull, 2026-07-20

Sites documented outside the workbook
6

Detention sites ICE's extract prints no row for. No ICE population or inspection figure exists here for them.

Primary sources cited
812

Each was opened and read on the retrieval date recorded beside it.

Harm records
52

Recorded with their own evidence status. None is attributed to a contract.

Intervention windows tracked
9

Named institution, action and status. Nothing here is a call to action we invented.

Dated changes in the ledger
510

Contract actions plus reviewed inspection, oversight and litigation records.

This project’s own holdings. Coverage is partial; absence here is not evidence of absence. How records are graded

01

People in ICE detention, month by month

People in ICE detention, monthly average

ICE data pull, 2026-07-20 · people (average daily population)

035,96871,937123Oct 01, 2023Mar 01, 2025Jul 01, 2026
Focus or hover a point to read its value.
U.S. Immigration and Customs EnforcementU.S. Immigration and Customs EnforcementU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Method, limitations and values

ICE's average daily population: the sum of people detained each day of the month divided by the number of days reported.

Months the workbook reports as zero are omitted rather than plotted. The line breaks across omitted months; it is never interpolated.

Fiscal-year workbooks are republished during the year. July 2026 covers a partial month because ICE pulled the data on July 20, 2026.

Read the values as a table
People in ICE detention, monthly average
Monthpeople (average daily population)Note
Oct 01, 202338,522.3
Nov 01, 202339,200.6
Dec 01, 202337,005.7
Jan 01, 202438,194.3
Feb 01, 202439,079.6
Mar 01, 202438,371.8
Apr 01, 202435,069.1
May 01, 202437,221.9
Jun 01, 202438,265
Jul 01, 202437,160.7
Aug 01, 202436,663.5
Sep 01, 202437,982.9
Oct 01, 202438,711.8
Nov 01, 202438,990
Dec 01, 202439,134.7
Jan 01, 202540,202.6
Feb 01, 202543,111.8
Mar 01, 202547,670.5
Apr 01, 202549,498.8
May 01, 202550,313.5
Jun 01, 202557,392.6
Jul 01, 202558,316.8
Aug 01, 202560,930
Sep 01, 202560,317.3
Oct 01, 202563,189.3
Nov 01, 202566,619.9
Dec 01, 202569,541.5
Jan 01, 202671,936.5
Feb 01, 202668,224
Mar 01, 202663,255.8
Apr 01, 202659,862.4
May 01, 202658,191.7
Jun 01, 202659,425.3
Jul 01, 202665,634.4Partial month
Marker notes (3)
  • Placement marks a date, not a cause.
  • 1. P.L. 119-21 enacted — The reconciliation act became law on July 4, 2025. CBO's estimate identifies $45 billion for ICE detention capacity. Placement on this chart marks the date only.
  • 2. Camp East Montana opens — GAO records the El Paso temporary facility opening in August 2025 with capacity for about 5,000 people.
  • 3. Camp East Montana award to Amentum — USAspending records the March 2026 award action for the El Paso site.
02

How long people are held

Average length of stay, monthly

ICE data pull, 2026-07-20 · days

02857Oct 01, 2023Mar 01, 2025Jul 01, 2026
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U.S. Immigration and Customs EnforcementU.S. Immigration and Customs EnforcementU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Method, limitations and values

ICE's reported average length of stay for people booked out of detention during the month.

Months reported as zero are omitted, not plotted as zero.

Length of stay is measured at book-out, so it describes people who left custody that month, not people still held.

Read the values as a table
Average length of stay, monthly
MonthdaysNote
Oct 01, 202344.2
Nov 01, 202347.7
Dec 01, 202349.5
Jan 01, 202455.5
Feb 01, 202444.5
Mar 01, 202445.5
Apr 01, 202449.6
May 01, 202446.4
Jun 01, 202444.1
Jul 01, 202444.8
Aug 01, 202445.9
Sep 01, 202446.7
Oct 01, 202446.8
Nov 01, 202449
Dec 01, 202449
Jan 01, 202552.1
Feb 01, 202551
Mar 01, 202552
Apr 01, 202553.6
May 01, 202550.6
Jun 01, 202545.5
Jul 01, 202549.3
Aug 01, 202554.2
Sep 01, 202551.3
Oct 01, 202547.2
Nov 01, 202547.5
Dec 01, 202547.3
Jan 01, 202651.2
Feb 01, 202652.4
Mar 01, 202655.7
Apr 01, 202656.6
May 01, 202649.9
Jun 01, 202648.3
Jul 01, 202635.3Partial month
03

Where the traced money concentrates

Shares below are of the awards this project has indexed. They are not shares of the federal detention market.

Who controls the beds in this dataset

Denominator: represented award dollars, $5.7B total

Shares are of the awards recorded in this dataset only. They are not shares of the federal detention market, and they are not company revenue.

This directory carries every one of the 208 facility rows ICE prints in its fiscal 2026 detention workbook, plus 6 sites this project documents from records outside that workbook. ICE's own scope note reads: "This list is limited to facilities that have a population count of greater than or equal to 1 as the time of the data pull. This list does not include HOLD, HOSPITAL, JUVENILE, MIRP, or ORR facilities." A detention site can therefore be absent from the workbook and still have held people. Absence is absence from an extract, not from the detention system.

04

Where the detention money lands

The four figures below answer four different questions and are never added together. Each names how many of the awards in this ledger reported it.

Current award value
$6.1B

28 of 28 awards reported

What the government has committed to buy so far. Not cash paid.

Obligated
$5.3B

28 of 28 awards reported

Legally committed. Not cash paid.

Outlayed
$2.7B

26 of 28 awards reported · 2 not reported

Cash actually disbursed, as reported. Obligation and outlay are separate reported fields; the records do not explain the difference between them.

Potential value
$8.3B

28 of 28 awards reported

The ceiling if every option is exercised. It may never be reached.

Current award value by recipient, represented in this dataset

  • CSI Aviation$1,568,796,000.00

    1 award \u00b7 outlayed $668.7M \u00b7 0 facilities named

  • GEO Group$789,517,397.74

    9 awards \u00b7 outlayed $426.7M \u00b7 8 facilities named

  • STG International$641,096,352.82

    1 award \u00b7 outlayed $263.0M \u00b7 0 facilities named

  • Acquisition Logistics$598,444,871.04

    1 award \u00b7 outlayed $314.9M \u00b7 1 facility named

  • Amentum$452,855,435.04

    1 award \u00b7 outlayed Not established \u00b7 1 facility named

  • MVM, Inc.$360,294,907.63

    1 award \u00b7 outlayed $131.1M \u00b7 0 facilities named

  • GardaWorld Federal Services$313,357,612.46

    1 award \u00b7 outlayed $3.9M \u00b7 0 facilities named

  • CoreCivic$306,334,612.94

    3 awards \u00b7 outlayed $180.1M \u00b7 2 facilities named

  • B.I. Incorporated$270,442,488.54

    1 award \u00b7 outlayed $270.4M \u00b7 0 facilities named

  • Paragon Professional Services$135,867,996.61

    2 awards \u00b7 outlayed $112.9M \u00b7 1 facility named

  • Akima Infrastructure Protection$133,564,427.92

    2 awards \u00b7 outlayed $69.0M \u00b7 2 facilities named

  • The Arora Group$132,521,769.03

    1 award \u00b7 outlayed $61.4M \u00b7 0 facilities named

  • Akima Global Services$121,395,659.79

    1 award \u00b7 outlayed $120.8M \u00b7 1 facility named

  • KVG$113,052,115.78

    1 award \u00b7 outlayed $15.6M \u00b7 0 facilities named

  • Amergis Healthcare Staffing$109,455,149.46

    1 award \u00b7 outlayed $51.1M \u00b7 0 facilities named

  • InGenesis$84,816,725.76

    1 award \u00b7 outlayed $38.5M \u00b7 0 facilities named

Bars are scaled to the largest recipient in this dataset, not to federal detention spending as a whole. Source: USAspending.gov API v2, retrieved 2026-08-20. Amounts are nominal US dollars. Open the award ledger.

05

What detention contracts buy

Detention spending is not one purchase. Read from each award's own description, the ledger this project holds splits into detention and transportation, medical staffing, guard services, and renovation of buildings ICE already owns.

  • Detention and transportation

    $2,360,086,452.4244.2% of ledger

    18 awards · $1,152,883,060.82 outlayed · 3 also names medical services in the same order

    The award description records detention services, in most cases bundled with transportation. The record never prices the two separately.

  • Transportation and removal flights

    $1,315,441,460.4324.6% of ledger

    2 awards · $799,863,630.85 outlayed

    The award description records chartered flights or ground transportation of people in ICE custody. It records movement bought, never any individual movement performed.

  • Medical staffing

    $895,845,086.5716.8% of ledger

    4 awards · $413,987,825.73 outlayed

    The award description records medical or clinical staffing services. It does not record care delivered.

  • Renovation of ICE-owned structures

    $426,409,728.248.0% of ledger

    2 awards · $19,476,540.81 outlayed

    The award description records renovation of an existing ICE-owned structure to serve as a processing and detention facility.

  • Supervision outside detention

    $270,442,488.545.1% of ledger

    1 award · $270,442,578.35 outlayed

    The award description records supervision of people outside detention facilities. This money is not detention spending and is never added to it.

  • Guard services

    $71,571,580.901.3% of ledger

    1 award · $71,399,829.91 outlayed

    The award description records guard services. Guard scope is one component of running a facility and does not establish the operator role.

The pale bar is money obligated; the solid bar inside it is money reported as outlayed. Shares are shares of the $5,339,796,797.10 obligated across the awards this project has ingested — not of federal detention spending, which is far larger and not fully indexed here.

Categories are read from each award's own recorded description. Where one order bundles detention with transportation or medical services, the record prices the components together and this chart does not split them.