Locate South Louisiana ICE Detainees

South Louisiana ICE Overview

South Louisiana ICE Processing Center is listed by ICE as a detention facility in Basile and is operated as a contract immigration detention center. The research identifies GEO Group under ICE detention operations as the facility operator path. This facility is separate from Evangeline Parish Jail. It does not serve as the ordinary booking site for Ville Platte, Mamou, Basile, Pine Prairie, or other local criminal arrests unless a separate criminal custody route is documented.

The key distinction is custody type. ICE detention is civil immigration custody. A local criminal arrest may lead to an ICE detainer or later transfer, but a parish booking record is searched through the sheriff roster and an ICE detainee is searched through ICE ODLS. Federal immigration records also do not function like sheriff booking cards. They are not public mugshot galleries and do not list local bond values from a parish court case.

The official ICE facility page for South Louisiana ICE Processing Center is the facility-specific source for current public rules. That page should be checked before any visit, mail decision, property question, or detainee-money step. ICE detention policies can differ from parish jail rules even when both facilities are in the same parish.

South Louisiana ICE Population Notes

The inspected ICE public facility page did not publish a public rated capacity figure for South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in the research file. Because the source did not supply a bed count, the page should not invent one. The safe statement is that the facility holds adult ICE detainees in civil immigration detention, and that any current custody confirmation should be made through ICE ODLS and the facility's own public contact channel.

Do not blend South Louisiana ICE detainee population notes with Evangeline Parish Jail population data. The sheriff roster reflects local jail custody. ICE ODLS reflects immigration custody. Louisiana DOC reflects state prison custody after sentencing. BOP reflects federal prison custody. The same person may move among systems over time, but each system controls its own public records.

That separation is important for families who know only that a person is being held somewhere in Evangeline Parish. A Basile facility address does not mean the person has an Evangeline Parish jail booking card. It also does not mean the person has a Louisiana state prison record. Immigration detention status should be checked through ICE tools, while any related local criminal case should be checked through the sheriff roster, Clerk of Court, or 13th Judicial District Court path.

South Louisiana ICE Detainee Lookup

Use ICE Online Detainee Locator System for South Louisiana ICE Processing Center. ICE ODLS offers two search routes. The stronger route uses the detainee's A-number and country of birth. The biographical route uses first name, last name, country of birth, and date of birth. Exact spelling matters, and name order or accents can affect a match.

1. Open ICE ODLS and choose the A-number search if the A-number is known.
2. Enter the country of birth exactly as the detainee would be listed in immigration records.
3. If no A-number is known, search by full biographical information and date of birth.
4. Review the result for facility name, custody status, and ICE contact instructions.
5. If the person is not found, check spelling, alternate names, recent transfer timing, and whether the person is actually in parish jail, DOC, BOP, or Marshals custody.

If ODLS returns no match, the next step is not to assume the person is free. ICE transfers, spelling differences, recently changed custody, or missing A-number information can all affect a search. Check whether the person was booked first into Evangeline Parish Jail, sentenced into Louisiana DOC custody, held in federal criminal custody, or moved to a different ICE facility. Keep notes on each search date because custody status can change quickly.

South Louisiana ICE Contact

Facility contact should be used for current visiting rules, mail format, property limits, and facility-specific detainee questions. It should not be used as a substitute for legal advice or immigration court records. If the question concerns a criminal case, a parish booking, or state prison status, use the court, sheriff, DOC, BOP, or Marshals route instead.

South Louisiana ICE Source View

The screenshot below comes from the ICE facility page for South Louisiana ICE Processing Center, which is the primary source for facility-specific detention rules.

Use that ICE source for the latest facility instructions because immigration detention rules are separate from Evangeline Parish Jail roster and visitation rules.

South Louisiana ICE Visitation

ICE facility pages typically separate social visits from legal visits. Social visitors should expect identification rules, screening, conduct rules, and possible schedule limits. Attorneys and accredited representatives usually follow a separate legal-visit process. The research file did not preserve exact day and hour values for the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center schedule, so the schedule should be confirmed directly on the ICE facility page before any trip.

Note: ICE detention visits should be confirmed through ICE sources, not through the sheriff jail roster.

South Louisiana ICE Mail and Money

Detainee mail and money rules should follow the South Louisiana ICE facility page. ICE mail usually requires the detainee's full name and A-number when available. Do not use the parish jail's mail or commissary assumptions for an ICE detainee. Immigration facilities can have their own limits on packages, property, funds, legal mail, and detainee correspondence.

South Louisiana ICE Custody Differences

A South Louisiana ICE Processing Center result means the person is tied to immigration detention, not the ordinary Evangeline Parish Jail roster. ICE custody can follow an arrest, a transfer from another facility, an immigration court process, or an ICE detainer. A detainer is a request or notice tied to immigration enforcement; it is not the same as a parish criminal conviction.

For booking photos, use the right expectation. Evangeline Parish Jail roster cards can show booking photographs for current local inmates. ICE ODLS is not a mugshot gallery and should not be described as one. For state prison custody, use Louisiana DOC. For federal criminal custody after BOP transfer, use the BOP locator. For pre-BOP federal custody, the U.S. Marshals Western District of Louisiana may be relevant.

Records requests also follow the system that created the record. A parish booking photo or jail report belongs with the sheriff. A formal criminal filing belongs with the clerk. An immigration detention question belongs with ICE channels, immigration counsel, or the facility page. Mixing those routes often leads to a false negative because each office can only confirm the records it controls.

Families should also keep transfer timing in mind. A person may be moved between immigration facilities, local jail, federal custody, or state custody, and public tools can update at different speeds. If the facility name changes or disappears from ODLS, record the last search date, check alternate spellings, and use the official contact path for the system that last showed custody. That approach is more reliable than treating one failed search as a final answer.