Broward TC is for Private Facility offenders have not been sentenced yet and are detained here until their case is heard.
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Located in Pompano Beach, FL, Broward TC operates as a private contractor with various government agency agreements providing state-minimum custody requirements. Programs are offered to all custody levels, including work release residents focused on reentry success. With a strong emphasis on rehabilitation, Broward TC provides comprehensive educational and vocational opportunities. Onsite amenities include dietary, health, fitness, educational, religious, and recreational services. Regular inspections ensure compliance with government standards, ensuring the facility's continued operation.
The Broward Transitional Center in Deerfield Beach, Florida, is a federally contracted immigration detention facility operated by GEO Group under agreement with the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The facility primarily houses ICE detainees classified as low-security or nonviolent individuals awaiting immigration hearings, asylum proceedings, deportation actions, or release determinations. Public ICE and GEO operational records identify the detention center as having an approximate capacity of 700 beds. The facility operates under the oversight of ICE’s Miami Field Office, while day-to-day detention operations are managed by GEO administrative staff and supervisory personnel.
Located at 3900 North Powerline Road in Broward County, the Broward Transitional Center was designed differently from many traditional correctional institutions, with a two-story campus-style layout intended to provide a less restrictive environment for detainees considered lower custody risks. The detention center includes secure housing areas for both men and women, medical and mental health clinics, legal visitation rooms, family visitation areas, dining facilities, recreation spaces, transportation staging sections, and administrative offices. GEO Group states that the facility provides around-the-clock medical care, legal library access, religious accommodations, dietician-approved meals, recreational programming, and transportation services supporting ICE ground and air operations.
The center's scope of work includes providing a safe, secure, and humane environment that promotes the welfare and socialization of detainees. Realistic self-help education programs are offered, and detainees are encouraged to participate in various intra-institution work assignments. Individual social, psychological, medical, and religious counseling services are also available. Additionally, a robust transportation system performed by GEO Transportation Inc. (GTI) supports ICE ground and air operations.
The facility itself represents a unique community resource, characterized as one of the few "purpose-built" community correctional centers of its size in the United States. It consists of a two-story building designed and constructed to blend in with the community setting while providing privacy, separation by gender, and full support space for residents and staff. The facility features a kitchen building, expanded medical clinic and courtroom areas, as well as a 14,000-square-foot office building for client use.
ICE Detainee Information
This facility holds immigration detainees under an active contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in addition to its regular population. ICE detainees are civil immigration detainees, not criminal defendants, and are held while their immigration cases are processed. The rules, rights, and services that apply to ICE detainees differ from those that apply to the general jail population.
To locate an ICE detainee at this facility, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator at locator.ice.gov. You will need the detainee's A-Number, a nine-digit Alien Registration Number that appears on any immigration document they have received. If the A-Number has fewer than nine digits, add zeros at the beginning. If you do not have the A-Number, you can search using the detainee's full legal name, country of birth, and date of birth. Names must be an exact match; try variations if the first search returns no results.
Immigration bond works differently from criminal bail. Not all detainees are eligible for bond; those with certain criminal convictions or prior deportation orders may be subject to mandatory detention. For those who are eligible, bond is set by an immigration judge and typically ranges from $1,500 to over $10,000. Bond must be paid in full before release. An immigration attorney can request a bond hearing and argue for a lower amount based on the detainee's circumstances.
Unlike criminal defendants, ICE detainees do not have the right to a government-appointed attorney. They must hire a private immigration attorney or find free legal help through a nonprofit organization. RAICES provides legal services and bond assistance at raicestexas.org. The National Immigrant Justice Center offers free legal representation at immigrantjustice.org. Many immigration courts also maintain a list of free and low-cost legal service providers available to detainees upon request.
ICE transfers detainees between facilities frequently and with little advance notice, sometimes to locations far from family and legal counsel. If you cannot locate your family member through this page, search the ICE Online Detainee Locator again at locator.ice.gov with their A-Number. If they have an attorney, notify the attorney immediately as transfers affect court appearances and case timelines.
If individuals need information about a detainee housed at this facility, they can call (954) 973-4485 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. It's required to have the detainee's biographical information ready, including first and last names, any aliases, date of birth, and country of birth. Detainees themselves cannot receive incoming calls, but urgent messages can be left by calling the same number and providing the detainee's full name, alien registration number, as well as the caller's name and telephone number for callback purposes. This facility has tablets. You can access information on how to send a non-confidential message at www.gettingout.com.
The Broward Transitional Center has frequently been the subject of public controversy and legal scrutiny involving detainee healthcare, staffing shortages, emergency medical incidents, and allegations of inadequate detention conditions. Immigration advocacy groups, attorneys, lawmakers, and civil rights organizations have repeatedly raised concerns about medical access and detainee treatment at the facility over the years. Recent reporting during 2025 documented a sharp increase in emergency 911 calls originating from inside the detention center, with numerous incidents involving seizures, chest pains, fainting episodes, and other medical emergencies. Despite ongoing criticism surrounding private immigration detention operations, the Broward Transitional Center continues functioning as one of the primary ICE detention facilities serving South Florida and the broader Southeast region.
