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Located in Robstown, TX, Coastal Bend Detention 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, Coastal Bend Detention 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 Coastal Bend Detention Center, located in Robstown, Texas, is a large federal detention facility operated by The GEO Group under contracts with both the U.S. Marshals Service and the Department of Homeland Security. Situated in Nueces County near Corpus Christi, the facility plays a significant role within the South Texas federal detention network by housing ICE detainees, federal pretrial inmates, and sentenced offenders awaiting transfer to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Publicly available federal detention records and GEO operational data identify the facility as having an approximate capacity of 1,032 beds, making it one of the larger federal contract detention centers in the Coastal Bend region. The detention center houses both male and female detainees and supports multiple federal agencies simultaneously through long-term intergovernmental detention agreements.
The facility provides secure custody, supervision, and transportation services for individuals held under the authority of ICE and the U.S. Marshals Service. ICE detainees housed at the center are held through federal contracts with DHS and may include individuals awaiting immigration court hearings, deportation proceedings, asylum determinations, or transfer to other federal facilities. In addition to immigration detainees, the center also houses federal criminal defendants awaiting trial in the Southern District of Texas, as well as sentenced federal inmates temporarily held before designation to long-term Bureau of Prisons institutions. Because of its proximity to major federal court jurisdictions and South Texas immigration enforcement corridors, the Coastal Bend Detention Center has become an important staging and housing site within the broader federal detention system.
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.
Daily operations inside the detention center are managed by GEO personnel, who oversee security, inmate classification, medical care, food service, transportation logistics, laundry operations, intake processing, visitation management, and facility maintenance. Medical and mental health services are provided on-site, with outside hospital referrals used for more serious medical situations when necessary. The facility operates under strict federal detention standards involving perimeter security, controlled movement schedules, surveillance systems, inmate accountability procedures, and regular inspections conducted by federal oversight agencies. Transportation operations are especially significant at Coastal Bend because detainees are frequently moved between federal courts, immigration proceedings, airports, and long-term federal prison facilities throughout Texas and the southern United States.
Like many privately operated federal detention facilities, the Coastal Bend Detention Center has periodically faced public scrutiny from immigration advocates, detainee attorneys, and civil rights organizations regarding detainee conditions, healthcare access, and prolonged detention concerns. Federal detention centers in South Texas remain heavily utilized due to ongoing immigration enforcement activity along the border and the large number of federal criminal prosecutions originating from the region. Despite ongoing political debate surrounding private detention operations, the Coastal Bend facility continues serving as a major component of both the DHS immigration detention system and the U.S. Marshals Service detention network, housing a constantly shifting population of detainees moving through the federal justice and immigration systems.
