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Casa Padre

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Background

Casa Padre is a shelter for unaccompanied or separated immigrant minors in custody of the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement, a division of Health & Human Services, located in Brownsville, Texas. The site opened in March 2017, and is still housing children in 2022. The building was formerly a Walmart store. The center is run by the nonprofit group Southwest Key Programs under contract from the federal government. Casa Padre is the largest licensed childcare facility in the United States, housing approximately 1,500 youths.

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Capacity

1,500

Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

2017

Operational

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Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

2017

Region

Brownsville

Security level

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Death-row facility

No

Conditions

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Mailing

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Known issues

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Compared to other facilities in United States

7436 peers
Capacity (beds)this: 1500 · peers avg: 547 (+174%)

Data completeness

26%

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World Prisons. (2026). Casa Padre. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/casa-padre
Chicago
"Casa Padre." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/casa-padre.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-casa-padre,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Casa Padre},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/casa-padre},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}