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Eden Detention Center
County/Local Jail (USMS IGA contract)LowmaleUnder capacity (31%)LowLow
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Eden Detention Center Prison in Texas, United States Eden Detention Center Eden Detention Center is a privately owned and operated prison for men located in Eden, Texas, United States. Run by the Corrections Corporation of America,[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eden_Detention_Center#cite_note-1) the low-security facility was established in 1985 under a contract with the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP). A large percentage of inmates are composed of illegal migrants from Mexico and other Latin American countries.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eden_Detention_Center#cite_note-:0-2)
Background
Eden Detention Center is a privately owned and operated prison for men located in Eden, Texas, United States. Run by the Corrections Corporation of America, the low-security facility was established in 1985 under a contract with the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP). A large percentage of inmates are composed of illegal migrants from Mexico and other Latin American countries.
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Capacity
1,558
Current population
476
Occupancy
31%
Year opened
1985
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 6 Jul 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
CoreCivicPopulation held
male
Opened
1985
Region
TX
Security level
Low
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
0/100
Low concern0/100
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
This facility scores 0. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 2 points below national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersOccupancythis: 31% · peers avg: 93% (67%)
Capacity (beds)this: 1558 · peers avg: 547 (+185%)
Data completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- List of immigrant detention sites in the United States — Wikipedia
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- List of immigrant detention sites in the United States — Wikipedia — Wikipedia / U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- Wikidata (Q28446638)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Eden Detention Center. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/eden-detention-center
Chicago
"Eden Detention Center." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/eden-detention-center.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-eden-detention-center,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Eden Detention Center},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/eden-detention-center},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}