United States · Texas · Raymondville
El Valle Detention Facility
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El Valle Detention Facility is a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Raymondville, Texas, operated by Management & Training Corporation (MTC) as a county/local jail. It has a rated capacity of approximately 600 and an average daily population of about 941 (FY2026 ICE data).
Capacity
600
Current population
941
Occupancy
157%
Year opened
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 6 Jul 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
mixed
Opened
—
Region
Texas
Security level
—
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
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 22/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 5/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Severely overcrowded at 157% of capacity
- · Privately operated under contract
This facility scores 27. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 25 points above national average.
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
- West Tennessee Detention FacilityMasonCounty/Local Jail (DIGSA contract)46% occupancy
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- Adams County Correctional CenterNatchezCounty/Local Jail (DIGSA contract)151% occupancy
- Diamondback Correctional FacilityWatongaCounty/Local Jail (DIGSA contract)5% occupancy
- South Louisiana ICE Processing CenterBasileCounty/Local Jail (DIGSA contract)98% occupancy
- Bluebonnet Detention CenterAnsonCounty/Local Jail (DIGSA contract)139% occupancy
Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersData completeness
46%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
- List of immigrant detention sites in the United States — Wikipedia — Wikipedia / U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). El Valle Detention Facility. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/el-valle-detention-facility
"El Valle Detention Facility." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/el-valle-detention-facility.
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