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South Texas Family Residential Center

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South Texas Family Residential Center is a federal prison located in Frio County, Texas. Rated capacity: 2,400. Reported population: 227. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.

Background

The South Texas Family Residential Center (also called Dilley Immigration Processing Center) is an immigrant detention center in Dilley, Texas. First opened in December 2014, it has a capacity of 2,400 and is intended to detain mainly women and children from Central America. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) closed the detention center in June 2024, citing cost savings to add more beds in other facilities as the Biden administration implemented new border restrictions. It reopened the following year, in 2025. In 2025, CoreCivic announced a new contract with ICE to reopen the facility as the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.

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Capacity

2,400

Current population

227

Occupancy

9%

Year opened

2014

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

2014

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

300 El Rancho Way, Dilley 78017
(830) 378-6500
Official site

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 peers
Occupancythis: 9% · peers avg: 93% (90%)
Capacity (beds)this: 2400 · peers avg: 547 (+339%)

Data completeness

66%

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). South Texas Family Residential Center. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/south-texas-family-residential-center
Chicago
"South Texas Family Residential Center." World Prisons. Accessed October 23, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/south-texas-family-residential-center.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-south-texas-family-resident,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {South Texas Family Residential Center},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/south-texas-family-residential-center},
  urldate = {2026-10-23}
}