United States · TX · Pearsall
South Texas ICE Processing Center Pearsall
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South Texas ICE Processing Center is a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Pearsall, Texas, operated by GEO Group as a private ice detention center. It has a rated capacity of approximately 1,350 and an average daily population of about 1,756 (FY2026 ICE data).
Capacity
1,904
Current population
1,756
Occupancy
92%
Year opened
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 7 Jul 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
GEO GroupPopulation held
mixed
Opened
—
Region
TX
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
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 5/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Privately operated under contract
This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.
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Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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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
- South Texas ICE Processing Center
- 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). South Texas ICE Processing Center Pearsall. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/south-texas-ice-processing-center-pearsall-tx
"South Texas ICE Processing Center Pearsall." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/south-texas-ice-processing-center-pearsall-tx.
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