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Facilities · New Mexico · El Paso field office · code CIBOCNM

Cibola County Correctional Center

Milan, NM · Cibola County · Local government facility with an ICE agreement · men

On ICE's published facility list Operator: not yet confirmed

If someone you know is held here

Find themUse ICE's Online Detainee Locator. You need their A-number (9 digits) or their exact name, plus their country of birth. Results can be several hours old. We don't search for anyone. More on finding someone
Call the facility(505) 285-4900 · (505) 285-4905
People held here can't receive incoming calls. Have their full name, any other names, date of birth and country of birth ready.
Visit
Friday-Monday 8 a.m. – 7 p.m., and all Federal holidays. To ensure adequate time to process visitors through security, all visitors must arrive 15 minutes before start of visitation and 1 hour before the close of visitation. Visitors must present a valid verifiable government-issued identification card to enter the facility. Visits shall not exceed 8 …
ICE's full visiting rules
Friday-Monday 8 a.m. – 7 p.m., and all Federal holidays.
To ensure adequate time to process visitors through security, all visitors must arrive 15 minutes before start of visitation and 1 hour before the close of visitation.
Visitors must present a valid verifiable government-issued identification card to enter the facility.
Visits shall not exceed 8 hours.
Minors who are visiting the facility must be accompanied by an adult guardian (18 years or older). Minors must not be left unaccompanied in the waiting room, visiting room or any other area.
Rules change. Call before you go, and bring a government photo ID.
Messages, mail, money
ICE's rules for mail, packages and money
Letters sent to detainees must include the last four digits of the detainee’s A-number (Alien Number), plus the sender’s name and address. To enhance the safety of the facility, all incoming mail is subject to screening for contraband. The mail is not read upon opening, only inspected by the delivering officer. Detainees may send mail from the facility. Detainees may seal their outgoing letters and place them in the provided receptacle. All incoming mail will be delivered to the detainee, and outgoing mail will be routed to the proper postal office within 24 hours of receipt by facility staff. A mail pick-up and delivery schedule is posted in all housing units.
Detainees are allowed to purchase stamps for use. Generally, there is no limit to the amount of correspondence detainees may send at their own expense. Indigent detainees (those who have no means of financial support and no funds in their facility account) will be provided postage allowance at government expense.
When detainees depart the facility or are transferred to another facility, only their legal mail will be forwarded to them. General correspondence will be endorsed "Return to Sender" and returned to the post office.
Cash in possession of a detainee, at the time of his arrival to the facility, will be deposited/receipted to his trust account. Visitors may also deposit cash, only, at the facility, Monday through Friday – excluding holidays. All monies (cash, check, money order) arriving at the facility, via mail, will be returned to the sender. To deposit money to a detainee’s trust account, send money orders and cashier’s checks, only, to:
Cibola County Correctional Center
Detainee’s full name and A-number
PO Box 3540, Milan, NM 87021
Note: Cashier’s check or money order must include the detainee’s full name and A-number.
A detainee may receive items that are determined to be of necessity for the sole purpose of travel or release from agency custody with approval of the ICE Deportation Officer. Before sending packages to detainees, contact the facility mail clerk at:
(505) 285-4911 or Attention Warden
PO Box 3540, Milan, NM 87021
Note that detainees being removed from the United States are allowed one small piece of luggage. If a detainee does not have such baggage, such luggage can be sent/delivered after receiving approval from Supervisory Deportation Officer. Please be advised that for security reasons, no electronic devices (cell phones, electric razors, laptop computers, radios, etc.) will be accepted.
Free legal helpThe government's list of free legal service providers is organized by immigration court (for this facility, look under Otero, NM immigration court): EOIR pro bono list. Search nonprofit legal services near you: National Immigration Legal Services Directory.
From inside, people held can call the Freedom for Immigrants hotline for free by dialing 9233#.
Court caseCheck a case by A-number with EOIR's Automated Case Information or by phone at 1-800-898-7180.
Avoid scams. ICE never takes bond payments by gift card, Zelle or cash app. A "notario" or "immigration consultant" is not a lawyer; only lawyers and accredited representatives can give legal advice.

Source: ICE's page for this facility (ICE updated 08/06/2026). Last checked Nov 6, 2026.

The record

Held per day
217
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
vs year before
−0.7%
Aug 2024 – Jul 2025: 218
Typical stay
23 days
median, stays ended FY2026
No criminal conviction
86%
of people booked in, FY2026
Deaths, FY2026
0
reported by ICE

People held per day, by month

02004006002023202420252026
Average people held per day at Cibola County Correctional Center, Oct 2022 – Jul 2026. Source: ICE records obtained by the Deportation Data Project.
People booked in, Oct 1, 2025 – Aug 5, 2026court-obtained ICE records
837
Held on Aug 5, 2026court-obtained ICE records
254
Average stay herecourt records · ICE's own figure: 69.6 days
39.6 d
No conviction and no pending chargeof people booked in, FY2026
63%
ICE's average daily population, FY2026ICE statistics, pulled Jul 9, 2026
223
Not convicted of a crime, by ICE's countshare of daily population, ICE statistics FY2026
88%
Guaranteed minimum beds in contractICE statistics
314

How long people stay

Under 1 week16%
1–4 weeks43%
1–3 months28%
3–6 months12%
6 months or more<10

Based on 607 stays that ended in FY2026. Groups under 10 are not shown.

What happened when they left

Transferred to another facility59%
Still held on Aug 5, 202628%
Released in the U.S.14%

Based on 837 people booked in during FY2026. Groups under 10 are not shown.

Where people came from

Transfers into this facility, FY2026. Pairs with fewer than 10 moves are not shown.

Where people went next

Transfers out of this facility, FY2026.

Deaths in ICE custody

ICE has reported no deaths at this facility since October 1, 2025.

ICE must publish a report within 90 days of each death. Causes are ICE's own statements; see all deaths.

Inspections

InspectionEndedStandardResult
ODOFeb 27, 2025PBNDS 2011 - 2016 RevisionsPass

Inspections are mostly done by ICE's own Office of Detention Oversight. The DHS detention ombudsman and civil rights offices, which also inspected facilities, were cut in March 2025.

Immigration court

Cases of people held here are usually heard at the Otero, NM immigration court. Court pages are coming later.

Draft link from EOIR hearing-location records matched by ZIP code; not yet hand-checked.

About these numbers

"Held per day" is the average number of people in custody here each day, computed from ICE's own individual records (names removed) that the Deportation Data Project obtained through FOIA litigation. They run through Aug 5, 2026. A stay counts the time at this facility only; people are often transferred. Shares and averages based on fewer than 10 people are not shown. How we count