Camp East Montana
- Operator
- private operator
- Contractor
- Acquisition Logistics LLC (to Mar 2026); Amentum Services (from Mar 13, 2026)
- Location
- El Paso, El Paso, Texas
- Capacity
- up to 5,000 beds; >2,500 ADP (Apr 2026)
- Opened
- 2025
- Status
- Active
Camp East Montana is a private contract immigration-detention facility in El Paso, Texas, operated by Acquisition Logistics LLC (to Mar 2026); Amentum Services (from Mar 13, 2026). The ICE List documents it as a concentration camp - a site of civil immigration detention operated by, or under contract to, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Overview
- Designation: Contract Detention Facility
- Operator: private operator
- Contractor: Acquisition Logistics LLC (to Mar 2026); Amentum Services (from Mar 13, 2026)
- Location: El Paso, El Paso, Texas
- Capacity: up to 5,000 beds; >2,500 ADP (Apr 2026)
- Opened: 2025
- Status: Active
Documented conditions and incidents
Nation's largest immigration detention center; tent camp on a WWII Japanese-internment site; the Army awarded the $1.3B contract to a contractor with no prior detention experience (GAO-26-108886); at least three deaths incl. Gerardo Lunas Campos (Jan 3, 2026, ruled homicide by asphyxia by the El Paso County Medical Examiner per AP Jan 22, 2026); HRW/ACLU documented beatings, medical neglect, measles outbreak.
Sources
- en.wikipedia.org
- hrw.org
- gao.gov