Eloy Detention Center
Dedicated IGSA
- Operator
- private operator
- Contractor
- CoreCivic
- Location
- Eloy, Pinal, Arizona
- Capacity
- 900 guaranteed min; ~1332 ADP
- Opened
- 1994
- Status
- Active
Eloy Detention Center is a dedicated immigration-detention facility in Eloy, Arizona, operated by CoreCivic. 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: Dedicated IGSA
- Operator: private operator
- Contractor: CoreCivic
- Location: Eloy, Pinal, Arizona
- Capacity: 900 guaranteed min; ~1332 ADP
- Opened: 1994
- Status: Active
Documented conditions and incidents
Called the "deadliest immigration detention center" in the US with at least 16 deaths incl. 5 suicides; 2025 deaths incl. Serawit Gezahegn Dejene (Jan 29, 2025) and Oscar Rascon Duarte (Sept 8, 2025); ~60 mi from Phoenix, remote.
Sources
- ice.gov
- globaldetentionproject.org