Camp East Montana

Contract Detention Facility

a.k.a. Fort Bliss detention camp

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