Locate Elizabeth ICE Detainees

Elizabeth ICE Detention Overview

Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility is the ICE name used in federal detention references. CoreCivic's facility page uses Elizabeth Detention Center. The operator is CoreCivic, and the customer base is U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The facility is physically in Elizabeth at 625 Evans Street, but it is legally separate from the Union County Jail / Division of Corrections Intake Hub at Elizabethtown Plaza.

That distinction is the most important point for Union County searchers. A person held on an ordinary Union County criminal charge should be searched through Union intake, Essex, Hudson, NJ Courts, or NJDOC depending on the stage of the case. A person in ICE custody is searched through ICE's Online Detainee Locator System. The Elizabeth ICE facility does not publish a public county jail roster or mugshot gallery.

The CoreCivic Elizabeth Detention Center page identifies the facility operator, address, phone, fax, minimum-security type, and ICE customer base.

The CoreCivic source helps separate this immigration detention facility from the county jail and regional jail pages used for criminal custody.

Elizabeth ICE Facility Population

No official posted bed count was located on the CoreCivic facility page. Public reporting in 2024 described roughly 300 beds and possible 600-bed expansion debates, but an official current bed count was not located. Those reported figures should not be treated as current official capacity without a matching ICE or operator source.

The facility type is documented as minimum-security immigration detention. Its population is ICE civil immigration detainees, not county criminal defendants. A state charge, county arrest, or municipal complaint does not make someone searchable in ICE unless ICE has taken the person into civil immigration custody or the person is otherwise held under ICE authority.

Elizabeth ICE Detainee Lookup

Use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System for Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility detainee lookup. ICE and USAGov describe two main search paths: search by A-number and country of birth, or search by biographical information using name, country of birth, and date of birth. ODLS is separate from the Union County inmate lookup, the Essex inmate lookup, the Hudson jail contacts, NJDOC, and the federal BOP locator.

1. Open ICE ODLS and choose the A-number search if the A-number is known.
2. Enter the country of birth because ICE requires it for locator searches.
3. If no A-number is known, use the name, country of birth, and date of birth search path.
4. Call the ICE facility information line when ODLS is delayed, incomplete, or unclear.

ODLS can lag after transfers, and some custody situations may not appear. It is also not a criminal case database. For criminal court records after a Union County arrest, use NJ Courts systems. For state-prison custody after sentencing, use NJDOC. For federal prison custody, use BOP. For ICE civil detention, use ICE ODLS and the facility information line.

Searchers should also avoid mixing ICE detention with an ICE detainer. A detainer or immigration interest can affect release from a county jail, but it does not mean the person is already housed at Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility. The person becomes an ICE facility detainee only when ICE custody and facility placement are confirmed through ODLS, an attorney, ICE, or the facility information line.

Elizabeth Detention Contact

The ICE search result gives a detainee-information line for someone housed at Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility: 908-282-5700 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. CoreCivic lists the facility phone as 908-352-3776 and fax as 908-352-5250. Use the ICE line for detainee information and the CoreCivic facility page for operator contact and visitation/contact resources.

Elizabeth ICE Facility Visits

CoreCivic's page says to download visitation and contact instructions, and those instructions may change. The ICE/CoreCivic path should therefore be checked before any visit. Do not use Essex family visit blocks, Hudson call prompts, or Union intake assumptions for this facility. Immigration detention visits are controlled by ICE and the contract facility, not by Union County's criminal jail transfer agreement.

Visitors should expect identification, screening, appointment rules, and property limits. No full official public schedule was confirmed in the source material, so specific day and time blocks should come from the current ICE or CoreCivic instructions.

Elizabeth ICE Mail Money

CoreCivic links a visitation and contact instruction download, and ConnectNetwork lists a Trust Fund service for Elizabeth Detention Center NJ - Core Civic. Those sources support cautious mention of official operator and trust-fund channels, but not a full fee schedule. Before sending funds, using a messaging service, or mailing books or documents, verify the current instructions with ICE or CoreCivic.

Do not send money through a county jail method unless the person is in county custody. Essex, Hudson, NJDOC, BOP, and ICE each use different account systems. A payment sent to the wrong system may not help the person and may be hard to correct.

Elizabeth Detention Records

ICE detainee information is not the same as a Union County jail roster. The public ICE locator can help identify whether a person is in ICE detention, but it is not a county booking report, court docket, criminal-history record, or mugshot site. It also does not replace legal counsel, immigration court records, or direct facility confirmation.

For a Union County criminal arrest, records may sit in several places: the Union County Sheriff lookup for intake, Essex or Hudson for county jail housing, NJ Courts for charges and case status, NJDOC for state-prison custody after sentence, BOP for federal prison custody, and ICE ODLS for civil immigration detention. Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility belongs only in the ICE branch of that search path.

Families and attorneys should preserve the search details they use. An A-number, country of birth, full legal name, alternate spellings, date of birth, and any transfer notice can make the difference between a useful ODLS search and a false negative. For immigration court questions, the facility page is not the case docket. Use the proper immigration court or counsel path for hearing dates, removal proceedings, and filings.

A-number

An immigration registration number used in many ICE locator searches.

Country of birth

A required ODLS search field for both A-number and biographical lookup paths.

Civil immigration detention

ICE custody related to immigration enforcement, separate from county criminal jail custody.

Detainer

A request or notice involving custody interest, not the same as a criminal sentence.

Elizabeth ICE Detention Context

Public reporting in 2024 and 2026 discussed the Elizabeth immigration detention facility, including contract-extension and expansion debates. Separate 2025 public discussion concerned the old Union County jail property and immigration enforcement concerns. Those issues are public context, not proof that the Union County Jail is an ICE facility or that Elizabeth ICE detainees are county inmates.

The practical search rule remains unchanged. Use ICE ODLS for Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility detainees. Use Union, Essex, and Hudson channels for Union County criminal custody. Use NJDOC after a state-prison sentence. Use BOP for federal prison records. Keeping those systems separate avoids false negatives and wrong-facility visits.

The official facility facts are narrower than the public debate. The confirmed address is 625 Evans Street in Elizabeth. CoreCivic identifies ICE as the customer base and the facility as minimum security. ICE-related source material gives the detainee information line and hours. No official public bed count was located in the operator page reviewed, so current capacity should be confirmed from ICE or the operator before being cited as a fact.