Locate South Louisiana ICE Detainees

South Louisiana ICE Overview

South Louisiana ICE Processing Center is located in Basile and is part of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention framework. It is not operated as a parish criminal jail by APSO. The facility holds immigration detainees under civil immigration processes, which means the main lookup path is the ICE Online Detainee Locator rather than the Acadia Parish Jail Population roster. A person can have both criminal and immigration events, but the records are not merged into one public database.

The research notes that the official ICE facility page blocked automated access during the research pass. The facility contact phone commonly published for this facility is 337-432-5493, but facility rules should be confirmed through ICE before relying on any schedule, vendor, or visitor procedure. Use the ICE detention-management page for the official detention framework and facility-rule route.

The ICE detention-management page is the matching successful image source for the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center facility research.

Use that source for ICE detention context, then verify facility-specific rules through ICE channels.

South Louisiana ICE Custody

ICE custody is civil immigration custody. It is different from APSO custody, Louisiana DPS&C prison custody, and BOP sentenced federal custody. A person held at South Louisiana ICE Processing Center may have immigration proceedings, removal-related custody, transfer status, or a prior criminal matter, but the ICE detainee lookup is still separate from a parish jail roster. The APSO roster should be used only if there is a local jail booking, local criminal hold, or temporary sheriff custody event.

The Acadia Parish jail roster can include ICE or USICE as held-for agency labels, but that does not mean every ICE detainee in Basile appears in APSO records. A person may move from local jail to ICE custody, from ICE custody to another detention site, or from federal criminal custody to immigration custody. Names may also be spelled differently across systems, so A-number searches are often more precise than name-only searches.

South Louisiana ICE Detainee Search

Use the ICE Online Detainee Locator for South Louisiana ICE Processing Center detainee lookup. ICE allows a search by A-number and country of birth or by biographical information when the A-number is not known. The A-number route is usually more exact because immigration records can include name variants, spacing differences, hyphenation changes, or date-of-birth issues.

1. Open the ICE Online Detainee Locator and choose the A-number search if that number is known.
2. Enter the country of birth when the locator requests it, because ICE uses it to reduce false matches.
3. If no A-number is available, use the biographical search with name and other available identifiers.
4. Confirm whether the result lists South Louisiana ICE Processing Center or another ICE location.
5. If ICE does not locate the person, check whether the person is instead in APSO, Louisiana DPS&C, BOP, or another local jail system.

Federal BOP and ICE searches are not the same. BOP covers federal prison records, while ICE covers immigration detention. The APSO roster is relevant only to local criminal jail custody or local holds.

South Louisiana ICE Contact

Use the facility contact for immediate detention questions, but confirm current rules through ICE before travel, mail, or deposits. ICE facility pages can change, and the official facility page was not fully accessible during the research pass. For legal visits, attorney calls, consular contact, bond questions, immigration court scheduling, or transfer concerns, ICE or the responsible immigration-court channel may be needed rather than APSO.

South Louisiana ICE Visits

ICE facility-specific visitation rules must be verified through ICE. Immigration detention visits can involve identity checks, security screening, approved hours, dress limits, attorney visit procedures, and facility-specific rules for minors or property. Since the facility page was not accessible through automated research, no public hours should be invented. Call the facility or use ICE detention resources before traveling to Basile.

Note: Check ICE custody status the same day because immigration detainees can be transferred within the detention network.

South Louisiana ICE Mail

ICE detainee mail rules differ from parish jail mail rules. Use ICE facility instructions for detainee name format, A-number use, permitted items, legal mail, return addresses, and rejected mail. The research did not confirm a commissary vendor, phone vendor, account fee, or deposit method from an accessible official facility page. Do not use APSO inmate banking for someone held only in ICE custody.

South Louisiana ICE Intake

ICE intake is not the same as street-arrest booking into a parish jail. A detainee may arrive after transfer from local jail, after federal immigration enforcement action, after completion of a criminal sentence, or after movement from another ICE facility. The record may include an A-number, country of birth, detention location, and immigration custody status, while criminal court filings remain in the court system that created them.

If a person first appeared in the Acadia Parish jail roster and later moved to ICE, preserve both records separately. The APSO record can explain the local booking or hold. The ICE locator explains current immigration detention location. Court records explain filed criminal charges or dispositions, and immigration-court records follow a different federal administrative process.

About South Louisiana ICE Records

South Louisiana ICE Processing Center records should not be mixed with Acadia Parish jail population totals. The parish jail count, Louisiana state prison locator, BOP locator, and ICE detainee locator each cover different custody systems. ICE does not provide a local public mugshot gallery like a parish jail roster. When a family member cannot locate someone through ICE, the next question is whether the person is still in local criminal custody, state custody, federal criminal custody, or another ICE detention location.