Detention Reports is a public transparency and accountability project that tracks immigration detention facilities, detainee transfers, and detention patterns across the United States. The platform aggregates publicly available government data and organizes it into a searchable system that allows families, journalists, attorneys, and advocates to better understand how the detention system operates.
Immigration detention in the U.S. is intentionally confusing. People are often transferred between facilities with little notice, families lose track of loved ones, and legal representation becomes harder when detainees are moved across state lines. Detention Reports helps counter that by mapping facilities, documenting movement patterns, and making otherwise buried records accessible to the public.
This resource is especially useful for:
• locating where detainees may have been transferred
• identifying detention centers in a specific region
• supporting legal defense and immigration attorneys
• documenting patterns of mass detention or sudden transfers
• community rapid-response and ICE-watch networks
For activists and community organizers, the tool helps predict where enforcement activity is increasing and allows communities to prepare support networks ahead of time instead of reacting after families are separated.
For families, it can provide one of the first leads on where to begin searching when someone disappears into the detention system.