This interactive dashboard tracks procurement and purchasing activity connected to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention and facility operations. Using publicly available contracting and purchasing records, the tracker allows users to examine what equipment, supplies, and services are being bought for detention infrastructure. Instead of relying only on official statements, researchers can review material evidence of how detention facilities are being expanded, maintained, or supplied.
Procurement records are one of the most reliable accountability tools because they reveal operational reality. Facilities may not publicly announce expansions, transfers, or increased capacity, but supply purchases — including housing materials, surveillance equipment, transportation services, medical services, and basic living supplies — can indicate changes in detention activity. Journalists and watchdog organizations frequently use purchasing data to detect policy shifts before formal announcements occur.
Advocates, families, and legal support groups can use this type of data to understand where detention operations are intensifying, anticipate humanitarian needs, and support reporting or legal challenges. When paired with court filings and detention case tracking, procurement data helps document patterns that would otherwise remain hidden. In practical terms, this turns government spending records into public oversight.