FDC Miami

Inmates can send and receive electronic messages with individuals on their approved contact list using TRULINCS. For more information, visit TRULINCS and CorrLinks.

If you need information about a detainee that is housed at this facility, you may call (305) 577-0010. When you call, please have the alien’s full name and alien registration number or in the alternative the biographical information ready, including first, last and hyphenated names, any aliases he or she may use, date of birth and country of birth.

Immigration Court

For information about a matter before the immigration court, you may call 1-800-898-7180 to speak with them directly. Applications for relief from removal and other applications requested by the immigration judge must be filed directly with the immigration court.

Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)

For information about a matter before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), you may call (703) 605-1007 where you can obtain automated information or speak with a live representative during office hours.

Click the link for a list of pro bono representatives nationwide who might be able to assist you.

To Post a Delivery Bond

Delivery bonds are posted when a person has been taken into ICE custody and placed into removal proceedings while in the United States.

Post a Bond

Submitting a G-28

G-28s filed on behalf of detained aliens at this facility can now be accepted through the online platform ERO eFile. Facility staff will not have access to ERO eFile at this time; legal representatives should download copies of their submitted G-28 for any in-person or remote legal visit.

Sending Non-Confidential Messages to Detained Aliens

Inmates can send and receive electronic messages with individuals on their approved contact list using TRULINCS. For more information, visit: TRULINCS and CorrLinks.

Other Legal Access Related Communications

Requests for case information pertaining to aliens detained at FDC Miami can be sent to mim-execassistant-s@bop.gov. Please note that this mailbox does not accept applications for Stay of Removal or Case Appeals

Contacting the Deportation Officer

To ascertain the identity of your client’s Deportation Officer, contact the Duty Supervisory Detention and Deportation Officer (SDDO) to obtain that information at (305) 207-2101. Please note that a G-28 must be on file for any information to be disclosed.

Friends and Family Visits

Please view the following BOP FDC Miami Visitation Guide.

Attorney Visits

Legal visiting hours are from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.

The BOP conducts a nationwide inmate count at 4 p.m. daily. All FDC visitor entry and egress will cease at 3:30 p.m. Legal visitors have the option to remain in the visiting room during the count; however, visitor movement will not resume until after the count clears. Counts are unpredictable and therefore, we cannot specify how long each count will take. In the event legal visiting hours are modified or canceled, FDC Miami will notify the Federal Public Defender’s Office, the CJA representative, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and the U.S. Federal District Court as soon as practicable. Legal visitors experiencing issues entering FDC Miami on weekdays after 2 p.m., on weekends, or on federal holidays should request to speak with the Duty Officer. Attorneys who present a valid state bar card and photo identification will be permitted to visit. Attorneys whose state does not issue a bar card, must indicate where they are licensed to practice law and how that fact may be verified.

You can review the BOP’s Attorney Guide for FDC Miami.

A list of pro bono (free) legal organizations will be posted in all detainee housing units and other appropriate areas. This list shall be updated quarterly. If a detainee wishes to see a representative or paralegal from that organization, it is the detainee’s responsibility to contact them for an appointment.

Legal Calls or Video Teleconferencing

Upon admission, FDC Miami provides pretrial inmates with guidelines governing telephone calls, including procedures for making unmonitored calls to attorneys. FDC Miami allows pretrial inmates to call their attorneys, upon the inmate’s request, as often as institution resources allow. Attorneys seeking a legal call may email a request to the Legal Liaison: MIM-LegalLiaison-S@bop.gov. FDC Miami is in the process of installing direct, unmonitored telephone lines to the Federal Public Defender’s Office in each housing unit. Inmates are permitted to call attorneys on the Inmate Telephone System (ITS); however, ITS calls are monitored and/or recorded. Third-party or three-way calls are not authorized. An inmate will not be afforded attorney calls for social reasons. Additional information is provided in PS 7331.05, Pretrial Inmates (08/01/2023); PS 5264.08, Inmate Telephone Regulations (01/24/2008); and PS 1315.07; Legal Activities, Inmate (08/01/2023).

Electronic Exchange of Legal Documents

BOP has specific procedures related to when an individual in custody may receive electronic legal materials from an attorney. Review the guidance and acceptable formats.

Consular Visits

Consular officials may meet with their detained nationals at any time. It is requested that prior arrangements be made with the ICE Supervisory Deportation Officer to the extent possible, and that consular officials bring appropriate credentials when they come to the facility. The ICE Supervisory Deportation Officer for this facility can be reached at (305) 577-0010.

Clergy Visits

Clergy may visit detainees at any time but must make prior arrangements with the Chaplain’s Office.

Visiting Restrictions

You can only visit a detainee at this facility, if the detainee has placed you on their visitor list and you have been cleared by BOP.

The BOP has special rules regarding who can visit, the dress code, the duration of visits, general behavior, and physical contact. Please review BOP: How to visit a federal inmate for general visiting information.

Search Procedures (prior to or during all visitations)

All individuals requesting admittance to the facility or the visitation area are subject to a pat-down search of their person, an inspection of their belongings, and a metal scan search. Individuals refusing to cooperate with a reasonable search will not be admitted. No firearms or weapons of any kind are permitted. No electronic devices (cell phones, pagers, radios, etc.) are permitted in the secure areas of this facility.

Letters sent to detainees must include the last four digits of the detainee’s A-number (File Number), plus the sender’s name and address. To enhance the safety of the facility, all incoming mail is subject to screening for contraband. The mail is not read upon opening, only inspected by the delivering officer. Detainees may send mail from the facility. Detainees may seal their outgoing letters and place them in the provided receptacle. All incoming mail will be delivered to the detainee, and outgoing mail will be routed to the proper postal office within 24 hours of receipt by facility staff. A mail pick-up and delivery schedule is posted in all housing units.

Detainees are allowed to purchase stamps for use. Generally, there is no limit to the amount of correspondence detainees may send at their own expense. Indigent detainees (those who have no means of financial support and no funds in their facility account) will be provided postage allowance at government expense.

Address for writing to a detainee:

Inmate Name & Register Number
FDC Miami
Federal Detention Center
P.O. Box 019120
Miami, FL 33101

When detainees depart the facility or are transferred to another facility, only their legal mail will be forwarded to them. General correspondence will be endorsed "Return to Sender" and returned to the post office.

Money is not to be given directly to the detainee. Learn more about sending funds to a detainee.

If detainees receive funds in the mail, they will be taken to the processing area for the money to be placed into their account. The processing officer will provide a receipt for all funds received. Detainees are cautioned not to have cash sent to them in the mail.

A detainee may receive items that are determined to be of necessity for the sole purpose of travel or release from agency custody with approval of the ICE Deportation Officer. Before sending packages to detainees, please review: BOP: Sending Mail.

Note that detainees being removed from the United States are allowed one small piece of luggage. If a detainee does not have such baggage, such luggage can be sent/delivered after receiving approval from Supervisory Deportation Officer. Please be advised that for security reasons, no electronic devices (cell phones, electric razors, laptop computers, radios, etc.) will be accepted.

The facility has a responsibility to protect the privacy and other rights of detainees and members of the staff. Therefore, interviews will be regulated to ensure the orderly and safe operation of the facility. Ordinarily, live television or radio interviews will not be permitted in the facility. For media inquiries about ICE activities, operations, or policies, contact the ICE Office of Public Affairs at ICEMedia@ice.dhs.gov.

Personal Interviews

A news media representative who desires to conduct an interview with a detainee must apply in writing to the Miami Field Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations, indicating familiarity with an agreement to comply with the rules and regulations of the facility as provided to that person by staff.

Detainee Consent

A detainee has the right not to be interviewed, photographed, or recorded by the media. Before interviewing, photographing, or recording the voice of a detainee, a visiting representative of the media must obtain written permission from that individual.

All FOIA and Privacy Act requests must be submitted on form G-639 (Freedom of Information / Privacy Act Request) or in letter format. All requests must contain the original, notarized signature of the subject in question. Please complete the form G-639 thoroughly and if writing a letter, be sure to include the full name, any other names used, date of birth, place of birth, A-number of the alien you are seeking information about, as well as your full name, address, and telephone number, so that we may contact you if we have any questions.

Mail your FOIA or Privacy Act request to:

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Freedom of Information Act Office
800 North Capitol Street, NW, Room 585
Washington, D.C. 20536
Phone – 1-866-633-1182
Email – ICE-FOIA@dhs.gov

We strive to provide quality service to people in our custody, their family, friends, and to their official representatives. If you believe that we have not lived up to this commitment, we would like to know. If we have met or exceeded your expectations, please let us know that as well. To comment on the services provided at this office, please write to:

Field Office Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
865 SW 78th Avenue
Suite 101
Plantation, FL 33324

If you feel that an ICE employee or contract services employee mistreated you and wish to make a complaint of misconduct, you may:

Contact the Field Office Director:

Field Office Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
865 SW 78th Avenue
Suite 101
Plantation, FL 33324
(954) 236-4900

Write the Office of Professional Responsibility:

Director, Office of Professional Responsibility
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
P.O. Box 14475
Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, D.C. 20044

Contact the Joint Intake Center:

Phone Number: 1-877-2INTAKE
Email: joint.intake@dhs.gov

You may also contact the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General:

DHS Office of Inspector General
Attn: Office of Investigations - Hotline
245 Murray Drive, Building 410 Stop: 2600
Washington, DC 20528
Call: 1-800-323-8603
Fax: 202-254-4292
DHSOIGHOTLINE@DHS.GOV