El Centro Service Processing Center

El Centro Service Processing Center basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 760-336-4600, 760-336-4641

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at El Centro Service Processing Center located at 1115 North Imperial Ave in El Centro, CA are placed according to their custody level and are incarcerated by a private company contracted by a government agency and are paid a per diem or monthly rate, either for each inmate in the facility or for each bed available. The facility is well-trained and well-staffed. This doesn't come without some controversy as the "price of incarceration" is big business and critics claim there is a monetary benefit to keeping people locked up. The flip side is this facility undergoes rigorous inspections and are some of the be maintained in the US.

For inmates that show a willingness to learn new things, there are educational and vocational training programs here that will prepare them for a successful reentry when released.

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in El Centro closed its doors OCT 2014, as detainees were moved into a larger, newly constructed facility in Calexico, CA.

The Calexico center is expected to house up to 780 detainees — or 320 more people than El Centro's capacity. It also will house men and women. The former facility only housed men.

The detention center on North Imperial Avenue — along with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility in El Centro — became a focal point of a heated national debate in July, when officials began transferring busloads of undocumented immigrants detained along the Texas border to stations in Southern California.

visitation Info

Visiting hours for PRISON_NAME. For Directions call PRISON_PHONE

Sunday 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
Monday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Tuesday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Wednesday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Thursday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Saturday 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
Federal Holidays 8:00 am – 3:00 pm

No cellphones, you will be searched before visiting. NO personal belongings. Persons under probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved. 

If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate's extended family. If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.