U.S. authorities do not provide details on the number of detainees in those facilities or their legal status.

On Thursday, U.S. outlets reported that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is transferring immigrants in its custody to eight federal prisons.

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Those facilities are located in Miami, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; Leavenworth, Washington; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Berlin, New Hampshire; Honolulu, Hawaii; Lewisburg, Pennsylvania; and Brooklyn, New York.

Benjamin O’Cone, a spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), referred to an agreement between the BOP and ICE to house detainees and support law enforcement in achieving the policy goals of President Donald Trump’s administration. He, however, did not provide details on the number of detainees in those facilities or their legal status.

Previously, during a session in the House of Representatives in February, acting BOP Deputy Director Kathleen Toomey acknowledged that 700 immigrants were being held in five federal prisons.

LA’s march against ICE stopped to call out the Metro Detention Center — one of the first federal prisons in California to hold detained migrants since Trump was elected.

ABOLISH ICE! FREE THEM ALL! https://t.co/CIcFf2WIpr pic.twitter.com/g9CdzDaUHv

— People's City Council – Los Angeles (@PplsCityCouncil) February 17, 2025

The Bureau of Prisons has been facing financial difficulties that affect both working conditions for staff and living conditions for inmates. One of the most well-known cases is the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn.

This federal prison, which houses high-profile inmates such as rapper P. Diddy—accused of sex trafficking—and previously held Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, has been criticized for violent incidents inside and for its “inhumane” conditions.

The Legal Aid Society called the use of MDC Brooklyn to hold ICE detainees “cruel” and expressed concern that its “conditions would further deteriorate due to understaffing, limited access to attorneys, and overcrowding in a facility not equipped to meet even the most basic standards.”

On Monday, a Canadian immigrant in ICE custody died at the Federal Detention Center (FDC) in Miami under unclear circumstances.

#FromTheSouth News Bits | During the last few weeks, over 1,150 Mexican migrants have been detained by the immigration authorities in charge of implementing United States President Donald Trump administration's aggressive immigration policy. pic.twitter.com/QTZzTpE21k

— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) June 25, 2025

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Source: EFE

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