Coastal Bend Detention Center Detainee Search

Coastal Bend Detention Center Overview

Coastal Bend Detention Center is located at 4909 FM 2826, Robstown, TX 78380. The GEO Group lists the facility as a 1,176-capacity detention center with clients that include the U.S. Marshals Service and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE also publishes a facility page for Coastal Bend. The facility type is ICE/federal private detention center, not county jail. It is not operated by Nueces County Sheriff J. C. Hooper's office and should not be described as part of the Nueces County Jail roster or the McKinzie Jail Annex system.

People held at Coastal Bend may be in different legal tracks. ICE detainees should be searched through the ICE Online Detainee Locator System. Federal pretrial detainees held for the U.S. Marshals Service may not appear in the Bureau of Prisons locator until BOP receives or designates them. Sentenced federal inmates awaiting transport can also pass through contractor or USMS custody before a final federal prison location appears. Those distinctions are the main reason county jail phone or app lookup will not answer Coastal Bend custody questions.

Coastal Bend Detention Center Capacity and Population

GEO lists Coastal Bend Detention Center capacity at 1,176. The research did not locate a current daily population count for the facility in the official sources used here. That is different from the Nueces County jail system, where TCJS publishes county-submitted population spreadsheets. Coastal Bend's count may involve federal and immigration contracts, client agency movements, and operational updates that are not reported through the county jail population workbook.

The facility's public identity is supported by multiple official or direct sources. GEO lists the operator, address, phone, capacity, clients, fax number, and accreditations including ACA, PREA, CARF, and COGNIA. ICE publishes detention-facility information for Coastal Bend. USMS intergovernmental agreement material identifies Coastal Bend Detention Facility in Robstown for federal detainees, including people charged with federal offenses and detained awaiting trial and sentenced people awaiting designation or transport to BOP.

How to Look Up a Detainee at Coastal Bend Detention Center

The correct lookup channel depends on the custody agency. Use ICE ODLS for immigration detainees who are currently in ICE custody or in CBP custody more than 48 hours. Use BOP only after a sentenced federal inmate is in BOP custody or has a BOP locator record. For federal pretrial detainees housed under USMS authority, federal court records, defense counsel, or U.S. Marshals channels may be more useful than BOP because pretrial detainees are not always in BOP's locator.

1. For immigration detention, search ICE ODLS by A-Number and country of birth when available, or use biographical search information if the locator allows it.
2. For sentenced federal custody, search the BOP inmate locator by register number, DCDC number, FBI number, INS number, or name fields.
3. For federal pretrial custody, check federal court docket information and contact counsel or the appropriate federal custody channel, because BOP may not show the person yet.
4. Call Coastal Bend Detention Center at (361) 767-3400 for facility routing, attorney visitation logistics, and current public instructions.

Do not use the Nueces County Sheriff's Office app as the primary source for Coastal Bend. The sheriff app and Jail Information line serve the county jail system. Coastal Bend is a separate federal and immigration detention facility in Robstown, so a "not found" result in county custody does not rule out ICE, USMS, BOP, or federal court custody.

Coastal Bend Detention Center Address and Contact

Use the facility phone for current facility-specific instructions. ICE and GEO pages should be checked for live visitation, mail, attorney visit, and operational notices because federal and immigration detention rules may change faster than county jail pages.

Official Facility Source Pages

The GEO Coastal Bend Detention Center facility page is the direct operator source for capacity, clients, address, phone, and accreditation details.

That operator listing is useful for identifying the facility and its public contact information, but it is not a detainee locator. The lookup path still depends on whether the person is in ICE, USMS, or BOP custody.

The ICE Coastal Bend Detention Center page is the federal immigration-detention source for facility-specific ICE instructions and should be checked before visits or mail decisions.

ICE's facility page connects Coastal Bend to immigration detention processes. It should be paired with ICE ODLS for custody lookup, not with the county jail roster.

Visiting Someone at Coastal Bend Detention Center

Use official ICE and GEO facility instructions for visitation. The research confirms ICE publishes a Coastal Bend facility page and an attorney visitation resource that lists (361) 767-3400 and cbintake@geogroup.com for virtual attorney visitation context. Public social visitation rules, ID requirements, scheduling rules, dress code, and attorney visit procedures should be confirmed through the facility or current ICE page before traveling to Robstown.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Coastal Bend Detention Center

Coastal Bend does not use the Nueces County Jail commissary rules. Research found facility-specific phone and communication vendor information through ConnectNetwork for GEO Group TX - Coastal Bend Detention Center Site ID 244. The listed services are AdvancePay Phone and Pin Debit, with AdvancePay toll-free phone 800-483-8314. Mail and money rules should be checked against current ICE and GEO facility instructions because federal and immigration detention mail requirements can be specific and can change.

Intake and Custody Status at Coastal Bend Detention Center

Coastal Bend intake depends on the custody authority. An ICE detainee may be searchable through ICE ODLS if the person is in ICE custody or has been in CBP custody for more than 48 hours. A federal pretrial detainee may be housed there for the U.S. Marshals Service while a federal case is pending. A sentenced federal defendant may be held temporarily while awaiting BOP designation or transport. Those stages determine where the public should look.

BOP warns that a person shown as released or not in BOP custody may still be in another criminal justice, law-enforcement, parole, supervised-release, or detention status. That warning is especially relevant in a place like Coastal Bend because a person can be physically confined in a federal contractor facility before BOP locator data fully reflects the next custody step. For immigration detainees, ICE ODLS is the locator, but ODLS is not a mugshot gallery and should not be treated as a complete court case file.

About Coastal Bend Detention Center

Research notes describe Coastal Bend Detention Center as a large secure detention facility in Robstown. A PREA report cited in the research says the facility was constructed in 2008 by LCS Corrections, acquired by GEO in 2015 through the LCS acquisition, and consists of 213,151 square feet on 55 acres about six miles south of Robstown, with double fencing and camera monitoring. GEO lists accreditations including ACA, PREA, CARF, and COGNIA.

Federal-detention context should be kept separate from county jail context. A U.S. Attorney Southern District of Texas release described a federal prosecution involving an assault on correctional officers while the defendant was housed at Coastal Bend Detention Center. That type of incident belongs to the federal facility, not to Nueces County Jail. Likewise, public federal locators generally do not operate as mugshot galleries. BOP locator output does not provide public booking photos in the inspected page shell, and ICE ODLS is a detainee locator rather than a booking-photo database.