El Valle Detention Facility

To ensure adequate time to process visitors through security, all visitors must arrive 30 minutes prior to the scheduled visit time. - Visitors must present a valid verifiable government-issued identification card to enter the facility. - Visits shall not exceed 30 minutes. - Minors who are visiting the facility must be accompanied by an adult guardian (18 years or older). Minors must not be left unaccompanied in the waiting room, visiting room or any other area.

Attorneys and/or paralegals are authorized to visit their clients during the following hours: Seven days a week from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m. Please note that a G-28 must be on file for any information to be disclosed.

An attorney needs a signed G-28 on file to be recognised. See finding and helping a detained person.

Letters sent to detainees must include the detainee's A-number (File Number), plus the sender's name and address. A mail pick-up and delivery schedule is posted in all housing units. 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. To enhance the safety of the facility, all incoming mail is subject to screening for contraband.