The Dashboard

About This Dashboard

DetentionStats.com is a public dashboard that visualizes data from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on individuals detained in the United States. The dashboard is updated biweekly and reflects data as published in ICE’s Detention Management Statistics spreadsheets. It aims to make government detention data more accessible, transparent, and digestible to the public, policymakers, journalists, and advocates.

What This Data Represents

• This dashboard aggregates data by state where detention facilities are located.
• It does not reflect where individuals were arrested, where they lived, or their country of origin.
• All information is sourced directly from ICE’s FY25 Detention Stats file, publicly available at ICE.gov.
• Data cleaning and processing scripts are available upon request for transparency.

Key Terminology

• Convicted / Convicted Criminal
  A noncitizen who has been convicted in a court of law for a criminal offense, regardless of whether they are currently serving a sentence.
• Pending / Pending Criminal Charges
  A noncitizen with one or more criminal charges currently pending adjudication in a U.S. court.
• Other Immigration Violator
  A noncitizen without a known criminal conviction or pending charge, typically detained for administrative or immigration violations (e.g., unauthorized entry, visa overstay).
• Currently Detained
  The number of individuals held in ICE custody on the date of data collection.
• ALOS (Average Length of Stay)
  The average number of days individuals remain in ICE custody during the reporting period.

Timeline and Reporting Period

• ICE reports its data according to the U.S. Fiscal Year, which currently runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025 (FY2025).
• Month filters in this dashboard can be viewed in either fiscal or calendar order.