Reeves County Detention Complex at a glance
The Reeves County Detention Complex in Pecos, Texas no longer holds anyone for the Bureau of Prisons: the Bureau terminated the contract for its R1 and R2 compounds effective May 10, 2021, and the award for the R3 compound shows performance ending May 30, 2022. Reeves County held those contracts and hired The GEO Group to run the prison, which housed non-citizen men serving federal sentences. Nothing on this page is a way to reach anyone inside.
Our Texas listings have called it both Reeves County Detention Center and “CI Reeves 1 & 2”; both mean this complex, and the rows below give each name it went by.
| Official name | Reeves County Detention Complex (Inspector General, 2015) |
|---|---|
| Also called | Reeves County Detention Center I/II (compounds R1 and R2) and Reeves County Detention Center III (R3); Reeves Detention Centers I&II and III; CI Reeves 1 & 2; DC Reeves |
| Status | No Bureau contract since 2022. R1/R2 contract terminated effective May 10, 2021; R3 award’s period of performance ended May 30, 2022. Not on the Bureau’s institution roster (checked September 19, 2026) |
| Operated by | Reeves County, Texas held the Bureau contracts; The GEO Group, Inc. managed the complex under a subcontract with the county |
| Location | Pecos, Reeves County, Texas |
| Security level | Low (Inspector General’s table of contract facilities, February 19, 2015; GEO, 2021) |
| Held | Men: low-security non-U.S. citizens serving federal sentences |
| Bureau relationship | Federal prisoners from 1988 under intergovernmental agreements; then Criminal Alien Requirement contracts DJB1PC003 (R3, May 2006) and DJB1PC007 (R1/R2, January 2007); two further awards signed May 1, 2019 (15BPCC19C00000031 and 15BPCC19C00000032) |
| Finding someone | Use the Bureau’s Inmate Locator; for someone released to immigration custody, ICE’s Online Detainee Locator System |
On this page
What happened to the Reeves County complex?
The federal contracts ended in two steps, one of them early. The record, in order:
- 1986. The complex opened to relieve overcrowding of contract federal prisoners in the county jail; federal prisoners came from 1988 under intergovernmental agreements with the Bureau (Report 15-15 at 3).
- May 2006. A Criminal Alien Requirement contract for R3 (at 3 n.8).
- November 2006 and January 2007. The county agreed with GEO to manage R1 and R2 if it won the next contract (at 4), then won it (at i).
- December 2008 and January 2009. Riots at R3, then at R1 and R2 (at i and n.2).
- May 1, 2019. Two new county contracts signed, per the federal award records.
- March 25, 2021. The Bureau told GEO it would terminate the R1 and R2 contract effective May 10, 2021, though its base period ran to September 30, 2022 (GEO Form 10-Q, first quarter 2021, at 36).
- May 2021. The Inspector General still listed the Reeves centers as immigration hearing program facilities (Report 21-123 at 31).
- May 30, 2022. Recorded end of the county’s other 2019 award, which began July 1, 2019, GEO’s start date for R3.
- November 30, 2022. The Bureau’s last private-prison contract ended, it said on December 1.
- September 19, 2026. No Reeves record on the Bureau’s institution roster.
GEO’s 2020 annual report put R3 “up for renewal” on June 30, 2022 (at 32), a month later; the award record controls.
Where are the people who were held at Reeves?
We found no record tying any group from Pecos to a named prison. The Bureau’s December 1, 2022 announcement says only that prisoners from all its former private prisons went to “BOP locations.” We name no one’s destination.
The Bureau’s Inmate Locator answers for anyone it still holds; enter a first and a last name together, and try each part of a compound surname. A released person shows a label such as “Not in BOP Custody as of:” and a date. If a sentence ended with a move to immigration custody, try ICE’s Online Detainee Locator System. See our locator guide and transfers page.
What was the Reeves County Detention Complex?
A 400,000-square-foot, low-security complex of three centers. R1 and R2, which the Inspector General later called one facility built in two phases (Report 21-123 at 35), held housing units, indoor and outdoor recreation, food service, warehousing and an immigration courtroom; R3 was a separate facility of three housing units with its own support buildings (Report 15-15 at 3).
It was among the Bureau’s largest contracts. The R1 and R2 contract covered up to 2,407 low-security non-citizen men, over a four-year base and three two-year options, at an estimated $493 million; the Inspector General called it the Justice Department’s second-largest contract by dollars obligated since fiscal 2014 (at i). Compared with the older agreements, it added comprehensive medical care and a new medical unit, outside accreditation, office space for Bureau monitors and sentence computation (at 3–4).
The county, not a company, signed with the Bureau; most of the 330 staff at R1 and R2 were county employees under a GEO management team (at 4). The Bureau dates the practice to the mid-1980s, when it began sending low-security prisoners with specialized needs, such as sentenced non-citizens, to privately managed prisons, and it counts 15 private prisons used over the years (December 1, 2022 release). PS 5111.04 (May 23, 2017) lists Reeves as a hearing and release site (at p. 15); see our Institution Hearing Program page.
What did the Inspector General find at Reeves?
Its April 2015 audit of the R1 and R2 contract found Service Contract Act violations by the county and its medical subcontractor and almost $3 million in questioned costs or funds for better use, including $1.95 million in fringe benefits the county billed and the Bureau paid without entitlement (at i). The Bureau had rated the compounds “deficient” or “unsatisfactory” in 6 of 12 award-fee periods, though performance improved, to “good” in 2013 and “very good” in 2014 (at ii).
Until March 2009 the contract set no minimum staffing; a Bureau after-action report found low staffing alone was not the direct cause of the disturbances but “directly affected Security and Health Services functions” (at ii–iii). Health services then missed the Bureau’s 85 percent staffing floor in 34 of 37 months from December 2010 through December 2013 (at iii).
The audit also faulted the “J-Unit,” a converted housing unit with restricted movement for men found to be coercing others to join demonstrations, for lacking rules on placement, challenges and review (at iv). The Bureau generally agreed with 17 of 18 recommendations but not the J-Unit one, and GEO, for the county, did not agree on the Service Contract Act or the J-Unit (Inspector General release, April 15, 2015). In December 2016 the Inspector General reported $4.7 million in resulting repayments and savings, about $2.9 million of it repaid by the county through reduced bills.
Federal prisons still operating in Texas
Pecos is not among the 13 Texas institutions the Bureau still operates; our Texas federal prisons hub lists them, and the South Central Regional Office page covers their region. Two other former Texas contract prisons have record pages, Big Spring Correctional Center and Giles W. Dalby Correctional Facility. The Bureau’s private-prison contracting ended with McRae on November 30, 2022; see our closures explainer.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CI Reeves 1 and 2 part of the Reeves County complex?
Yes. R1 and R2, which the Bureau contracted for as Reeves County Detention Center I/II, stood in the same Pecos complex as the separate R3 center, and the Inspector General calls R1 and R2 one facility built in two phases. This page covers all three.
When did the Bureau stop using the Reeves County Detention Complex?
In two stages. GEO reported that on March 25, 2021 the Bureau gave notice that the R1 and R2 contract would end early, effective May 10, 2021. The federal award record for the county’s R3 contract shows its period of performance ending May 30, 2022.
Who ran the Reeves County Detention Complex?
Reeves County held the Bureau’s contracts and employed most of the R1 and R2 staff. The GEO Group managed the compounds under a subcontract the county signed in November 2006, and GEO’s filings describe the facility as county-owned. Medical care came from separate subcontractors.
What happened in the Reeves riots?
The Inspector General records a riot at R3 in December 2008 and one at R1 and R2 in January 2009. After the second, the Bureau restored the minimum staffing requirements it had dropped, and correctional officer staffing then typically stayed above 90 percent.
Can I still write to someone at Reeves?
No. Nobody is held there for the Bureau, and older listings of an address for the complex are out of date. Locate the person first, through the Bureau’s Inmate Locator or ICE’s detainee locator, and then use the rules of the facility that holds them.
Did Reeves hold immigration hearings?
Yes. The Inspector General’s 2015 audit notes an immigration courtroom at R1 and R2, the Bureau’s Institution Hearing Program statement of May 2017 lists Reeves as a hearing site, and the Inspector General still listed the Reeves centers in that program in May 2021.
Where we can help
Sentence credit, transfer and release-date questions left from time served in Pecos are post-conviction work our firm does.
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Sources and currency
Government records
- DOJ Inspector General: Report 15-15 (April 2015), at i–iv and 3–4; release of April 15, 2015; update of December 14, 2016; Report 21-123 (September 2021), at 31 and 35.
- USAspending.gov, awards 15BPCC19C00000031 and 15BPCC19C00000032 (County of Reeves).
- PS 5111.04, Institution Hearing Program, CN-1 (May 23, 2017), at p. 15.
- Bureau of Prisons: roster, September 19, 2026; BOP Ends Use of Privately Owned Prisons, December 1, 2022.
Operator filings
- The GEO Group, Form 10-Q, first quarter 2021, at 36; Form 10-K for 2020, at 12 and 32; Form 10-K for 2021, at 7 and 14.
Sources reviewed September 2026; web records read September 19, 2026.
Reviewed for legal accuracy by Elizabeth Franklin-Best, Esq., Principal Attorney·September 2026