Check RCDC III Records

RCDC III Status Is Unverified

Reeves County Detention Center III must not be described as a verified active BOP or ICE prison. Reeves County still lists the property in a facility directory. A 2021 PREA report also documents a historical correctional setting. Neither source identifies a current custodian contract sufficient to establish a live population in 2026.

This warning differs from the I and II record. GEO reported a specific May 10, 2021 end date for the BOP I/II contract. The research did not locate an equally authoritative current contract statement for III. The correct conclusion is not that III definitely closed or definitely operates. Its present status is unverified.

RCDC III Historical Evidence

RCDC III was historically a contract correctional component. The county directory lists 100 W. County Road 204, Pecos, and 432-447-2909. A historical 2021 PREA audit concerns past operations and conditions at that time. It is not a current inmate locator or a present contract award.

The broader RCDC history includes a major former BOP contract complex. BOP later announced that all privately managed prison contracts ended by November 30, 2022. That federal policy record is a strong reason to reject any unsupported assumption that a legacy Pecos listing remains a BOP prison.

The BOP announcement documents that broader change:

Find Former RCDC III Prisoners

For a former sentenced federal prisoner, use the BOP Inmate Locator. It covers federal prison records from 1982 forward and accepts BOP, FBI, DCDC, or INS numbers. A name search can add age, race, and sex to distinguish matches.

1. Search the federal number when it is known.
2. Otherwise compare all available identity fields.
3. Read release date and status as one result.
4. Save the register number for the docket search.
5. Check the federal judgment and supervision term.

A past release date and Released or no facility establish the end of BOP custody. They do not establish the end of supervised release or rule out ICE, state, or local custody. A future date remains projected.

Interpret RCDC III BOP Results

BOP labels answer only the federal prison question. UNKNOWN means the displayed term is undetermined. IN TRANSIT can cover U.S. Marshals movement and a court release that has not yet reached the locator. A halfway house under Community Corrections Management remains a BOP placement.

For pre-1982 prison records, use the National Archives route described by BOP. Include the full name, date of birth or approximate age, race, and approximate custody dates.

RCDC III Federal Court Path

The Western District of Texas Pecos Division is at 410 S. Cedar St., Pecos, TX 79772. The clerk's telephone is 432-445-4228, and published office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central. Search PACER for the bond or release order, judgment, commitment, and supervised-release terms.

A docket can identify the legal event but not always the physical exit minute. Pair it with BOP, USMS, or ICE information. A person can leave one custodian under an order and immediately enter another agency's custody.

PACER fees and exemptions follow its current published rules. Specific-court records may update sooner than the national index. Use the register number, cause number, and exact name to avoid merging two people.

USMS Questions About RCDC III

A federal pretrial defendant may be held for the U.S. Marshals Service in a local or contract facility without entering BOP custody. USMS reports that most federal detainees are housed outside federal buildings. That makes the legal custodian more useful than the facility sign.

USMS has no public inmate locator. Restricted prisoner tracking data include court, housing, identity, and disposition information. A focused FOIA request can seek a defined existing record, but exemptions apply and the agency need not answer questions or create a new account.

USMS does not publicly release prisoner personal histories, photographs, or arrival and departure times. The federal docket should be the first public source for a pretrial release or transfer order.

ICE Custody Is Not RCDC III

No authoritative current source in the research established RCDC III as an active ICE detention prison. A person with an immigration matter should be searched through ICE ODLS, not routed to III because an old search result mentions non-citizens or federal contracts.

ODLS accepts an A-number and country of birth, or exact name, country of birth, and optional birth date. It includes current detention and people released from ICE custody within about 60 days. It excludes children under 18 and may omit records for other reasons.

The ICE information line is 1-888-351-4024, open weekdays except holidays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern. The current Pecos check-in office is a community reporting site, not proof of detention at RCDC III.

ICE Detainers and RCDC Records

An ICE detainer asks another agency to give notice before ordinary release and hold the person for up to 48 more hours for transfer. ICE calls detainers requests. If a person left a federal or local custodian for ICE, the first release record marks the end of only that first custody.

Search ODLS promptly because the released-person window is limited. A negative result months later does not prove that ICE never held the person. Use ICE paperwork or FOIA for an older event, subject to privacy and law-enforcement limits.

Pecos also has an ICE check-in office serving people who may already live in the community under an immigration process. Do not confuse a reporting appointment with incarceration or with the legacy RCDC III site.

RCDC III Directory Contact

The county directory provides a location and number, but every use of them needs a status warning. Call only to ask what organization, if any, currently answers for the property. Do not ask staff to confirm a federal or ICE release unless the present custodian has first been established.

For a county-jail case, contact Reeves County Jail instead. For BOP custody, use BOP. For federal pretrial custody, use the docket and USMS. For immigration custody, use ICE. The office that possessed the record controls access.

Legacy RCDC III Search Trap

Old facility pages, audit documents, and county listings can outlast a contract. That makes RCDC III a distinct local search problem. A historical source can prove that a facility operated during its covered period without proving anything about the next year.

Always date the evidence. The 2021 PREA report is historical. The BOP private-prison announcement addresses the federal contract framework by late 2022. The county listing is a directory reference. None alone answers who, if anyone, holds a person there today.

A person-level BOP result, ICE result, or federal docket is stronger because it connects the individual to a legal system. The Reeves County release guide explains how county, state, federal, and ICE records diverge.

Request Former RCDC III Records

Start with the locator and docket that match the custodian. If more detail is required, submit a narrow BOP, USMS, or ICE request. Give the full name, agency number, approximate dates, former facility name, and the exact existing release or transfer record sought.

Do not send a narrative question asking why a person left. Agencies need not research, create a timeline, or build a continuing list. Privacy, law-enforcement, and sealed-record limits may apply.

A federal release date should be paired with the judgment when sentence or supervision terms matter. An ICE result should be paired with release paperwork when reporting requirements matter. An unverified facility phone number is not a substitute for either record.