How do I confirm someone is at FDC Philadelphia?
Use the Online Detainee Locator at ice.gov/locator with an A-number or an exact name, plus country of birth. ICE warns that the system is not complete. Then call (215) 521-4000, a line for which ICE prints no hours, with names, aliases, date and country of birth. Ask for the unit and register number, which you need for visiting, mail and money. BOP lists this as an administrative-security federal jail housing men and women, and the ICE facility list shows nothing about one person.
How do I schedule a visit at FDC Philadelphia?
You must be on the visitor list and cleared by the Bureau. Its regulations, PHL 5267.09E of March 8, 2023, require emailing PHL-VisitingScheduler-S@bop.gov with the inmate's name, number and unit, and the visitor's name, address, phone and date of birth. Each unit has a rotating day, on monthly schedules posted to TRULINCS and the BOP website. Tuesdays are for attorneys. Ordinarily two visitors at most, and men in general population get 1.5 hours a visit. Men's weekday slots start at 7:15, 9:15, 11:15 and 1:15. Confirm at (215) 521-4000: these rules omit ICE detainees.
Where do letters go, and how do messages work?
Do not write to Arch Street. Bureau facility data lists inmate mail at P.O. Box 562, Philadelphia, PA 19105; ICE's page prints no mailing address. ICE requires the last four digits of the A-number plus your name and address. Ask on the phone call whether the register number should appear too. ICE says mail is copied here, and legal mail is vetted under Bureau guidance. Electronic messages run through TRULINCS and CorrLinks for people on the approved contact list. ICE's page sets out no family phone account.
Where does money for FDC Philadelphia go?
ICE says mailed funds must go to a processing center in Des Moines, Iowa, and the Bureau gives the lockbox: Federal Bureau of Prisons, P.O. Box 474701, Des Moines, Iowa 50947-0001. Electronic routes are MoneyGram and Western Union, which the Bureau says use the eight-digit number followed by the last name. Send only after the person has physically arrived. On mailed money orders, the committed name and number go on both the order and the envelope. Other instruments can sit on a 15-day hold. No cash or personal checks.
Which court and ICE contacts apply, and how do I get there?
EOIR's list, updated October 1, 2026, ties the Federal Detention Center to the Philadelphia Immigration Court; check the hearing lookup guide or 1-800-898-7180 for the real place. ICE gives lawyers Monday to Friday, 6:15 a.m. to 8 p.m., and weekends and federal holidays, 7:15 a.m. to 2 p.m. Case questions go to PHL-ExecAssistant-S@bop.gov. The ICE field office is at 114 North 8th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, (215) 656-7164. ICE says public parking at no cost is unavailable. Release: bond hearing guide; representation: removal defense. More: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.