2000 Detention Operations Manual
When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was formed, the agency operated its detention system under a set of National Detention Standards (NDS) that had been issued in September 2000. NDS established consistent conditions of confinement, program operations and management expectations within the agency's detention system.
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Detainee Services
- Access to Legal Material
- Admission and Release
- Correspondence and Other Mail
- Detainee Classification System
- Detainee Grievance Procedures
- Detainee Handbook
- Food Service
- Funds and Personal Property
- Group Presentations on Legal Rights (Revised 2/11/02)
- Issuance and Exchange of Clothing, Bedding and Towels
- Marriage Requests (Revised 2/11/02)
- Non-Medical Emergency Escorted Trips
- Recreation
- Religious Practices
- Staff-Detainee Communication
- Telephone Access
- Visitation
- Voluntary Work Program
Security and Control
- Contraband
- Detention Files
- Detainee Searches [Reserved]
- Detainee Transfers
- Disciplinary Policy
- Emergency Plans
- Environmental Health and Safety
- Hold Rooms in Detention Facilities
- Key and Lock Control (Security, Accountability, and Maintenance)
- Population Counts
- Post Orders
- Security Inspections
- Special Management Unit (Administrative Segregation)
- Special Management Unit (Disciplinary Segregation)
- Tool Control
- Transportation (Land Transportation)
- Use of Force
Health Services
- Hunger Strikes
- Medical Care
- Suicide Prevention and Intervention
- Terminal Illness, Advanced Directives and Death
See ICE Directive 7-9.0 01 Oct 09
