APPENDIX H - ICE Facility Design Guide (2025).pdf

This is Appendix H of the ICE Facility Design Guide (Revised 2025), a comprehensive reference document establishing design standards and requirements for Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities across the United States.

The guide provides detailed planning principles, space design criteria, and architectural requirements for ICE facility development across multiple operational directorates including Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Management & Administration (M&A), Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), and Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR). Key facility requirements address site selection considerations (adjacent uses, building class, parking, sallyports, fencing specifications), operational infrastructure (telecommunications, electrical systems, emergency power, security systems including Enterprise Physical Access Control Systems, Intrusion Detection Systems, and Video Surveillance Systems), and space planning with minimum and maximum square footage allocations. The document establishes compliance requirements with higher-level directives including relevant federal statutes, Executive Orders, DHS Policy Directives, and industry standards such as ASHRAE, NFPA, and International Building Code. Specific design guidance includes detention area specifications (with reference to Service Processing Center Detention Construction Standards for owned facilities), secured areas, laboratories, fitness facilities, and administrative spaces. Site adjacency diagrams and floor plan templates are provided for each directorate, with emphasis on security protocols, separate secure entrances for different operational units, and co-location considerations. The guide incorporates DHS Space Utilization Requirements for workspace areas and establishes a formal waiver process for exceptions to stated standards, supporting ICE's goal of reducing facility footprints while maintaining operational efficiency and security compliance.