Farmville Detention Center
Farmville, Virginia · 10 well-documented stories
What stands out here
Conditions that appear in a larger share of this facility's stories than of facility stories in general. Stories run from Jul 2025 to Aug 2026.
Nothing stands out against facilities in general; the most documented conditions here:
- Medical requests ignored20% vs 15%
Requests for care, a doctor, or an emergency response were refused, delayed, or dismissed.
- Firearm drawn or fired10% vs 1%
Agents drew or fired a gun.
- Injury needing medical treatment10% vs 7%
The person or a bystander was hurt badly enough to need medical care.
share of stories hereacross all facilities
Everything the stories describe here
- Medical requests ignored · 2 stories
Requests for care, a doctor, or an emergency response were refused, delayed, or dismissed.
- Firearm drawn or fired · 1 story
Agents drew or fired a gun.
- Injury needing medical treatment · 1 story
The person or a bystander was hurt badly enough to need medical care.
- Medication withheld · 1 story
Prescribed medication (insulin, HIV drugs, psychiatric medication, seizure drugs, chemotherapy) was taken, withheld, or not provided.
- Solitary confinement · 1 story
Placed in isolation or segregation.
- Pepper spray, tear gas, or taser · 1 story
Agents used pepper spray, tear gas, a taser, or similar on the person or a crowd.
- Food or water withheld · 1 story
The person went without food or water for an extended period, or was given spoiled or inadequate food.
- Punished for complaining or organizing · 1 story
Isolation, transfer, lost privileges, or threats after the person complained, filed a grievance, spoke to media, organized, or joined a hunger strike.
- Abuse or threats by staff · 1 story
Beatings, threats, humiliation, slurs, or theft by guards or staff.
In their words
“Wouldn't anybody [think they were being carjacked]? A man jumps out wearing all black head to toe, breaks your window, and points a gun at you and your little girls in the back seat. You're going to do whatever you can to protect your family and that's what he did, and the judge saw it for what it was.”
Stories
- Juan Carlos P.M.: Longtime U.S. resident from Mexico held by ICE without a bond hearingA Mexican man held for years after entering the country and living here was granted a bond hearing by a federal court within seven days.Farmville, VA · Aug 18, 2026 · CourtListener
- Fredysel N.C.: Mexican man arrested in Ocean City, Maryland, held by ICE at FarmvilleA Mexican man who has lived in the U.S. since 2018 was detained in Ocean City, Maryland and held over a week at a Virginia facility. A judge ordered him released with a bond hearing within 14 days.Ocean City, MD · Jul 24, 2026 · CourtListener
Jesus A.S. and Adriana G.S.: Parents of U.S. citizen daughters detained by ICE outside Baltimore schoolJesus Acevedo Sanchez, 39, a father of two, was injured when armed ICE agents broke his car window outside his children's Baltimore school. A judge found no probable cause and ordered him and his partner freed.“Wouldn't anybody [think they were being carjacked]? A man jumps out wearing all black head to toe, breaks your window, and points a gun at you and your little girls in the back seat. You're going to do whatever you can to protect your family and that's what he did, and the judge saw it for what it was.” — Rachel GirodBaltimore, MD · Jul 24, 2026 · CBS News, The Banner, WBAL +1- Rene A.N.: Salvadoran man living in U.S. since 2007 held in Virginia detention centerA Salvadoran man held at Virginia's Farmville Detention Center since July 2026 challenged his prolonged detention without a bond hearing. A court ordered he receive a bond hearing within seven days.Farmville, VA · Jul 21, 2026 · CourtListener
- James W.: Kenyan truck driver married to U.S. citizen held 3 weeks by ICEJames Wambui, a Kenyan truck driver, was held three weeks at a Virginia detention center after a routine weigh station stop, racking up $50,000 in legal fees. He was released pending his marriage-based immigration case, though ICE kept his documents.Middletown, VA · Jul 19, 2026 · Kenyans.co.ke, KDR TV, Mwakilishi +1
Aliaksei S.: Belarusian asylum seeker with growing tumor denied care in ICE detentionAliaksei Shcharbachenia, a 35-year-old Belarusian asylum-seeker, has spent nearly a year at a Virginia detention center with a growing arm tumor and no specialist visit since requesting one in December.Farmville, VA · Jun 23, 2026 · The Intercept, Fyra Dating- Osmelin M.B.: Honduran man in U.S. since 2014 held at Farmville, wins bond hearingA Honduran man who has lived in the U.S. since entering in 2014 was detained in June and held at Farmville Detention Center. A judge ordered he receive a bond hearing within seven days.Farmville, VA · Jun 1, 2026 · CourtListener
- Detainees at Farmville ICE facility wait days for care, medication withheldDetainees at Farmville Detention Center face pepper spray misuse, withheld medication, and medical neglect, prompting calls from 25 organizations to close the facility. A congressman's office had to intervene to get one detainee medication after an oversight visit.Arlington, VA · Nov 18, 2025 · Freedom for Immigrants, U.S. House of Representatives - Don Beyer, Augusta Free Press
- Detained men at Farmville report worms in food, threats for complainingAbout 98 men held at Farmville Detention Center refused meals after finding worms in their food and said they were threatened with loss of commissary access for reporting it. CoreCivic denies contamination or retaliation occurred.Farmville, VA · Oct 20, 2025 · Freedom for Immigrants, El Tiempo Latino, NIPNLG +1
Cristian R.B.: Former Virginia Tech student deported by ICE before local court dateCristian Romo-Bermejo, a former Virginia Tech student, was detained by ICE after being treated for alcohol poisoning and deported before his scheduled Montgomery County court date. He remains outside the U.S. and is no longer enrolled.Blacksburg, VA · Jul 2025 · WSET, Daily Progress, Miami Herald +1
Where people stood at the latest report
Each square is one percent of these stories. Read it with care: people who are still detained or already deported have far less access to reporters and lawyers than people who were released, so this mix reflects who gets covered more than how cases end.
- Deported 10%
- Still detained 30%
- Released 30%
- Unknown 30%