Monroe County Jail — Monroe MI (County IGSA)
Overview
The Monroe County Jail in Monroe, Michigan holds ICE detainees under an Intergovernmental Service Agreement (IGSA) (contract DROIGSA-08-0025). Located near the Ohio border, the facility is managed by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and overseen by ICE’s Detroit ERO Office. It detains adult men and undocumented migrants on an administrative basis.
Key Details
- Address: 7000 East Dunbar Road, Monroe, MI
- Operator: Monroe County Sheriff’s Office
- IGSA: Active (DROIGSA-08-0025)
- ICE oversight: Detroit ERO Office (985 Michigan Ave, Suite 207, Detroit)
- Detainee types: Adult men, immigration detainees (administrative)
Notable Legal Actions
Monroe County Jail has been at the center of Michigan’s habeas corpus wave. Key ruling:
- August 2025: Judge Brandy R. McMillion (Eastern District) freed Juan Manuel Lopez-Campos, a 46-year-old Mexican father of five U.S. citizen children, from nearly two months’ detention at Monroe County Jail. He had been stopped for improper passing. McMillion called the mandatory detention framework “not only wrong but also fundamentally unfair,” stating “in a nation of laws vetted and implemented by Congress, we don’t get to arbitrarily choose which laws we feel like following.”
This ruling was one of hundreds of successful habeas petitions in Michigan federal courts, primarily challenging detentions originating from North Lake Baldwin and overflowing to county jails like Monroe.
Context
Monroe County is one of four Michigan county jails holding ICE detainees (along with Calhoun, Chippewa, and St. Clair). As the North Lake Baldwin population swelled past 1,000 in September 2025, habeas petitions increased significantly in Michigan’s federal courts, with Monroe as a key filing jurisdiction.
Heatmap Signals
Score 77 with 4 signal types: igsa (4), 287g-agreement (2), county-fight (1), facility (2). The high IGSA score suggests an active and expanding detention role.