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ICE Facility scrapers

These files maintain the code to collect (and collate) ICE facility data from a number of sources.

utils.py

Contains most of our collating functions and shared functions that scrapers may need.

init.py

Contains some static objects and import declarations (so we can from ice_scrapers import successfully)...

spreadsheet_load.py

ICE is required by law to produce regular custody data. We can pull that data from here https://www.ice.gov/detain/detention-management. Because this spreadsheet is more "complete" than other sources we've found, we use it as our base scrape.

facilities_scraper.py

Pulls information about ICE detention facilities from https://www.ice.gov/detention-facilities. This can add additional (or corrected) data about facilities locations, contact information, and provides facility images.

field_offices.py

Collects additional data about ICE/DHS field offices from https://www.ice.gov/contact/field-offices. Largely basic areas of responsibility and contact info for the field office.

The field-offices page shows information about a number of different offices. As we are largely focused on detention, ERO (Enforcement and Removal Operations) centers are the most interesting.

custom_facilities.py

Some facilities we may discover manually. Or they may be "pending" classification, but we discover them early on. These facilities are defined here.