FDC Honolulu Overview
Federal Detention Center, Honolulu is located at 351 Elliott Street in Honolulu. It is operated through the federal custody system and is also listed by ICE as "Federal Detention Center, Honolulu (FDC Honolulu)" under the San Francisco Field Office. This facility is not Oahu Community Correctional Center, not a DCR community correctional center, and not a Honolulu County sheriff jail. The local search path must reflect that separation.
People held at FDC Honolulu may include federal pretrial detainees, holdover detainees, BOP prisoners, people in U.S. Marshals Service custody, and ICE noncitizen detainees. The research identifies separate lookup channels for those groups. BOP has its own inmate locator. ICE has the Online Detainee Locator System and a facility page with call-in instructions. USMS custody may not work like a sentenced BOP locator result, so federal court and agency context may still be needed.
The ICE FDC Honolulu facility profile is the strongest source for local visiting, mail, parking, accessibility, and detainee-information instructions. The captured profile below shows the official ICE facility page used for those details.
FDC Honolulu Custody Counts
The research did not locate an official public BOP capacity figure for FDC Honolulu. It did locate a DCR March 31, 2026 population report line showing one Hawaii inmate assigned or head-counted at Federal Detention Center as a contracted or off-site placement. That DCR line is not the same as a full BOP population count. It only describes a Hawaii DCR reporting relationship for one person in that report.
For a facility lookup page, that means capacity should not be invented. BOP and ICE custody systems may hold people for federal criminal, transfer, holdover, or immigration reasons, and those populations are not measured by Honolulu County jail reports. Use BOP and ICE channels for custody status, and use DCR reports only when the question is about a Hawaii DCR assignment or statewide corrections population accounting.
Look Up FDC Honolulu Inmates
Use the BOP Inmate Locator for federal inmate records from 1982 to present. BOP allows number searches by BOP Register Number, DCDC Number, FBI Number, or INS Number, and name searches by first and last name with optional middle name, race, age, and sex. Results can show name, register number, age, race, sex, release date, and location. A result showing released or not in BOP custody may mean the person is in another system.
- Start with BOP if the person is a federal defendant, sentenced federal inmate, BOP holdover, or known by a federal register number.
- Use ICE ODLS when the question is immigration custody, using A-number and country or the biographical search path.
- Call ICE detainee information at (808) 529-1970 between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. with first, last, hyphenated names, aliases, date of birth, and country of birth ready.
- Use federal court and USMS context for federal pretrial custody when a BOP locator result does not settle where the person is housed.
| System | Inputs | What it can show |
|---|---|---|
| BOP number search | BOP Register, DCDC, FBI, or INS number | Name, register number, age, race, sex, release date, location |
| BOP name search | First, last, optional middle, race, age, sex | Federal inmate result table or release status |
| ICE ODLS | A-number/country or biographical search path | ICE custody location when visible through ODLS |
| ICE FDC phone | Names, aliases, date of birth, country of birth | Staff response during the posted detainee-information call window |
FDC Honolulu Contact
ICE lists the facility main phone and the field office or main detainee-information phone separately. Detainees cannot receive incoming calls. For urgent detainee messages, ICE says callers need the detainee's full name, A-number, and the caller's callback information so staff can relay the message. Legal-service providers request legal calls through the facility phone.
Federal Detention Center, Honolulu
351 Elliott Street
Honolulu, HI 96819
(808) 838-4200
Legal calls and facility main line
ICE Detainee Information
San Francisco Field Office channel
Call window: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
(808) 529-1970
Case information: SanFrancisco.Outreach@ice.dhs.gov
FDC Honolulu Visiting
ICE states that FDC Honolulu permits four hours of visitation on weekends and holidays under ICE detention standards. Family and social visits are non-contact. All visitors are subject to search, and visitors may not carry items into the visiting area or pass items to detainees. The facility also bars firearms and weapons. Search procedures can include pat-down search, belongings inspection, and metal scan.
| Visit item | ICE-documented detail |
|---|---|
| Family/social visits | Four hours on weekends and holidays under ICE detention standards |
| Contact level | Non-contact |
| Search rules | Visitors are subject to search, including belongings inspection and metal scan |
| Items | Visitors cannot carry items into the visitation area or pass items to detainees |
| Special visits | Consular visits may occur by arrangement; clergy visits require prior arrangements with the Chaplain's Office |
ICE also lists free public parking and says disability-related accommodations are provided as needed. That accessibility and parking language was located for FDC Honolulu only. It should not be copied onto OCCC or Laumaka pages without a matching DCR source.
FDC Honolulu Mail Calls Money
FDC Honolulu mail and calls follow federal and ICE rules, not DCR's GTL or ViaPath notices for OCCC. ICE says incoming letters must include the last four digits of the detainee's A-number or file number, the BOP register number, and the sender's name and address. Incoming mail is screened for contraband and routed under facility rules. The research did not locate a facility-specific commissary or deposit fee table on the ICE page.
| Service | Documented detail |
|---|---|
| Include last four digits of A-number/File Number, BOP register number, and sender name/address | |
| Incoming calls | Detainees cannot receive incoming calls |
| Urgent messages | Provide detainee full name, A-number, caller name, and caller phone |
| Legal calls | Legal-service providers request legal calls through FDC Honolulu at (808) 838-4200 |
| Money or commissary fee | No facility-specific fee located in the ICE facility page research |
Federal Intake and Holds
FDC Honolulu is not part of the local OCCC booking stream. A person arrested by HPD might later face federal custody only if a federal agency, federal court, USMS, BOP, or ICE process becomes involved. Federal pretrial defendants may be housed at FDC Honolulu or another contract facility. ICE detainees are civil immigration detainees, and their case information is handled through ICE and immigration channels, even if they are physically housed at FDC Honolulu.
Federal mugshots are not published as a local jail roster in the research. The BOP locator is a custody and location search, not a booking-photo gallery. ICE ODLS is an immigration custody locator, not a state court charge database. For a state arrest or DCR custody question, use HPD logs, Hawaii SAVIN/VINELink, OCCC, or eCourt Kokua instead.
- BOP custody
- Federal Bureau of Prisons records, including federal inmates from 1982 to present.
- ICE custody
- Civil immigration detention searched through ICE ODLS or ICE facility contact channels.
- USMS custody
- Federal prisoner custody and transport context that may not appear as a local jail roster.
About Federal Detention Center Honolulu
FDC Honolulu is one of the key local distinctions in Honolulu County inmate searches because it sits inside the county but outside the state DCR jail and prison system. OCCC, Laumaka, Halawa, Waiawa, and WCCC all point back to Hawaii DCR custody channels. FDC Honolulu points to BOP, ICE, and federal channels. A person with a state criminal case may have no BOP result, and a person with an immigration detention issue may not appear in Hawaii SAVIN.
The BOP locator page captured in the research shows number and name search fields, while the ICE facility page provides the local FDC Honolulu rules. Use the systems together only when the facts support it. Some people may have overlapping criminal and immigration issues, but the public record sources remain separate: federal custody location, immigration detention status, state court case history, HPD arrest logs, and DCR custody notification each answer a different question.
Note: Verify whether custody is BOP, ICE, USMS, or DCR before relying on any single locator.