Last updated: March 2009
Kenya Detention Profile
List of Detention Sites
Disclaimer | Sources | Categories
| Name | Status (Year) | Location | Facility Type | Security | Authority | Management | Capacity | Reported Population on a single day | Demographics & Segregation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garissa Prison | In use (2007) | Garissa | Prison | Secure | Kenya Police | Kenya Police | Adult males and females; minors. No gender, legal or age segregation. | ||
| Jomo Kenyatta International Airport | In use (2007) | Nairobi | Transit Zone - Airport | Secure | Department of Immigration | Department of Immigration | 48 (November 2007) | ||
| Liboi Transit Center | In use (2008) | Liboi | Transit Zone - Land border; Registration centre | Kenyan Government | Kenyan Government / UNHCR | Adult males and females; minors. |
Sources
(This is only a partial list. More detailed information is available upon request.)
- BBC. 2007. "Hunger Strike Somalis Get Asylum." BBC. 26 November 2007.
- Reprieve. 2007. Mass Rendition, Incomunicado Detention, and Possible Torture of Foreign Nationals in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia. Reprieve. London. 22 March 2007. http://www.reprieve.org.uk/documents/070321HOArenditionreportfinal.pdf (accessed March 2009).
- United Nations. 2006. Humanitarian Situation in Somalia: Monthly Analysis. United Nations. September 2006, page 3.
- UNHCR Briefing Notes. 2008. "15,000 Somalis seek asylum in region since beginning of year." UNHCR News. 28 March 2008. http://www.unhcr.org/news/NEWS/47ecd8bd2.html (accessed March 2009).
- UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 2007. OCHA Situation Report Somalia. UNOCHA. 5 January 2007. http://iys.cidi.org/humanitarian/hsr/07a/ixl1.html. (accessed March 2009).
