Bahamas Profile

Quick Facts

Dedicated immigration detention sites: 1 (2011)

Total detention capacity of dedicated facility: 100 (2011)

No. of prisons used for immigration detention: 1 (2011)

Reported population: 72 (18 August 2011)

Maximum length of detention: no limit

Asylum seekers: 9 (January 2011)

Last updated: August 2011

For more detailed information, see the complete List of Detention Sites.

Sources
(This is only a partial list. More detailed information is available upon request.)

Bahama Islands Info (BIS). 2010. “Royal Bahamas Defence Force officers participate in tour of Florida’s primary Immigration Detention Centre.” BIS. 11 September 2010. http://bahamaislandsinfo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6510:royal-bahamas-defence-force-officers-participate-in-tour-of-floridas-primary-immigration-detention-centre&catid=34:Bahamas%20National%20News&Itemid=147 (accessed 29 June 2011).
Undisclosed staff member at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre. Telephone interview with Cecilia Cannon (Global Detention Project). 18 August 2011. Geneva, Switzerland. (Source asked to remain anonymous).
Immigration Act (1967). Immigration: Chapter 191: Statute Law of the Bahamas. Government of the Bahamas.
Lowe, Alison. 2010. “Detainee describes ‘terrible’ experience at Detention Centre.” The Tribune. 6 December 2010. http://www.tribune242.com/Print/06122010_aldetention_new_pg1 (accessed 7 February 2011).
United States Department of State. 2010. 2009 Human Rights Reports: The Bahamas. 11 March 2010. http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/wha/136099.htm (accessed 26 July 2010).
United States Department of State. 2011. 2010 Human Rights Reports: The Bahamas. 8 April 2011. http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2010/wha/154492.htm (accessed 20 August 2011).