Last updated: June 2011
United Kingdom Detention Profile
List of Detention Sites
Disclaimer | Sources | Categories
| Name | Status (Year) | Location | Facility Type | Detention Timeframe | Security | Authority | Management | Capacity | Reported Population on a Single Day | Demographics & Segregation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brook House Immigration Removal Centre | In use (2011) | London Gatwick Airport, Gatwick | Migrant detention centre | Long-Term | Secure | Home Office, UK Border Agency | G4S (2011) | 426 (2011) | 395 (31 March 2011) | Adult males only (2011) |
| Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre | In use (2011) | Kidlington, Oxfordshire | Migrant detention centre | Long-Term | Secure | Home Office, UK Border Agency | Mitie PLC (2011) | 216 (2011) | 215 (31 March 2011) | Adult males only (2011) |
| Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre | In use (2011) | Harmondsworth, West Drayton, Middlesex | Migrant detention centre | Long-Term | Secure | Home Office, UK Border Agency | Serco Ltd. (2011) | 308 (2011) | 280 (31 March 2011) | Adult males and females. Gender segregation (2011) |
| Colnbrook Residential Short-Term Holding Facility | In use (2011) | Harmondsworth, West Drayton, Middlesex | Migrant detention centre | Medium-Term | Secure | Home Office, UK Border Agency | Serco Ltd. (2011) | 80 (2011) | 65 (31 March 2011) | Adult males and females. Gender segregation (2010) |
| Dover Immigration Removal Centre | In use (2011) | Western Heights, Dover, Kent | Migrant detention centre | Long-Term | Secure | Home Office, UK Border Agency | HM Prison Service (2011) | 314 (2011) | 270 (31 March 2011) | Adult males only (2011) |
| Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre | In use (2011) | Strathaven, South Lanarkshire | Migrant detention centre | Long-Term | Secure | Home Office, UK Border Agency | G4S (2011) (in Sept. 2011 shifts to Geo Group Ltd.) | 219 (2011) | 185 (31 March 2011) | Adult males and females. Gender segregation (2011) |
| Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre | In use (2011) | Harmondsworth, West Drayton | Migrant detention centre | Long-Term | Secure | Home Office, UK Border Agency | The Geo Group Ltd. (2011) | 623 (2011) | 585 (31 March 2011) | Adult males only (2011) |
| Harwich International Port Residential Short-Term Holding Facility | Closed (2010) | Harwich International Port, Parkeston, Harwich, Essex | Migrant detention centre | Medium-Term | Secure | Home Office, UK Border Agency | Taylormade Security (2008) | 6 (2008) | Adult males and females. Gender segregation (2008) | |
| Haslar Immmigration Removal Centre | In use (2011) | Gosport, Hampshire | Migrant detention centre | Long-Term | Secure | Home Office, UK Border Agency | HM Prison Service (2011) | 160 (2011) | 150 (31 March 2011) | Adult males only (2011) |
| Larne Residential Short-Term Holding Facility | In use (2011) | Larne, Northern Ireland | Migrant detention centre | Medium-Term | Secure | Home Office, UK Border Agency | Reliance (2011) | 22 (2011) | Adult males and females. Gender segregation (2011) | |
| Lindholme Immigration Removal Centre | In use (2011) | Hatfield Woodhouse, Nr Doncaster, South Yorkshire | Migrant detention centre | Long-Term | Secure | Home Office, UK Border Agency | HM Prison Service (2010) | 124 (2011) | 115 (31 March 2011) | Adult males only (2011) |
| Morton Hall Immigration Removal Centre | In use (2011) | Lincolnshire | Migrant detention centre | Long-Term | Secure | Home Office, UK Border Agency | HM Prison Service (2011) | 392(2011) | Adult males only (2011) | |
| Oakington Immigration Removal Centre (Oakington Reception Centre) | Closed (2010) | Longstanton, Cambridgeshire | Migrant detention centre | Long-Term | Secure | Home Office, UK Border Agency | G4S (2010) | 408 (2010) | 385 (August 2010) | Adult males only (2010) |
| Pease Pottage Pre-departure accommodation | In use (2011) | Pease Pottage, Crawley, West Sussex | Migrant detention centre | Medium-Term | Semi-Secure | Home Office, UK Border Agency | G4S and Bernardo's | 44 (2011) | Families and minors only (2011) | |
| Pennine House Residential Short-Term Holding Facility | In use (2011) | Manchester Airport, Manchester | Migrant detention centre | Medium-Term | Secure | Home Office, UK Border Agency | Reliance (2011) | 32 (2011) | 30 (31 March 2011) | Adult males and females. Gender segregation (2011) |
| Port of Dover Residential Short-Term Holding Facility | Closed (2010) | Port of Dover, Dover | Migrant detention centre | Medium-Term | Secure | Home Office, UK Border Agency | G4S (2009) | 56 (2009) | 15 (4 August 2009) | Adult males and females; children. Gender segregation (2009) |
| Tinsley House Immigration Removal Centre | In use (2011) | Gatwick Airport, Gatwick, West Sussex | Migrant detention centre | Long-Term | Secure | Home Office, UK Border Agency | G4S (2011) | 154 (2011) | 100 (31 March 2011) | Adult males and families. Gender segregation; family units (2011) |
| Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre | In use (2011) | Glapham, Bedfordshire | Migrant detention centre | Long-Term | Secure | Home Office, UK Border Agency | Serco Ltd. (2011) | 405 (2011) | 260 (31 March 2011) | Adult females and families (over 18) (2011) |
Sources
(This is only a partial list. More detailed information is available upon request.)
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- HM Chief Inspector of Prisons. 2010d. Report on an announced inspection of Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre. 21-25 June 2010. http://www.justice.gov.uk/inspectorates/hmi-prisons/dungavel-house-rem.htm (accessed 25 May 2011).
- HM Chief Inspector of Prisons. 2010e. Report on an announced inspection of Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre. 11-15 January 2010. http://www.justice.gov.uk/inspectorates/hmi-prisons/docs/Harmondsworth_2010_rps.pdf (accessed 26 May 2011).
- HM Chief Inspector of Prisons. 2010f. Report on an announced inspection of Haslar Immigration Removal Centre. 120-24 April 2009. http://www.justice.gov.uk/inspectorates/hmi-prisons/docs/Haslar_2009_rps.pdf (accessed 26 May 2011).
- HM Chief Inspector of Prisons. 2010g. Report on an unannounced follow-up inspection of Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre. 16-17 August 2010. http://www.justice.gov.uk/inspectorates/hmi-prisons/docs/Colnbrook_2010_rps.pdf (accessed 26 May 2011).
- HM Chief Inspector of Prisons. 2010h. Report on an unannounced follow-up inspection of the residential short-term holding facility at Pennine House. 2-3 March 2010. http://www.justice.gov.uk/inspectorates/hmi-
prisons/docs/Pennine_House_STHF_2010_rps_.pdf (accessed 26 May 2011). - HM Chief Inspector of Prisons. 2010i. Report on an unannounced short follow-up inspection of Oakington Immigration Reception Centre. September 2010. "http://www.justice.gov.uk/inspectorates/hmi-prisons/docs/Oakington_2010_rps.pdf (accessed 25 May 2011).
- HM Inspectorate of Prisons. 2011a. A review of short-term holding facilities inspections. http://www.justice.gov.uk/inspectorates/hmi-prisons/docs/STHF_review_Dec_2010_-_FINAL.pdf (accessed 24 May 2011).
- HM Chief Inspector of Prisons. 2011b. Report on an unannounced short follow-up inspection of Lindholme Immigration Removal Centre. 17-20 January 2011. http://www.justice.gov.uk/inspectorates/hmi-prisons/docs/Haslar_2009_rps.pdf (accessed 26 May 2011).
- Independent Monitoring Board (IMB). 2009a. Report of the Independent Monitoring Board on the Short Term Holding Facilities at Heathrow Airport for the calendar year February 2008/ January 2009. Independent Monitoring Board Annual Report. http://www.imb.gov.uk/annual-reports/09-annual-reports/Heathrow_2008-2009.pdf?view=Binary (accessed 28 April 2009).
- Independent Monitoring Boards (IMB). 2009b. Annual Report of the Independent Monistoring Board for Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre. 2009. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110206195651/http://www.imb.gov.uk/reports/Colnbrook_2009.pdf (accessed 25 May 2011).
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- Independent Monitoring Boards (IMB). 2009e. Annual Report of the Independent Monistoring Board for Tinsley House Immigration Removal Centre. 2009. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110206195651/http://www.imb.gov.uk/reports/Tinsley_House_IRC_2009.pdf (accessed 25 May 2011).
- Independent Monitoring Boards (IMB). 2009f. Annual Report of the Independent Monistoring Board for Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre. 2009. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110206195651/http://www.imb.gov.uk/reports/Yarls_Wood_2009.pdf (accessed 25 May 2011).
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