Last updated: September 2009

Bahrain Detention Profile

List of Detention Sites

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Name Status (Year) Location Facility Type Security Authority Management Capacity Reported Population on a Single Day Demographics & Segregation
Asry Detention Center In use (2007) Asry   Secure         Adult males only (2007)
Illegal Aliens Detention Center at Al Hidd / Hidd Detention Center In use (2008) Al Hidd Migrant detention centre Secure Ministry of Interior Specially trained police officers     Adult males and females (2008)
Isa Town Prison (for women) In use (2002) Isa Town Prison Secure Ministry of Interior Specially trained police officers     Adult females only. Legal segregation (2002)

 

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

  • Bew, Geoffrey.2007a. "Hunger Strikers Still in Prison." Gulf Daily News. 8 April 2007. In Bahrain Center for Human Rights. http://www.bahrainrights.org/node/1150 (accessed 2 October 2007).
  • Bew Geoffrey. 2007b. "Stranded Prisoners Slash Their Wrists." Gulf Daily News. 13 May 2007. In Bahrain Center for Human Rights. http://www.bahrainrights.org/node/1225 (accessed 2 October 2007).
  • Del Rosario, Eunice. 2007. "Gulf Daily News: Sex-slaves probe". Gulf Daily News. 7 February 2007. Bahrain Center for Human Rights. http://www.bahrainrights.org/node/1029 (accessed 17 June 2009).
  • George, Begena. 2006. "Jail Strike Called Off." Gulf Daily News. 13 November 2006. In Bahrain Center for Human Rights. http://www.bahrainrights.org/node/703 (accessed 2 October 2007).
  • Pradeep, Begena P. 2008. "Wife caught in vice raid to be deported". Gulf Daily News. 9 July 2008. http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=222591 (accessed 24 June 2009).
  • Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. 2002. Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention - Visit to Bahrain. United Nations Commission on Human Rights. E/CN.4/2002/77/Add.2. 5 March 2002.