Last updated: February 2011
Israel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Gurion Airport (Transit Facility) | In use (2011) | Tel Aviv | Transit Zone | Secure | Interior Ministry | Immigration Administration | 2-4 (2011) | ||
| Dekel Prison | In use (2011) | Beersheba | Prison | Secure | Interior Ministry | Israel Prison Service (IPS) | No legal segregation | ||
| Eshel Prison | In use (2011) | Beersheba | Prison | Secure | Interior Ministry | Israel Prison Service (IPS) | No legal segregation | ||
| Givon Prison | In use (2011) | Ramla | Prison | Secure | Interior Ministry | Israel Prison Service (IPS) | 400 (2011) | Adult males and females; minors; Legal and age segregation | |
| Kziot Prison (also, Ketziot or Kziot Military Prison) | Ceased migrant operations (2008) | Kziot (near Egyptian border) | Prison | Secure | Israel Prison Service (IPS) | 239 (Sudanese men, women and children); approximately 1,050 Palestinians (2007) | Adult males and females; minors | ||
| Ma'asiyahu Prison | Closed (2009) | Ramla | Prison | Secure | Ministry of Interior | Immigration Police | 47 (Sudanese) (2006) | ||
| Matan (administrative juvenile detention facility) | In use (2011) | Hadera | Migrant detention center | Secure | Interior Ministry | Israel Prison Service (IPS) | 70 (2010) | Unaccompanied male minors only | |
| Michal | Closed (2010) | Hadera | Migrant detention center | Secure | Israeli immigration police | 84 (2004) | Adult females | ||
| Renaissance Hotel | Closed | Nazareth | Ad hoc | Secure | Immigration Administration | 500 (2003) | |||
| Saharonim Detention Centre (also Saaronim) | In use (2011) | Kziot (near Egyptian border) | Migrant detention centre | Secure | Interior Ministry | Israel Prison Service (IPS) | 2000 (2011) | Adult males and females; Age segregation | |
| Tsohar | Closed | Southern Israel, Western Negev desert | Prison | Secure | Immigration Administration | 67 (2003) | 300 (2003) | ||
| Unnamed Facility | Under construction (2011) | Migrant detention facility | Secure | 10,000 (expected) |
Sources
(This is only a partial list. More detailed information is available upon request.)
- Barthe, Benjamin. 2007. "Le rêve israélien des refugiés du Darfour." Le Monde, 5 August 2007. http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3212,36-941869,0.html (accessed 31 August 2007).
- Berman, Yonatan (Hotline for Migrant Workers). 2011a. Email correspondence with Michael Flynn (Global Detention Project). 23 February 2011. Geneva, Switzerland.
- Berman, Yonatan (Hotline for Migrant Workers). 2011b. Telephone interview by Michael Flynn (Global Detention Project). 25 February 2011. Geneva, Switzerland.
- Hotline for Migrant Workers (HMW). 2010. “Unlawful long-time detention of asylum seekers.” September 2010.
- Hotline for Migrant Workers (HMW). 2007. Annual Report 2007. http://www.hotline.org.il/english/pdf/2007_Annual_Activities_Report.pdf (accessed 21 July 2010).
- Israel Prison Service (IPS). 2008. "Israel Prison Service." IPS Spokesperson's Department. June 2008.
- La'Oved, Kav and Hotline for Migrant Workers. 2003. "Immigration administration or expulsion unit?." Hotline for Migrant Workers, May 2003, http://www.hotline.org.il/english/pdf/Hotline_and_Kav_Laoved_paper_on_Immigration_Police_May_2003_Eng.pdf (accessed 31 August 2007).
- Teibel, A. 2010. "Israel approves detention centre for migrants." Associated Press. 28 November 2010.
