Borg-el Arab, Alexandria

Borg-el Arab Prison

Status

Closed
(or ceased migrant detention operations)

2010

Type: Prison or pretrial detention centre (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: Interior Ministry

Management: Interior Ministry / Prisons Sector (Governmental)

Detains: Adult men, Unaccompanied minors, Asylum seekers (administrative), Criminal detainees (convicted or remand), Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Deaths at facility Capacity Reported population
Yes
No Data
No Data
Egypt

3,051

Immigration detainees (2014)

822

Detained children (2016)

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Center status

Status Closed (or ceased migrant detention operations)

2010
GDP facility typology

Category Filter Criminal

Type Prison or pretrial detention centre

2010
Operating period

Year of Entry 2008

Year Ceased 2010

OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

Management

Name Interior Ministry / Prisons Sector

Type Governmental

2010
Security Regime

Security Level Secure

2010
Maximum official detention period at facility

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2010
Demographics

Name Adult men

2010

Name Unaccompanied minors

2010
Categories of detainees

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2010

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2010

Name Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2010
Gender segregation

Gender Segregation

Legal segregation

Legal Segregation No

2010
Family segregation

Family Segregation No

2010
Age segregation

Age Segregation

Family access

Family Access Yes

2011
Reported deaths at this facility

Reported deaths? Yes

2008

BUREAUCRATIC CHARACTERISTICS