Tripoli

Ain Zara Detention Centre

Status

Closed
(or ceased migrant detention operations)

2019

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Militia known as Battalion 42 or "al-Sheikh", Department for Combating Illegal Immigration (DCIM)

Management: Ministry of Interior, Department for Combating Illegal Immigration (DCIM) (Governmental)

Detains: Not Available

Demographics

Unaccompanied minors, Adult women, Accompanied minors, Adult men

Reported population

917

2018

Libya

8,672

Immigration detainees (2018)

Not Available

Estimated detention capacity (2018)

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Contact Information
Center status

Status Closed (or ceased migrant detention operations)

2019

Status In use

2019

Status In use

2018

Status In use

2015

Status In use

2013
GDP facility typology

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2013
National typology
Operating period

OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

Management

Name Ministry of Interior, Department for Combating Illegal Immigration (DCIM)

Type Governmental

2013
Maximum official detention period at facility

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2013
Demographics

Name Unaccompanied minors

2018

Name Adult women

2018

Name Accompanied minors

2018

Name Adult men

2018
Gender segregation

Gender Segregation Yes

2018
Age segregation

Age Segregation Yes

2018
Reported population at a specific time

Number 917

2018
Access by international organizations, civil society, national institutions

Yes or No Yes

Type of institution International Organization for Migration

2018
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Security Regime
Armed guards
Reported overstays at facility
Estimated average detention period (days)
Categories of detainees
Legal segregation
Family segregation
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Capacity reserved for immigration detainees (criminal facility)
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Reports of attempted or successful suicides at this facility

BUREAUCRATIC CHARACTERISTICS

Custodial authority

Agency Militia known as Battalion 42 or "al-Sheikh"

Ministry Ministry of the Interior

Ministry Typology Non-State Actor - Militia/Armed Group

2018

Agency Department for Combating Illegal Immigration (DCIM)

Ministry

Ministry Typology Interior or Home Affairs

2013
Facility owner
Estimated cost per detainee day at facility (in USD)
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