Tobruk (Tobruch) Detention Center

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS Expand all

Status

Center status Show sources

Status	Observation date
In use	2018
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), "UNHCR Libya Alternatives to Detention in Libya, April 2018"
In use	2018
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), "Libya—Detention Centre Profile Generator (February 2018)," Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), February 2018
In use	2017
UNHCR, "Libya, Detention Centres: Detention centres in which UNHCR and partners are carrying out activities," UNHCR, January 2017

Typology

GDP facility typology Show sources

Category Filter	Type	Observation date
Administrative	Immigration detention centre	2018
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), "Libya—Detention Centre Profile Generator (August 2018)," Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), August 2018. http://www.globaldtm.info/libya-detention-centre-profile-august-2018/
Global Detention Project (GDP). 2018. "Country Report: Immigration Detention in Libya: 'a human rights crisis'". August 2018. https://www.globaldetentionproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/GDP-Immigration-Detention-Libya.pdf

Operating Period

Contact Information

City and region

Tobruk, Butnan Municipality

OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS Expand all

Management and Services

Management Show sources

Name	Type	Observation date
Directorate for Combatting Illegal Migration	Governmental	2018
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), “UNHCR Libya Alternatives to Detention in Libya, April 2018,” 13 April 2018, https://reliefweb.int/report/libya/unhcr-libya-alternatives-detention-libya-april-2018-enar
Ministry of the Interior, Department for Combatting Illegal Migration (DCIM)	Governmental	2016
UNHCR, "Libya, Detention Centres: Map of detention centres in Libya and related UNHCR protection activities," UNHCR, June 2016

Outsourced services and non-state actors Show sources

Provider	Service	Observation date
UNHCR	Social services	2017
IOM "DTM Libya - Detention Centre Profile Generator June 2017". Accessible at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-qpxdnv9nlWWHg0UkVqR1JmR3M/view

Security

Detention timeframe

Demographics

Demographics Show sources

Name	Observation date
Adult men	2018
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), "Libya—Detention Centre Profile Generator (August 2018)," Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), August 2018. http://www.globaldtm.info/libya-detention-centre-profile-august-2018/
Adult men	2017
IOM "DTM Libya - Detention Centre Profile Generator June 2017". Accessible at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-qpxdnv9nlWWHg0UkVqR1JmR3M/view

Categories of detainees

Segregation

Size and population

Estimated capacity (administrative immigration detention facility) Show sources

Type	Capacity	Observation date
Standard capacity	130	2017
IOM "DTM Libya - Detention Centre Profile Generator June 2017". Accessible at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-qpxdnv9nlWWHg0UkVqR1JmR3M/view

Reported population at a specific time Show sources

Number	Observation date
55	2018
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), "Libya—Detention Centre Profile Generator (August 2018)," Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), August 2018. http://www.globaldtm.info/libya-detention-centre-profile-august-2018/
12	2017
IOM "DTM Libya - Detention Centre Profile Generator June 2017". Accessible at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-qpxdnv9nlWWHg0UkVqR1JmR3M/view

Conditions

Reports of adequate or inadequate conditions Show sources

Adequate or Inadequate?	Detention centre conditions	Observation date
Inadequate	Medical care	2017
IOM "DTM Libya - Detention Centre Profile Generator June 2017". Accessible at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-qpxdnv9nlWWHg0UkVqR1JmR3M/view
Inadequate	Access to clean drinking water	2017
IOM "DTM Libya - Detention Centre Profile Generator June 2017". Accessible at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-qpxdnv9nlWWHg0UkVqR1JmR3M/view
Inadequate	Showers and toilets	2017
IOM "DTM Libya - Detention Centre Profile Generator June 2017". Accessible at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-qpxdnv9nlWWHg0UkVqR1JmR3M/view
Inadequate	Food provision	2017
IOM "DTM Libya - Detention Centre Profile Generator June 2017". Accessible at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-qpxdnv9nlWWHg0UkVqR1JmR3M/view

Personnel

Access

Access by international organizations, civil society, national institutions Show sources

Yes or No	Type of institution	Observation date
Yes	International Organization for Migration	2018
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), "Libya—Detention Centre Profile Generator (August 2018)," Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), August 2018. http://www.globaldtm.info/libya-detention-centre-profile-august-2018/
Yes	UN High Commissioner for Refugees	2018
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), “UNHCR Libya Alternatives to Detention in Libya, April 2018,” 13 April 2018, https://reliefweb.int/report/libya/unhcr-libya-alternatives-detention-libya-april-2018-enar

Deaths

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Custodial authority

Ownership

Budgetary information

Area of authority