Benghazi District

Benghazi Al Wafiah Detention Center

Libya

Status

Closed/ceased migrant detention

2018

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Not Available

Detains: Adult men, Adult women

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
150
43

26 August 2018

YES

2017

Libya

14

Dedicated Detention Centres

200,335

Refugees

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FACILITY NAMES
Benghazi Al Wafiah Detention Center
Location

Country: Libya

City & Region: Benghazi District, Africa

Latitude, Longitude: 32.095653, 20.096971

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
Closed/ceased migrant detention
2018
In use
2018
In use
2017
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Provider
Service
Year
UNHCR & IOM
Social services
2017

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult men

2018

Adult women

2018

Adult men

2017

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 150

2017
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
43
26 August 2018
15
7 June 2017

LENGTH OF DETENTION

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions
Inadequate Conditions
Obvs. Date
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017

CARCERAL INDICATORS

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2018

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
International Organization for Migration
2018

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