Norristown, Pennsylvania

Montgomery County Correctional Facility

Status

Closed
(or ceased migrant detention operations)

2014

Type: Criminal (Prison or pretrial detention centre)

Authority: Governmental

Detains: Undocumented migrants

Capacity

Not available

Reported Population

Not available

Inadequate Conditions

Not available

United States

323,591

Immigration detainees

44,270

Detained asylum seekers

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Contact Information
60 Eagerville Rd., Eagerville, PA 19403, Tel. 601-635-7100, Fax. 601-631-5693
Center status

Status Closed (or ceased migrant detention operations)

2014

Status In use

2013

Status In use

2012

Status In use

2007
GDP facility typology

Category Filter Criminal

Type Prison or pretrial detention centre

2012
National typology

Name US Marshall Service Intergovernmental Agreement (USMS IGA)

2013
Operating period

OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

Management

Name Montgomery County

Type Governmental

2012
Security Regime

Security Level Secure

2012
Maximum official detention period at facility

Length Short-term (3 days or less)

2012
Demographics

Name Adult women

2012

Name Adult men

2012
Categories of detainees

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2012
Total number of detainees (year)

Number 42

2012

Number 21

2011
Average daily population

Number 2

2013

Number 2

2012

Number 3

2007
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Armed guards
Reported overstays at facility
Estimated average detention period (days)
Gender segregation
Legal segregation
Family segregation
Age segregation
Estimated capacity (administrative immigration detention facility)
Capacity reserved for immigration detainees (criminal facility)
Occupancy rate
Reported population at a specific time
Reported overpopulation
Inspection grade
Reports of adequate or inadequate conditions
Specially trained personnel
Mistreatment complaints
Access by international organizations, civil society, national institutions
Family access
Consular access
Reported deaths at this facility
Reports of attempted or successful suicides at this facility

BUREAUCRATIC CHARACTERISTICS

Custodial authority

Agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Ministry Department of Homeland Security

Ministry Typology Internal or Public Security

2012
Area of authority or operations

Area of Authority of Operations Philadelphia Region (PHI)

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