Buffalo, NY

Compass House Shelter

Status

Closed
(or ceased migrant detention operations)

2013

Type: Ad Hoc (Shelter)

Authority: Private Not-For-Profit

Detains: Undocumented migrants

Capacity

Not available

Reported Population

Not available

2012

Inadequate Conditions

Not available

United States

323,591

Immigration detainees

44,270

Detained asylum seekers

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Contact Information
370 Linwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14209 Administrative Office: 716.886.1351
Center status

Status Closed (or ceased migrant detention operations)

2013

Status In use

2012
GDP facility typology

Category Filter Ad Hoc

Type Shelter

2012

Category Filter Administrative

Type Secure reception centre

2012
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Operating period

OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

Management

Name Compass House

Type Private Not-For-Profit

2012
Outsourced services and non-state actors

Provider Compass House

Service Management

2012
Security Regime

Security Level Semi-secure

2012
Demographics

Name Unaccompanied minors

2012
Categories of detainees

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2012
Total number of detainees (year)

Number 2

2012
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BUREAUCRATIC CHARACTERISTICS

Custodial authority

Agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Ministry Department of Homeland Security

Ministry Typology Internal or Public Security

2012
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