Barnstable, Massachusetts

Barnstable County Correctional Facility

Status

Closed
(or ceased migrant detention operations)

2013

Type: Prison or pretrial detention centre (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Management: Barnstable County Sheriffs Office (Governmental)

Detains: Undocumented migrants, Criminal detainees

Capacity

16

United States

323,591

Immigration detainees (2017)

44,000

Estimated detention capacity (2017)

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Contact Information

Barnstable County Correctional Facility 6000 Sheriff's Place Buzzards Bay, MA 02542 United States Tel: +1 508-563-4300

Center status

Status Closed (or ceased migrant detention operations)

2013

Status In use

2012

Status In use

2008
GDP facility typology

Category Filter Criminal

Type Prison or pretrial detention centre

2012

Category Filter Criminal

Type Prison or pretrial detention centre

2008
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OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

Management

Name Barnstable County Sheriffs Office

Type Governmental

2008
Security Regime

Security Level Secure

2008
Categories of detainees

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2008

Name Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2008
Legal segregation

Legal Segregation No

2008
Estimated capacity (administrative immigration detention facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 16

2008
Total number of detainees (year)

Number 1

2013
Average daily population

Number 9

2007
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BUREAUCRATIC CHARACTERISTICS

Custodial authority

Agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Ministry Department of Homeland Security

Ministry Typology Internal or Public Security

2008
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