Chattanooga, Tennessee

Silverdale Detention Facility(Silverdale/Hamilton County )

Status

Closed
(or ceased migrant detention operations)

2008

Type: Criminal (Prison or pretrial detention centre)

Authority: Private For-Profit

Detains: Undocumented migrants, Criminal detainees

Capacity

918

2009

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
Silverdale Detention Facilities 7609 Standifer Gap Rd., P.O. Box 23148 Chattanooga, Tennessee 37422 423-892-0921 Fax: 423-894-5425
Center status

Status Closed (or ceased migrant detention operations)

2008

Status In use

2007
GDP facility typology

Category Filter Criminal

Type Prison or pretrial detention centre

2007
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OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

Management

Name Corrections Corporation of America

Type Private For-Profit

2012

Name Corrections Corporation of America

Type Private For-Profit

2007
Outsourced services and non-state actors

Provider Corrections Corporation of America

Service Management

2012
Security Regime

Security Level Secure

2007
Demographics

Name Adult men

2007

Name Adult women

2007
Categories of detainees

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2007

Name Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2007
Estimated capacity (administrative immigration detention facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 918

2009
Average daily population

Number 4

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

2007
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