Houston, Texas

St. Michael's Home (Catholic Charities)

Status

Closed
(or ceased migrant detention operations)

2009

Type: Ad Hoc (Shelter)

Authority: Private Not-For-Profit

Detains: Asylum seekers

Capacity

72

2007

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
Center status

Status Closed (or ceased migrant detention operations)

2009

Status In use

2008
GDP facility typology

Category Filter Ad Hoc

Type Shelter

2008
National typology
Operating period

OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

Management

Name Catholic Charities

Type Private Not-For-Profit

2012

Name Catholic Charities

Type Private Not-For-Profit

2008
Outsourced services and non-state actors

Provider Catholic Charities

Service Management

2012
Security Regime

Security Level Semi-secure

2008
Demographics

Name Unaccompanied minors

2008
Categories of detainees

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2008
Estimated capacity (administrative immigration detention facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 72

2007
Average daily population

Number 67

2007
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BUREAUCRATIC CHARACTERISTICS

Custodial authority

Agency Office of Refugee Resettlement

Ministry Department of Health and Human Services

Ministry Typology Social Affairs

2008
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