New Orleans, Louisiana

Orleans Parish Sheriff

United States

Status

Closed/ceased migrant detention

2013

Type: Police station or jail (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Management: Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff (Governmental)

Detains: Adult men, Asylum seekers (administrative), Criminal detainees (convicted or remand), Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Deaths at facility Capacity Reported population
Yes

16 July 2010

No Data
No Data
United States

182,869

Migration Detainees

15,381

Detained Unaccompanied Children

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FACILITY NAMES
Orleans Parish Sheriff
Location

Country: United States

City & Region: New Orleans, Louisiana, Americas

Latitude, Longitude: 29.9614366, -90.0933466

Contact Information
2800 Gravier Street
New Orleans, LA, USA 70119
Tel: +1 504 822 8000

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status Closed/ceased migrant detention

2013

Status In use

2012
Facility type

Category Filter Criminal

Type Police station or jail

2012

Category Filter Criminal

Type Prison or pretrial detention centre

2012
Management

Name Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff

Type Governmental

2012
Custodial Authorities

Agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Ministry Department of Homeland Security

Ministry Typology Internal or Public Security

2012

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Adult men

2012
Categories of detainees

Name Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2012

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2012

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2012

SIZE & POPULATION

Facility Average Daily Population (year)

Number 8

2012

Number 45

2009

Number 68

2008

Number 67

2007
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 263

2012

Number 1020

2011

Number 1

2010

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2012

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Overall Inspection Score

Minimum Standards (“Good,” “Acceptable,” or “Meets Standards”)

2009

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2012

STAFF

SEGREGATION

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Reports of Deaths
Name of deceased individual
Date of death
N.A.
16 July 2010

MONITORING & ACCESS

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