Goalpara, Assam

Goalpara Transit Camp (cum District Jail)

India

Status

In use

2024

Type: Prison or pretrial detention centre (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Assam Prison Headquarters, Home and Political Department (Government-local)

Detains: Adult men, Adult women

Reported population Deaths at facility Conditions complaints?
41

19 August 2021

Yes

20 February 2019

YES

2018

India

6,956

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

1,000

Detained Asylum Seekers

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ABOUT

This facility is a District Jail that also functions as a transit camp. Matia Transit Camp is a separate facility that is specifically for detention purposes only. Both are located in the same district.

NEWS & TESTIMONY
2023

The detention centres in Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Jorhat, Kokrajhar, Silchar, and Tezpur were discontinued after the Matia transit camp in western Assam’s Goalpara district became operational in January 2023. All the inmat [...]

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FACILITY NAMES
Goalpara Transit Camp (cum District Jail)

Alternative Names: Goalpara District Jail

Location

Country: India

City & Region: Goalpara, Assam, Asia-Pacific

Latitude, Longitude: 26.161844, 90.626478

Contact Information
Goalpara, Baladmari District,
783121

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2024
Closed/ceased migrant detention
2023
In use
2019
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Criminal
Prison or pretrial detention centre
2019
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Transit Centre
2021
Management
Management
Type
Year
Assam Prison Headquarters, Home and Political Department
Government-local
2021
Facility owner
Owner type
Owner name
Year
Government
Government of Assam
2026
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2012

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult men

2019

Adult women

2019
Countries of Origin

Country #1 Bangladesh

Country #2 Pakistan

Country #3 Afghanistan

Country #4 Myanmar

2018

SIZE & POPULATION

Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
41
19 August 2021
201
28 November 2019
208
20 February 2019
Reports of Detainee Overpopulation at Facility

Yes

2018

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2018

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions
Inadequate Conditions
Obvs. Date
2018
2018
2018
2018

CARCERAL INDICATORS

Carceral Environment

Carceral Environment Yes

2018

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Family Segregation

Family Segregation Yes

2018

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Indoor Communal Space

Indoor Communal Space No

2018
Outdoor Space

Outdoor Space No

2018
Leisure Equipment

Leisure Equipment No

2018
Skills Development for Adults

Skills Development for Adults No

2018
Language Classes

Language Classes No

2018
Remunerated Work

Remunerated Work No

2018

HEALTH

Doctor on Duty

Frequency Daily

2018
Psychologist Visits

Frequency No regular visits

2018
Reports of Deaths
Name of deceased individual
Date of death
N.A.
20 February 2019
N.A.
29 December 2018
N.A.
29 December 2017
Health Impacts
Health Impacts
Obvs. Date
DeathsIllnessDepressionAnxiety/panic disorders
2018

MONITORING & ACCESS

Lawyer Access

Lawyer Access No

2018
Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Year
Infrequently
National non-governmental groups
2018
Infrequently
National ombudsman or human rights institution
2018
Family Access

Family Access No

2018

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Access to Telephones No

2018
Computer Access

Computer Access No

2018

NEWS & TESTIMONY

2023

The detention centres in Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Jorhat, Kokrajhar, Silchar, and Tezpur were discontinued after the Matia transit camp in western Assam’s Goalpara district became operational in January 2023. All the inmates were gradually shifted from the detention centres to Matia.

2021

India’s Anti-Immigrant Crackdown Has Torn Apart Families and Locked Up Hundreds. 1.9 Million People Fear They Could Be Next

2021

Graveyards of the Living Dead: Former Inmates on Life in Assam’s Notorious Detention Centres

2018

The dark side of humanity and legality: A glimpse inside Assam’s detention centres for ‘foreigners’