Hiranagar, Jammu and Kashmir

Hiranagar Holding Centre

India

Status

In use

2024

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Not Available

Detains: Accompanied minors, Adult women, Families, Asylum seekers (administrative), Recognized refugees (administrative), Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Reported population Deaths at facility Mistreatment complaints?
283

23 October 2025

Yes

25 July 2023

Yes
India

6,956

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

1,000

Detained Asylum Seekers

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FACILITY NAMES
Hiranagar Holding Centre
Location

Country: India

City & Region: Hiranagar, Jammu and Kashmir, Asia-Pacific

Latitude, Longitude: 32.46774, 75.27327

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2024
In use
2023
In use
2021
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2021
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Holding Centre
2021
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2021

DETAINEES

Demographics

Accompanied minors

2025

Adult women

2025

Families

2025

Families

2024

Adult women

2024
Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2021

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2021

Recognized refugees (administrative)

2021

SIZE & POPULATION

Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
283
23 October 2025
Number of women detained on single day
Number
Date
84
23 October 2025
Number of children (under 18) detained on single day
Number
Date
60
23 October 2025

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2023
Overstays

Reported Overstays Not Applicable

2023
Maximum Legal Length of Detention (days)
Days
Year
Unlimited
2022

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Reports of riots or other unrest

Reported riots or other unrest? Yes

2023

CARCERAL INDICATORS

STAFF

Mistreatment Reports

Mistreatment Complaints Yes

2023

SEGREGATION

Family Segregation

Family Segregation Yes

2024

Family Segregation Yes

2023

CELLS

Equipped (beds, tables, shelves, chairs)

Equipped (beds, tables, shelves, chairs) Partially

2021

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Leisure Equipment

Leisure Equipment Yes

2021
Activities/Education for Children

Activities/Education for Children Yes

2021

HEALTH

Doctor on Duty

Frequency Infrequent

2025
Nurse on Duty

Frequency No Nurse on Duty

2025
Reports of Deaths
Name of deceased individual
Date of death
N.A.
25 July 2023

MONITORING & ACCESS

Family Access

Family Access No

2024

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Access to Telephones Yes

2021

NEWS & TESTIMONY

2024

"[N]early 275 Rohingyas remain lodged in Hirangar sub-jail in Kathua district since March 2021. The Hiranagar sub-jail was notified as a holding centre on March 5, 2021, for lodging illegal immigrants as defined under Section 2(b) of the Citizenship Act."