Churachandpur, Manipur

Churachandpur Jail

India

Status

In use

2024

Type: Detention centre (Ad Hoc)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Prisons and Correctional Administration Department, Manipur (Governmental)

Detains: Adult women, Unaccompanied minors, Adult men, Asylum seekers (administrative), Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Reported population Deaths at facility Capacity
52

29 January 2023

Yes

2023

No Data
India

6,956

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

1,000

Detained Asylum Seekers

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FACILITY NAMES
Churachandpur Jail
Location

Country: India

City & Region: Churachandpur, Manipur, Asia-Pacific

Latitude, Longitude: 24.32927132307894, 93.70496418820788

Contact Information
Sadbhavana Mandop,
New Lamka,
Churachandpur

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2024
In use
2023
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Ad Hoc
Detention centre
2023
Management
Management
Type
Year
Prisons and Correctional Administration Department, Manipur
Governmental
2023
Facility owner
Owner type
Owner name
Year
Government
Government of Manipur
2023
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2023

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult women

2022

Unaccompanied minors

2022

Adult men

2022
Categories of detainees

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2023

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2023
Countries of Origin

Country #1 Myanmar

2023

SIZE & POPULATION

Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
52
29 January 2023
42
18 May 2022

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Overstays

Reported Overstays Yes

2023

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

STAFF

SEGREGATION

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Reports of Deaths
Name of deceased individual
Date of death
N.A.
2023
Health Impacts
Health Impacts
Obvs. Date
Deaths
2023

MONITORING & ACCESS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

NEWS & TESTIMONY

2023

"Even as the Manipur government alleged an influx of illegal Myanmar refugees to the Kuki-Zomi dominated Churachandpur district of the state, an order passed by the Manipur Human Rights Commission (MHRC) on May 3 observed that Myanmar refugees have been kept in state jails well beyond their detention period."

2022

A total of 84 Myanmarese were detained by the Manipur police from different areas of the Churachandpur district in a temporary jail during the 2021 to 2022. Among them, 24 were children, 25 were men, and 35 were women.