Topside, Nauru

Nauru Regional Processing Centre

Nauru

Status

Closed/ceased migrant detention

2015

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Department of Justice & Border Control

Management: Canstruct International (Private For-Profit)

Detains: Adult men, Adult women, Accompanied minors, Asylum seekers (administrative)

Reported population Deaths at facility Conditions complaints?
470

Yes

2 January 2016

YES

2015

Nauru

45

Refugees

22

Asylum Applications

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FACILITY NAMES
Nauru Regional Processing Centre
Location

Country: Nauru

City & Region: Topside, Nauru, Asia-Pacific

Latitude, Longitude: -0.519539, 166.946219

Contact Information

"Topside", Nauru


MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status Closed/ceased migrant detention

2015

Status In use

2012
Facility type

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2016

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2012
National typology

Name Regional Processing Centre

2016
Management

Name Canstruct International

Type Private For-Profit

2017

Name Broadspectrum/Transfield Services

Type Private For-Profit

2016
Custodial Authorities

Agency Department of Justice & Border Control

Ministry Justice Department

Ministry Typology Justice

2016
Outsourced services and non-state actors

Provider International Health and Medical Services (IHMS), owned by International SOS (Australasia), owned by AEA International Holdings

Service Health care

2016

Provider Wilson Services

Service Security

2016

Provider Save the Children Australia

Service Education or training

2015
Facility owner

State or Privately Owned Government

Name of Owner Republic of Nauru

2015
Detainee Per Diem (USD)

USD 1492

2015
Operating Period

Year of Entry 2012

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Adult men

2016

Name Adult women

2016

Name Accompanied minors

2016

Name Unaccompanied minors

2015
Categories of detainees

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2016

SIZE & POPULATION

Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
470
537
895
1233
838

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2014
Average Days in Detention

Number of Days 402

2015

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions

State of repair

2015

Hygiene

2015

Ventilation

2015

Overcrowding

2015

Medical care

2015

Temperature

2015

Recreation

2015

Food provision

2015

Bedding and clothing

2015

Access to clean drinking water

2015

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Non-secure

2015

Secure

2015

Secure

2012
Armed External Guards

Yes

2015

STAFF

Mistreatment Reports

Yes

2015

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2015
Age Segregation

Yes

2015
Family Segregation

Yes

2015

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Reports of Deaths
Name of deceased individual
Date of death
N.A.
2 January 2016
Reports of self-harming
Self harm reported
Incident/Report date
Yes
2 January 2015

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
National ombudsman or human rights institution
2015
Yes
National ombudsman or human rights institution
2014
Yes
International Committee of the Red Cross
2014

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