Kareç (Karreç)

Kareç Detention Centre (Karreç)

Albania

Status

In use

2021

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: The Directorate of Migration and Readmissions, the Border and Migration Department

Management: Not Available

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

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
125
12

YES

2018

Albania

11,970

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

3,828

Refugees

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FACILITY NAMES
Kareç Detention Centre (Karreç)
Location

Country: Albania

City & Region: Kareç (Karreç), Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 41.3796, 19.6107

Contact Information
Kareç (Karreç)
(20 kilometers outside Tirana, near Maminas)

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status In use

2021

Status In use

2014
Facility type

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2015
Custodial Authorities

Agency The Directorate of Migration and Readmissions, the Border and Migration Department

Ministry Ministry of the Interior

Ministry Typology Interior or Home Affairs

2015
Operating Period

Year of Entry 2010

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Adult women

2019

Name Adult men

2019

Name Unaccompanied minors

2019
Categories of detainees

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2018

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 125

2019
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
12
80

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2019
Maximum Legal Length of Detention (days)
Days
Year
180
2019

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions

State of repair

2018

Hygiene

2018

Temperature

2018

Recreation

2018

Outdoor exercise

2015

Hygiene

2015

Recreation

2015

Outdoor exercise

2011

State of repair

2011

Temperature

2011

Showers and toilets

2011

CARCERAL INDICATORS

Carceral Environment

Yes

2018

STAFF

Mistreatment Reports

Yes

2019

SEGREGATION

CELLS

Security/Isolation Cells

Yes

2018

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Indoor Communal Space

Yes

2018
Outdoor Space

Yes

2018
Leisure Equipment

No

2018

HEALTH

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours)

No

2018
Nurse on Duty

At least once a week

2018
Psychologist Visits

At least once a week

2018

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
National ombudsman or human rights institution
2014
Yes
International Committee of the Red Cross
2012
Yes
National ombudsman or human rights institution
2012
Yes
International or regional human rights mechanisms
2012
Yes
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
2012

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Limited

2018
Access to Personal Cell Phones

Yes (with restrictions)

2018