Ježevo

Ježevo Detention Centre

Croatia

Status

In use

2025

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Interior

Management: Border Police Directorate of the Ministry of Interior (Governmental)

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

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
95
12

14 August 2020

YES

2015

Croatia

67,950

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

52

Detained Asylum Seekers

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FACILITY NAMES
Ježevo Detention Centre
Location

Country: Croatia

City & Region: Ježevo, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 45.752381, 16.299434

Contact Information
Ul. Slavka Kolara 85 10370, Obedišće Ježevsko Croatia

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2025
In use
2024
In use
2022
In use
2021
In use
2020
In use
2019
In use
2007
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2016
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Reception Centre for Foreigners (Prihvatni centar za strance)
2016
Management
Management
Type
Year
Border Police Directorate of the Ministry of Interior
Governmental
2023
Border Management Unit of the Police
Governmental
2017
Estimated annual facility budget (in USD)
Amount (USD)
Services
Year
373,000
2013
Cost Per Detainee/Day
Amount (USD)
Year
34.7
2023
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
1998

DETAINEES

Demographics

Unaccompanied minors

2024

Accompanied minors

2024

Families

2024

Adult women

2024

Adult men

2024

Adult women

2023

Adult men

2023

Unaccompanied minors

2023

Families

2023

Adult men

2022

Adult women

2022

Families

2016

Unaccompanied minors

2016

Accompanied minors

2016

Adult women

2015

Adult men

2015
Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2024

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2024

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2020

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2016

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2016

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2015

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2015
At-Risk Populations

Asylum seekers

2020

Unaccompanied children

2020

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 95

2024

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 95

2023

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 95

2022

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 95

2021

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 95

2020

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 105

2019

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 140

2016

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 116

2015
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 905

2022

Number 505

2021

Number 536

2018

Number 645

2017

Number 584

2016

Number 283

2015

Number 434

2014
Migration Detainee Entries

Number 193

2020
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
12
14 August 2020
85
8 May 2007
Number of men detained on single day
Number
Date
12
14 August 2020

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Short-term (3 days or less)

2023

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2017
Average Days in Detention

Number of Days 40

2020

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Overall Inspection Score

Score Minimum Standards (“Good,” “Acceptable,” or “Meets Standards”)

2024

Score Minimum Standards (“Good,” “Acceptable,” or “Meets Standards”)

2023
Inadequate conditions
Inadequate Conditions
Obvs. Date
2015
2007
2007
Reports of riots or other unrest

Reported riots or other unrest? Yes

2026

CARCERAL INDICATORS

Carceral Environment

Carceral Environment Yes

2020
External Security Regime

Security Level Secure

2017
Armed Internal Personnel

Armed Internal Personnel Yes

2020

STAFF

Number of Staff

Number 75

2019
Specially Trained

Trained Personnel Yes

2020
Mistreatment Reports

Mistreatment Complaints Yes

2020

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Gender Segregation Yes

2023

Gender Segregation Yes

2015
Age Segregation

Age Segregation Yes

2016
Legal Segregation

Legal Segregation Not Applicable

2020
Family Segregation

Family Segregation Yes

2016

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Indoor Communal Space

Indoor Communal Space Yes

2023

Indoor Communal Space Yes

2020
Outdoor Space

Outdoor Space Yes

2024

Outdoor Space Yes

2023

Outdoor Space Yes

2020
Hours Outdoor Space Accessible

Hours 2

2024
Leisure Equipment

Leisure Equipment Yes

2023

Leisure Equipment Yes

2020

HEALTH

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours)

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours) Yes

2024

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours) No

2020
Psychological Evaluation upon Arrival

Psychological Evaluation upon Arrival No

2024

Psychological Evaluation upon Arrival No

2020
Pre-departure health evaluation

Pre-departure health evaluation No

2020
Doctor on Duty

Frequency No Doctor on Duty

2020
Nurse on Duty

Frequency No Nurse on Duty

2020
Psychologist Visits

Frequency Infrequent

2024

Frequency Infrequent

2023

Frequency No regular visits

2020
Inadequate health provisions
Inadequate Health Provisions
Obvs. Date
NursesPsychological care
2024

MONITORING & ACCESS

Lawyer Access

Lawyer Access Yes

2023

Lawyer Access Infrequently

2022

Lawyer Access Yes

2020

Lawyer Access Infrequently

2019
Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Year
Yes
National non-governmental groups
2024
Yes
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
2024
Yes
National non-governmental groups
2023
Yes
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
2023
Yes
International non-governmental groups
2015
Yes
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
2015
Yes
International or regional human rights mechanisms
2007
Family Access

Family Access Yes

2023

Family Access Yes

2015

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Access to Telephones Yes

2024

Access to Telephones Yes

2023
Free Outgoing Local Calls

Free Outgoing Local Calls No

2024

Free Outgoing Local Calls Limited

2023
Internet Access

Internet Access No

2024

Internet Access No

2023
Access to Personal Cell Phones

Access to Personal Cell Phones No

2024

Access to Personal Cell Phones No

2023