Ježevo Detention Centre

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS Expand all

Status

Center status Show sources

Status	Observation date
In use	2019
Croatian Law Centre (HPC Croatia). 2015. “Country report: Croatia.” Asylum Information Database (AIDA). December 2015. http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/croatia
Nera Komarić (IOM Croatia), Email exchange with Izabella Majcher (Global Detention Project), September 2016.
Lana Tučkorić (Croatian Law Centre), Email exchange with Izabella Majcher (Global Detention Project), September 2016.
Tea Vidović (Centre for Peace Studies), Email exchange with Izabella Majcher (Global Detention Project), March 2019
In use	2007
Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT). 2008. Report to the Croatian Government on the visit to Croatia carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 4 to 14 May 2007. Council of Europe. 9 October 2008.

Typology

GDP facility typology Show sources

Category Filter	Type	Observation date
Administrative	Immigration detention centre	2016
Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT). 2008. Report to the Croatian Government on the visit to Croatia carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 4 to 14 May 2007. Council of Europe. 9 October 2008.
Nera Komarić (IOM Croatia), Email exchange with Izabella Majcher (Global Detention Project), September 2016.
European Migration Network (EMN) National Contact Point for Croatia (International Organization for Migration), The use of detention and alternatives to detention in the context of immigration policies, November 2014, http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/studies/results/index_en.htm.

National typology Show sources

Name	Observation date
Reception Centre for Foreigners (Prihvatni centar za strance)	2016
Croatian Law Centre, Country Report: Croatia, Asylum Information Database (AIDA), December 2015, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/croatia.
Law on Foreigners, article 124

Operating Period

Operating period Show sources

Year of Entry	Year Ceased
1998
European Commission, IPA 2011 Croatia Project Fiche, 2011, http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/pdf/croatia/ipa/2011/06_reception_centre_for_foreigners.pdf.

Contact Information

City and region

Ježevo

Address & contact

Ul. Slavka Kolara 85 10370, Obedišće Ježevsko Croatia

OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS Expand all

Management and Services

Management Show sources

Name	Type	Observation date
Border Management Unit of the Police	Governmental	2017
Croatian Law Centre, Country Report: Croatia, Asylum Information Database (AIDA), December 2015, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/croatia
Croatian Law Centre, AIDA Country Report: Croatia 2017, European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), March 2018, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/croatia

Security

Security Regime Show sources

Security Level	Observation date
Secure	2017
Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT). 2008. Report to the Croatian Government on the visit to Croatia carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 4 to 14 May 2007. Council of Europe. 9 October 2008.
Croatian Law Centre, AIDA Country Report: Croatia 2017, European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), March 2018, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/croatia

Detention timeframe

Maximum official detention period at facility Show sources

Length	Observation date
Long-term (more than 20 days)	2017
European Migration Network (EMN) National Contact Point for Croatia (International Organization for Migration), The use of detention and alternatives to detention in the context of immigration policies, November 2014, http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/studies/results/index_en.htm.
Croatian Law Centre, AIDA Country Report: Croatia 2017, European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), March 2018, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/croatia

Demographics

Demographics Show sources

Name	Observation date
Families	2016
FRA (European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights) (2017) "European legal and policy framework on immigration detention of children". Available at: http://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2017/child-migrant-detention
Unaccompanied minors	2016
Croatian Law Centre, Country Report: Croatia, Asylum Information Database (AIDA), December 2015, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/croatia
Lana Tučkorić (Croatian Law Centre), Email exchange with Izabella Majcher (Global Detention Project), September 2016.
Accompanied minors	2016
Croatian Law Centre, Country Report: Croatia, Asylum Information Database (AIDA), December 2015, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/croatia
Lana Tučkorić (Croatian Law Centre), Email exchange with Izabella Majcher (Global Detention Project), September 2016.
Adult women	2015
Croatian Law Centre, Country Report: Croatia, Asylum Information Database (AIDA), December 2015, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/croatia
Adult men	2015
Croatian Law Centre, Country Report: Croatia, Asylum Information Database (AIDA), December 2015, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/croatia

Categories of detainees

Categories of detainees Show sources

Name	Observation date
Asylum seekers (administrative)	2016
ECRE (2017) "The detention of asylum seekers in Europe. Constructed on shaky ground?" AIDA . June 2017. Available at: https://www.ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/AIDA-Brief_Detention-1.pdf
Undocumented migrants (administrative)	2016
ECRE (2017) "The detention of asylum seekers in Europe. Constructed on shaky ground?" AIDA . June 2017. Available at: https://www.ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/AIDA-Brief_Detention-1.pdf
Undocumented migrants (administrative)	2015
Croatian Law Centre, Country Report: Croatia, Asylum Information Database (AIDA), December 2015, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/croatia
Asylum seekers (administrative)	2015
Croatian Law Centre, Country Report: Croatia, Asylum Information Database (AIDA), December 2015, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/croatia

Segregation

Gender segregation Show sources

Gender Segregation	Observation date
Yes	2015
Croatian Law Centre, Country Report: Croatia, Asylum Information Database (AIDA), December 2015, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/croatia

Family segregation Show sources

Family Segregation	Observation date
Yes	2016
Croatian Law Centre, Country Report: Croatia, Asylum Information Database (AIDA), December 2015, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/croatia
Lana Tučkorić (Croatian Law Centre), Email exchange with Izabella Majcher (Global Detention Project), September 2016.

Age segregation Show sources

Age Segregation	Observation date
Yes	2016
Croatian Law Centre, Country Report: Croatia, Asylum Information Database (AIDA), December 2015, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/croatia
Lana Tučkorić (Croatian Law Centre), Email exchange with Izabella Majcher (Global Detention Project), September 2016.

Size and population

Estimated capacity (administrative immigration detention facility) Show sources

Type	Capacity	Observation date
Standard capacity	105	2019
Tea Vidović (Centre for Peace Studies), Email exchange with Izabella Majcher (Global Detention Project), March 2019
Standard capacity	140	2016
Croatian Law Centre, Country Report: Croatia, Asylum Information Database (AIDA), December 2015, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/croatia
European Migration Network (EMN) National Contact Point for Croatia (International Organization for Migration), The use of detention and alternatives to detention in the context of immigration policies, November 2014, http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/studies/results/index_en.htm.
Lana Tučkorić (Croatian Law Centre), Email exchange with Izabella Majcher (Global Detention Project), September 2016.
Standard capacity	116	2015
Croatian Law Centre (HPC Croatia). 2015. “Country report: Croatia.” Asylum Information Database (AIDA). December 2015. http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/croatia

Total number of detainees (year) Show sources

Number	Observation date
536	2018
Ministry of the Interior of Croatia (Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova), “Temeljnih sigurnosnih pokazatelja i rezultata rada u 2018. Godini”, Statistički Pregled, January 2019, https://mup.gov.hr/UserDocsImages/statistika/2018/Statisticki%20pregled%20temeljnih%20sigurnosnih%20pokazatelja%20i%20rezultata%20rada%20u%202018.%20godini.pdf
645	2017
Ministry of the Interior of Croatia (Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova), “Temeljnih sigurnosnih pokazatelja i rezultata rada u 2017. Godini”, Statistički Pregled, January 2018, https://mup.gov.hr/UserDocsImages/statistika/2018/Travanj/Statisticki%20pregled%202017.pdf
584	2016
Ministry of the Interior of Croatia (Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova), “Temeljnih sigurnosnih pokazatelja i rezultata rada u 2016. Godini”, Statistički Pregled, January 2017, https://mup.gov.hr/UserDocsImages/statistika/2018/Ozujak/Statisticki%20pregled_2016WEB%20(3).pdf
283	2015
Ministry of the Interior of Croatia (Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova), “Temeljnih sigurnosnih pokazatelja i rezultata rada u 2015. Godini”, Statistički Pregled, January 2016, https://mup.gov.hr/UserDocsImages/statistika/2016/Statistika_2015_nova..pdf
434	2014
Ministry of the Interior of Croatia (Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova), “Temeljnih sigurnosnih pokazatelja i rezultata rada u 2014. Godini”, Statistički Pregled, January 2015, https://mup.gov.hr/UserDocsImages/statistika/2014/Statisticki_pregled_2014.pdf

Reported population at a specific time Show sources

Number	Observation date
85	2007
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), Report to the Croatian Government on the visit to Croatia carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 4 to 14 May 2007, CPT/Inf (2008)29, October 2008, http://www.cpt.coe.int/en/states.htm.

Conditions

Reports of adequate or inadequate conditions Show sources

Adequate or Inadequate?	Detention centre conditions	Observation date
Inadequate	Medical care	2015
Office of the Ombudswomen, Report on the performance of activities of the National Preventive Mechanism for 2015, August 2016, http://ombudsman.hr/en/reports/send/66-ombudsman-s-reports/792-report-on-the-performance-of-activities-of-the-national-preventive-mechanism-for-2015.
Adequate	Freedom of movement within facility	2010
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), Report to the Croatian Government on the visit to Croatia carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 4 to 14 May 2007, CPT/Inf (2008)29, October 2008, http://www.cpt.coe.int/en/states.htm.
Inadequate	Cell space	2007
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), Report to the Croatian Government on the visit to Croatia carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 4 to 14 May 2007, CPT/Inf (2008)29, October 2008, http://www.cpt.coe.int/en/states.htm.
Adequate	Ventilation	2007
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), Report to the Croatian Government on the visit to Croatia carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 4 to 14 May 2007, CPT/Inf (2008)29, October 2008, http://www.cpt.coe.int/en/states.htm.
Inadequate	Showers and toilets	2007
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), Report to the Croatian Government on the visit to Croatia carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 4 to 14 May 2007, CPT/Inf (2008)29, October 2008, http://www.cpt.coe.int/en/states.htm.
Adequate	Lighting	2007
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), Report to the Croatian Government on the visit to Croatia carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 4 to 14 May 2007, CPT/Inf (2008)29, October 2008, http://www.cpt.coe.int/en/states.htm.

Personnel

Access

Access by international organizations, civil society, national institutions Show sources

Yes or No	Type of institution	Observation date
Yes	International non-governmental groups	2015
Croatian Law Centre, Country Report: Croatia, Asylum Information Database (AIDA), December 2015, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/croatia
Yes	UN High Commissioner for Refugees	2015
Croatian Law Centre, Country Report: Croatia, Asylum Information Database (AIDA), December 2015, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/croatia
Yes	International or regional human rights mechanisms	2007
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), Report to the Croatian Government on the visit to Croatia carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 4 to 14 May 2007, CPT/Inf (2008)29, October 2008, http://www.cpt.coe.int/en/states.htm.

Family access Show sources

Family Access	Observation date
Yes	2015
Croatian Law Centre, Country Report: Croatia, Asylum Information Database (AIDA), December 2015, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/croatia

Deaths

BUREAUCRATIC CHARACTERISTICS Expand all

Custodial authority

Custodial authority Show sources

Agency	Ministry	Ministry Typology	Observation date
	Ministry of Interior	Interior or Home Affairs	2017
European Migration Network (EMN) National Contact Point for Croatia (International Organization for Migration), The use of detention and alternatives to detention in the context of immigration policies, November 2014, http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/studies/results/index_en.htm.
Croatian Law Centre, AIDA Country Report: Croatia 2017, European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), March 2018, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/croatia

Ownership

Budgetary information

Estimated annual facility budget (in USD) Show sources

Amount in U.S. Dollars	Building and maintenance	Security	Staffing	Food	Medical	Other	Observation date
373,000							2013
European Migration Network (EMN) National Contact Point for Croatia (International Organization for Migration), The use of detention and alternatives to detention in the context of immigration policies, November 2014, http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/studies/results/index_en.htm.

Area of authority