Katajanokka, Helsinki

Helsinki Custody Unit for Aliens

Status

Closed
(or ceased migrant detention operations)

2005

Type: Administrative (Immigration detention centre)

Authority:

Detains: Asylum seekers, Undocumented migrants

Capacity

30

2005

Reported Population

24

2003

Inadequate Conditions

Not available

Finland

716

Immigration detainees

369

Detained asylum seekers

To country overview

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Contact Information
Center status

Status Closed (or ceased migrant detention operations)

2005
GDP facility typology

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2005
Operating period

Year of Entry 2003

Year Ceased 2005

National typology

OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

Security Regime

Security Level Secure

2005
Estimated average detention period (days)

Number of Days 17.7

2004

Number of Days 10.3

2003
Demographics

Name Adult women

2005

Name Adult men

2005

Name Accompanied minors

2005
Categories of detainees

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2005

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2005
Estimated capacity (administrative immigration detention facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 30

2005
Total number of detainees (year)

Number 501

2004

Number 648

2003
Reported population at a specific time

Number 24

2003
Management
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Armed guards
Maximum official detention period at facility
Reported overstays at facility
Gender segregation
Legal segregation
Family segregation
Age segregation
Capacity reserved for immigration detainees (criminal facility)
Occupancy rate
Average daily population
Reported overpopulation
Inspection grade
Reports of adequate or inadequate conditions
Specially trained personnel
Mistreatment complaints
Access by international organizations, civil society, national institutions
Family access
Consular access
Reported deaths at this facility
Reports of attempted or successful suicides at this facility

BUREAUCRATIC CHARACTERISTICS

Custodial authority
Facility owner
Estimated cost per detainee day at facility (in USD)
Estimated annual facility budget (in USD)
Area of authority or operations