Corinth pre-removal detention centre

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS Expand all

Status

Center status Show sources

Status	Observation date
In use	2018
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), Report to the Government of Greece on the visit to Greece carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 13 to 18 April and 19 to 25 July 2016, CPT/Inf (2017) 25, September 2017, http://www.coe.int/en/web/cpt/greece.
Greek Council for Refugees, “Country report: Greece,” Asylum Information Database (AIDA), European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), December 2016, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/greece.
Greek Council for Refugees, Telephone conversation with Izabella Majcher (Global Detention Project), 24 August 2017
Greek Council for Refugees, “Country report: Greece,” Asylum Information Database (AIDA), European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_gr_2018update.pdf
In use	2013
Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection, Letter to Access Info Europe and the Global Detention Project responding to freedom of information request. 17 September 2013.
Email correspondence with Izabella Majcher, GDP. October 2013.

Typology

GDP facility typology Show sources

Category Filter	Type	Observation date
Administrative	Immigration detention centre	2013
Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection, Letter to Access Info Europe and the Global Detention Project responding to freedom of information request. 17 September 2013.
Greece Country Profile. 2014.

Operating Period

Operating period Show sources

Year of Entry	Year Ceased
2012
Email to Izabella Majcher (Global Detention Project). 12 November 2012.

Contact Information

City and region

Corinth, Peloponnese

Address & contact

Agias Annis 39 Kórinthos 201 00 Greece

OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS Expand all

Management and Services

Management Show sources

Name	Type	Observation date
Police	Governmental	2016
Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants on his mission to Greece, A/HRC/35/25/Add.2, 24 April 2017, http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Migration/SRMigrants/Pages/CountryVisits.aspx.
Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau: Addendum: Mission to Greece. A/HRC/23/46/Add.4. 17 April 2013

Security

Security Regime Show sources

Security Level	Observation date
Secure	2016
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), Report to the Greek Government on the visit to Greece carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 14 to 23 April 2015, 1st March 2016, http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/grc/2016-04-inf-eng.pdf
Greek Council for Refugees, “Country report: Greece,” Asylum Information Database (AIDA), European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), December 2016, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/greece.

Detention timeframe

Maximum official detention period at facility Show sources

Length	Observation date
Long-term (more than 20 days)	2013
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), Report to the Greek Government on the visit to Greece carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 14 to 23 April 2015, 1st March 2016, http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/grc/2016-04-inf-eng.pdf
Greek Council for Refugees, “Country report: Greece,” Asylum Information Database (AIDA), European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), December 2016, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/greece.

Demographics

Categories of detainees

Segregation

Size and population

Estimated capacity (administrative immigration detention facility) Show sources

Type	Capacity	Observation date
Standard capacity	1536	2018
Greek Council for Refugees, “Country report: Greece,” Asylum Information Database (AIDA), European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_gr_2018update.pdf
Standard capacity	768	2016
Greek Council for Refugees, “Country report: Greece,” Asylum Information Database (AIDA), European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), December 2016, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/greece.
	1536	2015
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), Report to the Government of Greece on the visit to Greece carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 14 to 23 April 2015, CPT/Inf (2016) 4, March 2016, http://www.coe.int/en/web/cpt/greece.
Standard capacity	1022	2013
Wave of protests by migrants in greek detention centers continues. 9 April 2013.

Reported population at a specific time Show sources

Number	Observation date
490	2016
AITIMA, FORGOTTEN: Administratively detained irregular migrants and asylum seekers, October 2016, http://www.aitima.gr/index.php/en/news/324-10-october-2016-new-aitima-report-forgotten.
267	2015
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), Report to the Government of Greece on the visit to Greece carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 14 to 23 April 2015, CPT/Inf (2016) 4, March 2016, http://www.coe.int/en/web/cpt/greece.
650	2012
Protest at the detention centre in Corinth reveals inhuman and degrading detention conditions. 22 October 2012.

Conditions

Reports of adequate or inadequate conditions Show sources

Adequate or Inadequate?	Detention centre conditions	Observation date
Inadequate	Showers and toilets	2015
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), Report to the Government of Greece on the visit to Greece carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 14 to 23 April 2015, CPT/Inf (2016) 4, March 2016, http://www.coe.int/en/web/cpt/greece.
Inadequate	Recreation	2015
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), Report to the Government of Greece on the visit to Greece carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 14 to 23 April 2015, CPT/Inf (2016) 4, March 2016, http://www.coe.int/en/web/cpt/greece.
Inadequate	Medical care	2015
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), Report to the Government of Greece on the visit to Greece carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 14 to 23 April 2015, CPT/Inf (2016) 4, March 2016, http://www.coe.int/en/web/cpt/greece.

Personnel

Access

Deaths

BUREAUCRATIC CHARACTERISTICS Expand all

Custodial authority

Custodial authority Show sources

Agency	Ministry	Ministry Typology	Observation date
	Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection	Internal or Public Security	2016
Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants on his mission to Greece, A/HRC/35/25/Add.2, 24 April 2017, http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Migration/SRMigrants/Pages/CountryVisits.aspx.
Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau: Addendum: Mission to Greece. A/HRC/23/46/Add.4. 17 April 2013

Ownership

Budgetary information

Area of authority