Pozzallo, Ragusa

Pozzallo Hotspot

Italy

Status

In use

2023

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Ministry of the Interior

Management: Ministry of the Interior (Governmental)

Detains: Asylum seekers (administrative), Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
230
297

24 November 2017

YES

2020

Italy

6,667

Migration Detainees

6,383

Migration Detainee Entries

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FACILITY NAMES
Pozzallo Hotspot
Location

Country: Italy

City & Region: Pozzallo, Ragusa, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 36.717799, 14.828888

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2023
In use
2022
In use
2019
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2016
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Hotspot
2016
Management
Management
Type
Year
Ministry of the Interior
Governmental
2016
European Union Agencies (Frontex and EASO)
International or Regional Organization
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Provider
Service
Year
Cooperativa Azione Sociale
Not Available
2016
Area of Operations
Regional Jurisdiction
Year
Comune di Pozzallo / Prefettura di Ragusa
2016
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2016

DETAINEES

Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2021

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2021

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2016

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2016
At-Risk Populations

Asylum seekers

2023

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 230

2025

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 250

2022

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 300

2018

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 240

2016
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 12010

2017
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
297
24 November 2017
365
23 June 2016
Reports of Detainee Overpopulation at Facility

Yes

2016

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Medium-term (4-20 days)

2023

Length Medium-term (4-20 days)

2021
Average Days in Detention

Number of Days 10

2023

Number of Days 5

2022

Number of Days 2

2018

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions
Inadequate Conditions
Obvs. Date
2020
Reports of riots or other unrest

Yes

2021

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2023

Secure

2016

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2024

Yes

2023
Age Segregation

Yes

2024

Yes

2023

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

MONITORING & ACCESS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS