Potenza, Basilicata

C.P.R. Palazzo san Gervasio (Potenza)

Italy

Status

In use

2024

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Officine Sociali (Private For-Profit)

Detains: Adult men, Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
128
90

12 April 2024

Yes

August 2024

Italy

6,667

Migration Detainees

6,383

Migration Detainee Entries

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FACILITY NAMES
C.P.R. Palazzo san Gervasio (Potenza)
Location

Country: Italy

City & Region: Potenza, Basilicata, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 40.94292, 16.013883

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2024
In use
2023
In use
2022
In use
2021
Temporarily closed
2021
Temporarily closed
2020
In use
2019
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2018
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Centro di Permanenza per il Rimpatrio
2018
Management
Management
Type
Year
Officine Sociali
Private For-Profit
2024
Prefettura di Potenza
Government-local
2018
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Provider
Service
Year
Officine Sociali
Management
2024
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2018

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult men

2018
Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2018

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 128

2024

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 60

2023

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 128

2023

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 128

2022

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 100

2018
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 844

2022
Migration Detainee Entries

Number 839

2023
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
90
12 April 2024
82
28 March 2018

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Average Days in Detention

Number of Days 37

2024
Maximum Legal Length of Detention (days)
Days
Year
540
2024

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions
Inadequate Conditions
Obvs. Date
2021
2018

CARCERAL INDICATORS

Carceral Environment

Yes

2024
Armed Internal Personnel

Yes

2024

STAFF

SEGREGATION

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Indoor Communal Space

No

2021
Outdoor Space

Yes

2024
Leisure Equipment

No

2024
Skills Development for Adults

No

2024

No

2021
Language Classes

No

2024

No

2021
Possibility to Prepare Own Meals

No

2024

HEALTH

Psychological Evaluation upon Arrival

No

2024
Doctor on Duty

Daily

2024
Nurse on Duty

Daily

2024
Psychologist Visits

At least once a week

2024
Barriers to care
Barriers to Care
Obvs. Date
Lack of patient privacy/confidentiality
2024
Reports of Deaths
Name of deceased individual
Date of death
Belmaan Oussama
August 2024
Health Impacts
Health Impacts
Obvs. Date
Deaths
2024

MONITORING & ACCESS

Family Access

Yes

2024

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Yes

2024
Access to Personal Cell Phones

No

2024

No

2021