Hermes Block at Lyster Barracks

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS Expand all

Status

Center status Show sources

Status	Observation date
In use	2020
K. Abela, "Third Detention Centre Opens Amid Questions Over Legality," Times of Malta, 15 March 2020, https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/third-detention-centre-opens-amid-questions-over-legality.778184
Temporarily closed	2015
Aditus and JRS Malta. 2015. “Country report: Malta.” Asylum Information Database (AIDA). November 2015. http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/malta
In use	2014
Country report: Malta, Asylum Information Database (AIDA). May 2014.
In use	2013
Detention Facility Documentation: Hermes Buildings Lyster Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011.
Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013.
In use	2009
Micallef, Julian (Assistant Director Third Country Nationals, Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs, Malta). 2009b. Email message to Cecilia Cannon (Global Detention Project). 20 November 2009. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland. 19th November 2009.
Medecins Sans Frontieres. 2009. "Not Criminals": Médecins sans Frontières Exposes Conditions for Undocumented Migrants and Asylum Seekers in Maltese Detention Centres. Medecins Sans Frontieres. Brussels. April 2009.
Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS). 2007. "Civil Society Report on Administrative Detention of Asylum Seekers and Illegally Staying Third Country Nationals in the 10 New Member States of the European Union." JRS Europe. December 2007. http://detention-in-europe.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=75&Itemid=88 (accessed 7 December 2009).

Typology

GDP facility typology Show sources

Category Filter	Type	Observation date
Administrative	Immigration detention centre	2013
Detention Facility Documentation: Hermes Buildings Lyster Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011.
Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013.
Administrative	Immigration detention centre	2009
Micallef, Julian (Assistant Director Third Country Nationals, Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs, Malta). 2009b. Email message to Cecilia Cannon (Global Detention Project). 20 November 2009. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland. 19th November 2009.
Medecins Sans Frontieres. 2009. "Not Criminals": Médecins sans Frontières Exposes Conditions for Undocumented Migrants and Asylum Seekers in Maltese Detention Centres. Medecins Sans Frontieres. Brussels. April 2009.

Operating Period

Operating period Show sources

Year of Entry	Year Ceased
2002
Constructing a Crisis: the Role of Immigration Detention in Malta. Population, Space and Place . June 2012.

Contact Information

City and region

Ħal Far

OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS Expand all

Management and Services

Management Show sources

Name	Type	Observation date
Armed Forces of Malta/ Detention Service	Governmental	2013
Detention Facility Documentation: Hermes Buildings Lyster Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011.
Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013.
Detention Services	Governmental	2009
Micallef, Julian (Assistant Director Third Country Nationals, Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs, Malta). 2009b. Email message to Cecilia Cannon (Global Detention Project). 20 November 2009. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland. 19th November 2009.

Outsourced services and non-state actors Show sources

Provider	Service	Observation date
James Caterer	Food services	2013
Detention Facility Documentation: Hermes Buildings Lyster Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011.
Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013.
Jesuit Refugee Service	Legal counselling	2013
Detention Facility Documentation: Hermes Buildings Lyster Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011.
Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013.
Jesuit Refugee Service	Social services	2013
Detention Facility Documentation: Hermes Buildings Lyster Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011.
Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013.

Security

Security Regime Show sources

Security Level	Observation date
Secure	2013
Detention Facility Documentation: Hermes Buildings Lyster Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011.
Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013.
Secure	2009
Micallef, Julian (Assistant Director Third Country Nationals, Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs, Malta). 2009b. Email message to Cecilia Cannon (Global Detention Project). 20 November 2009. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland. 19th November 2009.
Medecins Sans Frontieres. 2009. "Not Criminals": Médecins sans Frontières Exposes Conditions for Undocumented Migrants and Asylum Seekers in Maltese Detention Centres. Medecins Sans Frontieres. Brussels. April 2009.
Medecins Sans Frontieres. 2009. "Not Criminals": Médecins sans Frontières Exposes Conditions for Undocumented Migrants and Asylum Seekers in Maltese Detention Centres. Medecins Sans Frontieres. Brussels. April 2009.

Armed guards Show sources

Armed Guards?	Observation date
No	2013
Detention Facility Documentation: Hermes Buildings Lyster Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011.
Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013.

Detention timeframe

Maximum official detention period at facility Show sources

Length	Observation date
Long-term (more than 20 days)	2013
Detention Facility Documentation: Hermes Buildings Lyster Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011.
Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013.

Demographics

Demographics Show sources

Name	Observation date
Adult women	2013
Detention Facility Documentation: Hermes Buildings Lyster Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011.
Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013.
Adult men	2013
Detention Facility Documentation: Hermes Buildings Lyster Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011.
Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013.
Families	2013
Detention Facility Documentation: Hermes Buildings Lyster Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011.
Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013.
Adult women	2009
Medecins Sans Frontieres. 2009. "Not Criminals": Médecins sans Frontières Exposes Conditions for Undocumented Migrants and Asylum Seekers in Maltese Detention Centres. Medecins Sans Frontieres. Brussels. April 2009.
Adult men	2009
Medecins Sans Frontieres. 2009. "Not Criminals": Médecins sans Frontières Exposes Conditions for Undocumented Migrants and Asylum Seekers in Maltese Detention Centres. Medecins Sans Frontieres. Brussels. April 2009.

Categories of detainees

Categories of detainees Show sources

Name	Observation date
Undocumented migrants (administrative)	2013
Malta Country Profile. 2014.
Asylum seekers (administrative)	2013
Malta Country Profile. 2014.
Asylum seekers (administrative)	2009
Medecins Sans Frontieres. 2009. "Not Criminals": Médecins sans Frontières Exposes Conditions for Undocumented Migrants and Asylum Seekers in Maltese Detention Centres. Medecins Sans Frontieres. Brussels. April 2009.
Undocumented migrants (administrative)	2009
Medecins Sans Frontieres. 2009. "Not Criminals": Médecins sans Frontières Exposes Conditions for Undocumented Migrants and Asylum Seekers in Maltese Detention Centres. Medecins Sans Frontieres. Brussels. April 2009.

Segregation

Gender segregation Show sources

Gender Segregation	Observation date
Yes	2012
Boat Ride to Detention: Adult and Child Migrants in Malta. July 2012.

Legal segregation Show sources

Legal Segregation	Observation date
Not Applicable	2013
Malta Country Profile. 2014.

Family segregation Show sources

Family Segregation	Observation date
Yes	2012
Boat Ride to Detention: Adult and Child Migrants in Malta. July 2012.

Size and population

Estimated capacity (administrative immigration detention facility) Show sources

Type	Capacity	Observation date
Standard capacity	380	2013
Detention Facility Documentation: Hermes Buildings Lyster Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011.
Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013.

Reported population at a specific time Show sources

Number	Observation date
248	2011
Report to the Maltese Government on the visit to Malta carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 26 to 30 September 2011. CPT/Inf (2013)12. July 2013.
714	2009
Micallef, Julian (Assistant Director Third Country Nationals, Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs, Malta). 2009b. Email message to Cecilia Cannon (Global Detention Project). 20 November 2009. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland. 19th November 2009.

Conditions

Reports of adequate or inadequate conditions Show sources

Adequate or Inadequate?	Detention centre conditions	Observation date
Inadequate	Medical care	2013
Detention Facility Documentation: Hermes Buildings Lyster Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011.
Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013.

Personnel

Access

Deaths

BUREAUCRATIC CHARACTERISTICS Expand all

Custodial authority

Custodial authority Show sources

Agency	Ministry	Ministry Typology	Observation date
Armed Forces of Malta/ Detention Service	Ministry of Home Affairs and National Security	Defence	2015
Detention Facility Documentation: Hermes Buildings Lyster Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011.
Armed Forces of Malta. Webpage. 2015.
	Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs	Justice	2009
Micallef, Julian (Assistant Director Third Country Nationals, Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs, Malta). 2009b. Email message to Cecilia Cannon (Global Detention Project). 20 November 2009. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland. 19th November 2009.
Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs. 2006. The 2006 Report of the Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs. http://www.mjha.gov.mt/news/annualreports/5_mjha_2006_final.pdf (accessed 4 September 2007).

Ownership

Budgetary information

Area of authority