Attard

Mount Carmel Psychiatric Hospital

Status

Closed
(or ceased migrant detention operations)

2012

Type: (Medical facility)

Authority: Governmental

Detains: Undocumented migrants, Asylum seekers, Criminal detainees

Capacity

16

2011

Reported Population

Not available

Inadequate Conditions

Yes

2011

Malta

1,900

Immigration detainees

Detained asylum seekers

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Contact Information
Center status

Status Closed (or ceased migrant detention operations)

2012

Status In use

2011

Status In use

2005
GDP facility typology

Category Filter

Type Medical facility

2011

Category Filter

Type Medical facility

2005
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OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

Management

Name Armed Forces of Malta/ Detention Service

Type Governmental

2011
Security Regime

Security Level Secure

2011

Security Level Secure

2005
Armed guards

Armed Guards? No

2011
Maximum official detention period at facility

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2011
Categories of detainees

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2011

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2011

Name Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2011

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2005
Estimated capacity (administrative immigration detention facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 16

2011
Reports of adequate or inadequate conditions

Adequate or Inadequate? Inadequate

Detention centre conditions Overcrowding

2011
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BUREAUCRATIC CHARACTERISTICS

Custodial authority

Agency Armed Forces of Malta/ Detention Service

Ministry Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs

Ministry Typology Justice

2011
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