Mount Carmel Psychiatric Hospital in Malta

Mount Carmel Psychiatric Hospital

Status

Closed/ceased migrant detention

2012

Type: Medical facility ( )

Custodial Authority: Armed Forces of Malta/ Detention Service

Management: Armed Forces of Malta/ Detention Service (Governmental)

Detains: Asylum seekers (administrative), Criminal detainees (convicted or remand), Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity	Conditions complaints?	Reported population
16	YES 2011	No Data

Capacity

Conditions complaints?

Reported population

16 YES

2011

No Data

FACILITY NAMES

Mount Carmel Psychiatric Hospital

Location

Country: Malta

City & Region: Attard, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 35.884331, 14.432302

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status

Year

Closed/ceased migrant detention

2012

In use

2011

In use

2005

Facility type

Category

Type

Year

Medical facility

2011

Medical facility

2005

Management

Management

Type

Year

Armed Forces of Malta/ Detention Service

Governmental

2011

Custodial Authorities

Agency

Ministry

Ministry type

Year

Armed Forces of Malta/ Detention Service

Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs

Justice

2011

DETAINEES

Categories of detainees

Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2011

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2011

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2011

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2005

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 16

2011

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2011

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions

Overcrowding

2011

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2011

Secure

2005

Armed External Guards

2011