Zeist, Ultrecht

Zeist Detention Centre

Netherlands

Status

In use

2024

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Immigration and Naturalisation Service

Management: Ministry of Security and Justice/ Custodial Institutions Agency (Governmental)

Detains: Asylum seekers (administrative), Families, Unaccompanied minors, Adult women, Accompanied minors, Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
369
25

25 May 2022

No Data
Netherlands

4,440

Migration Detainee Entries

6,530

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

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FACILITY NAMES
Zeist Detention Centre
Location

Country: Netherlands

City & Region: Zeist, Ultrecht, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 52.1236875665, 5.3017616272

Contact Information
Richelleweg 13
3769 AZ SOESTERBERG
Tel. (088) 07 20100

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2024
In use
2023
In use
2022
In use
2020
In use
2013
In use
2009
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2016
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2009
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Detentiecentrum Zeist
2016
Management
Management
Type
Year
Ministry of Security and Justice/ Custodial Institutions Agency
Governmental
2016
Ministry of Security and Justice/ Custodial Institutions Agency
Governmental
2016
Ministry of Justice / Department of Correctional Institutions / Special Services Department
Governmental
2009
Custodial Authorities
Agency
Ministry
Ministry type
Year
Immigration and Naturalisation Service
Ministry of Security and Justice
Internal or Public Security
2014
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Provider
Service
Year
G4S
Security
2016
Unnamed company
Health care
2016

DETAINEES

Demographics

Families

2024

Unaccompanied minors

2024

Adult women

2024

Accompanied minors

2024

Adult women

2023

Families

2023

Unaccompanied minors

2023

Accompanied minors

2022

Families

2022

Adult women

2022

Adult men

2022

Unaccompanied minors

2022

Unaccompanied minors

2020

Families

2020

Adult women

2020

Accompanied minors

2020
Categories of detainees

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2022

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2009
At-Risk Populations

LGBTQI+

2022

Asylum seekers

2022

Pregnant women

2022

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 369

2024

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 370

2023

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 370

2022

Type Capacity including surge

Capacity 678

2018

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 473

2012

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 540

2009
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
25
25 May 2022
Number of women detained on single day
Number
Date
11
25 May 2022
Number of children (under 18) detained on single day
Number
Date
6
25 May 2022
Reports of Detainee Overpopulation at Facility

No

2022

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2014
Average Days in Detention

Number of Days 5

2024

Number of Days 9

2023

Number of Days 9

2022

Number of Days 8

2021

Number of Days 9

2020

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Overall Inspection Score

Above Standards (“Superior”)

2022

CARCERAL INDICATORS

Non-Carceral Child-Friendly Space

Yes

2022
Internal Security Regime

Semi-Open (locked in cells during certain hours only)

2024

Semi-Open (locked in cells during certain hours only)

2022
External Security Regime

Secure

2009

STAFF

Mistreatment Reports

No

2022

SEGREGATION

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Indoor Communal Space

Yes

2024

Yes

2022
Leisure Equipment

Yes

2023

Yes

2022
Possibility to Prepare Own Meals

Yes

2022
Remunerated Work

No

2023

HEALTH

Overall assessment of facility health care provision

Minimum Standards (“Good,” “Acceptable,” or “Meets Standards”)

2022
Doctor on Duty

At least once a week

2022
Nurse on Duty

At least once a week

2022
Psychologist Visits

At least once a week

2022

MONITORING & ACCESS

Lawyer Access

Yes

2023
Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
National non-governmental groups
2023
Yes
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
2023
Family Access

Yes

2023

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Yes

2023

Yes

2022
Receiving Calls

2022
Computer Access

Yes (unrestricted)

2022
Internet Access

Yes (with restrictions)

2024

Yes (with restrictions)

2023

Yes (unrestricted)

2022
Access to Personal Cell Phones

No

2022