Bialystok

Bialystok Guarded centre for Aliens

Poland

Status

In use

2024

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Ministry of Interior

Management: Border Guard (Governmental)

Detains: Adult men, Asylum seekers (administrative), Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
159
57

31 December 2023

Yes

20 November 2013

Poland

2,943

Migration Detainees

2,293

Migration Detainee Entries

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FACILITY NAMES
Bialystok Guarded centre for Aliens
Location

Country: Poland

City & Region: Bialystok, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 53.1494, 23.1642

Contact Information
1 Armii Wojska Polskiego 7, 15-001 Białystok, Poland
+48 85 675 00 91

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2024
In use
2022
In use
2021
Last documented use
2018
In use
2015
In use
2013
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2017
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Strzezony osrodek
2018
Management
Management
Type
Year
Border Guard
Governmental
2017
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Provider
Service
Year
Unknown Service Provider
Food services
2020
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2008

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult men

2021

Adult men

2017

Adult women

2013

Unaccompanied minors

2013

Families

2013

Accompanied minors

2013
Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2015

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2015

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 159

2023

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 159

2022

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 122

2021

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 122

2017

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 136

2013
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
57
31 December 2023
40
29 December 2020
69
29 December 2019
20
29 December 2018
79
24 January 2017
55
1 October 2012
78
2 January 2012

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2017
Average Days in Detention

Number of Days 66

2010
Average Days in Detention (Asylum Procedure)
Average Days
Year
77
2020

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions

Protection from Physical Violence

2017

Food provision

2017

Medical care

2017

CARCERAL INDICATORS

Carceral Environment

Yes

2022
External Security Regime

High security

2022

Secure

2017

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2013
Age Segregation

Not Applicable

2013
Legal Segregation

Family Segregation

Yes

2013

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Reports of Deaths
Name of deceased individual
Date of death
N.A.
20 November 2013

MONITORING & ACCESS

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