Ketrzyn Guarded centre for Aliens
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS Expand all
Status
Center status Show sources
| Status | Observation date |
|---|---|
| In use | 2018 |
| Dominik Kowalik (Border Guard), Email exchange with Michael Flynn (Global Detention Project), September 2018 | |
| In use | 2015 |
| Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR). 2015. “Country report: Poland.” Asylum Information Database (AIDA). http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/poland | |
| Dorota Skrzypczyk (Polish Border Guards), Email to the Global Detention Project, 12 November 2015. | |
| In use | 2013 |
| Fagasinski, Maciek (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. Email message to Cecilia Cannon (Global Detention Project). 3 January 2011. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland. | |
| Powiatowe Centrum Edukacyjne w Ketrzynie. (Provincial Education centre in Ketrzyn). Website. 2009. "News: Wizyta w Strzezonym Osrodku dla Cudzoziemcow” (Visit to the Guarded centre for Foreigners). 15 March 2009. http://www.pceketrzyn.fc.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=106&Itemid=1 (accessed March 30, 2009). | |
| European Parliament. 2008. Draft Report from the Committee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs on the delegation to Poland. European Parliament, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. April 2008. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/document/activities/cont/200808/20080819ATT35298/20080819ATT35298EN.pdf (accessed 30 March 2009). | |
Typology
GDP facility typology Show sources
| Category Filter | Type | Observation date |
|---|---|---|
| Administrative | Immigration detention centre | 2017 |
| Minister Spraw Wewnetrznych i Administracji (Minister of Interior and Administration). 2007. Rozporzadzenie w sprawie utworzenia strzezonego osrodka dla cudzoziemcow w Ketrzynie (Regulation on the creation of a guarded centre for foreigners in Ketrzyn). 27 September 2007. http://www.infor.pl/dziennik-ustaw,rok,2007,nr,187/poz,1338,rozporzadzenie-ministra-spraw-wewnetrznych-i-administracji-w-sprawie-utworzenia.html (accessed 15 March 2009 | ||
| Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, “AIDA Country Report: Poland 2017 Update,” European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), February 2017, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/poland/ | ||
National typology Show sources
| Name | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Strzezony osrodek | 2018 |
| The Law on Foreigners, article 399 | |
Operating Period
Operating period Show sources
| Year of Entry | Year Ceased |
|---|---|
| 2007 | |
| Minister Spraw Wewnetrznych i Administracji (Minister of Interior and Administration). 2007. Rozporzadzenie w sprawie utworzenia strzezonego osrodka dla cudzoziemcow w Ketrzynie (Regulation on the creation of a guarded centre for foreigners in Ketrzyn). 27 September 2007. http://www.infor.pl/dziennik-ustaw,rok,2007,nr,187/poz,1338,rozporzadzenie-ministra-spraw-wewnetrznych-i-administracji-w-sprawie-utworzenia.html (accessed 15 March 2009 | |
Contact Information
City and region
| Ketrzyn |
Address & contact
| ul. Sikorskiego 78, 11-400 Ketrzyn, Poland +48 89 750 3302 |
OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS Expand all
Management and Services
Management Show sources
| Name | Type | Observation date |
|---|---|---|
| Border Guard | Governmental | 2017 |
| Minister Spraw Wewnetrznych i Administracji (Minister of Interior and Administration). 2007. Rozporzadzenie w sprawie utworzenia strzezonego osrodka dla cudzoziemcow w Ketrzynie (Regulation on the creation of a guarded centre for foreigners in Ketrzyn). 27 September 2007. http://www.infor.pl/dziennik-ustaw,rok,2007,nr,187/poz,1338,rozporzadzenie-ministra-spraw-wewnetrznych-i-administracji-w-sprawie-utworzenia.html (accessed 15 March 2009 | ||
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. Poland: Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center and Arrest for the Purpose of Expulsion in Ketrzyn. July 2011. | ||
| Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, “AIDA Country Report: Poland 2017 Update,” European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), February 2017, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/poland/ | ||
Security
Security Regime Show sources
| Security Level | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Secure | 2017 |
| European Parliament. 2008. Draft Report from the Committee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs on the delegation to Poland. European Parliament, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. April 2008. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/document/activities/cont/200808/20080819ATT35298/20080819ATT35298EN.pdf (accessed 30 March 2009) | |
| Minister Spraw Wewnetrznych i Administracji (Minister of Interior and Administration). 2007. Rozporzadzenie w sprawie utworzenia strzezonego osrodka dla cudzoziemcow w Ketrzynie (Regulation on the creation of a guarded centre for foreigners in Ketrzyn). 27 September 2007. http://www.infor.pl/dziennik-ustaw,rok,2007,nr,187/poz,1338,rozporzadzenie-ministra-spraw-wewnetrznych-i-administracji-w-sprawie-utworzenia.html (accessed 15 March 2009 | |
| Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, “AIDA Country Report: Poland 2017 Update,” European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), February 2017, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/poland/ | |
Detention timeframe
Maximum official detention period at facility Show sources
| Length | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Long-term (more than 20 days) | 2017 |
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. Poland: Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center and Arrest for the Purpose of Expulsion in Ketrzyn. July 2011. | |
| Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, “AIDA Country Report: Poland 2017 Update,” European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), February 2017, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/poland/ | |
Estimated average detention period (days) Show sources
| Number of Days | Observation date |
|---|---|
| 65 | 2010 |
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. Poland: Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center and Arrest for the Purpose of Expulsion in Ketrzyn. July 2011. | |
Demographics
Demographics Show sources
| Name | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Families | 2017 |
| Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR). 2015. “Country report: Poland.” Asylum Information Database (AIDA). http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/poland | |
| FRA (European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights) (2017) "European legal and policy framework on immigration detention of children". Available at: http://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2017/child-migrant-detention | |
| Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, “AIDA Country Report: Poland 2017 Update,” European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), February 2017, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/poland/ | |
| Accompanied minors | 2017 |
| Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR). 2015. “Country report: Poland.” Asylum Information Database (AIDA). http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/poland | |
| FRA (European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights) (2017) "European legal and policy framework on immigration detention of children". Available at: http://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2017/child-migrant-detention | |
| Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, “AIDA Country Report: Poland 2017 Update,” European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), February 2017, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/poland/ | |
| Unaccompanied minors | 2017 |
| Jacek Białas et all (Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and Association for Legal Intervention), Still behind bars: Report on the Monitoring of Guarded Centres for Foreigners by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and the Association for Legal Intervention, 2014, http://programy.hfhr.pl/uchodzcy/files/2014/06/PUBLIKACJA_wci%C4%85%C5%BC-za-kratami-_ENG_5.8-1.pdf. | |
| FRA (European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights) (2017) "European legal and policy framework on immigration detention of children". Available at: http://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2017/child-migrant-detention | |
| Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, “AIDA Country Report: Poland 2017 Update,” European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), February 2017, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/poland/ | |
| Adult women | 2017 |
| Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, “AIDA Country Report: Poland 2017 Update,” European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), February 2017, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/poland/ | |
| Adult men | 2013 |
| Bialas, Jacek et al. 2012. Migracja to nie uzbrodnia: Report z monitoringu strzezonych osrodkow dla cudzoziemcow. [Migration is not a crime: report on the monitoring of guarded centres for foreigners]. Association for Legal Intervention and Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. December 2012. http://interwencjaprawna.pl/18-grudnia-sip-i-hfpc-opublikowaly-raport-z-monitoringu-osrodkow-strzezonych-dla-cudzoziemcow-migracja-to-nie-zbrodnia/ (accessed 16 January 2013). | |
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. "Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center and Arrest for the Purpose of Expulsion in Kętrzyn." Global Detention Project. 8 July 2011. Geneva, Switzerland. | |
| Adult women | 2013 |
| Bialas, Jacek et al. 2012. Migracja to nie uzbrodnia: Report z monitoringu strzezonych osrodkow dla cudzoziemcow. [Migration is not a crime: report on the monitoring of guarded centres for foreigners]. Association for Legal Intervention and Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. December 2012. http://interwencjaprawna.pl/18-grudnia-sip-i-hfpc-opublikowaly-raport-z-monitoringu-osrodkow-strzezonych-dla-cudzoziemcow-migracja-to-nie-zbrodnia/ (accessed 16 January 2013). | |
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. "Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center and Arrest for the Purpose of Expulsion in Kętrzyn." Global Detention Project. 8 July 2011. Geneva, Switzerland. | |
| Unaccompanied minors | 2013 |
| Bialas, Jacek et al. 2012. Migracja to nie uzbrodnia: Report z monitoringu strzezonych osrodkow dla cudzoziemcow. [Migration is not a crime: report on the monitoring of guarded centres for foreigners]. Association for Legal Intervention and Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. December 2012. http://interwencjaprawna.pl/18-grudnia-sip-i-hfpc-opublikowaly-raport-z-monitoringu-osrodkow-strzezonych-dla-cudzoziemcow-migracja-to-nie-zbrodnia/ (accessed 16 January 2013). | |
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. "Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center and Arrest for the Purpose of Expulsion in Kętrzyn." Global Detention Project. 8 July 2011. Geneva, Switzerland. | |
| Families | 2013 |
| Bialas, Jacek et al. 2012. Migracja to nie uzbrodnia: Report z monitoringu strzezonych osrodkow dla cudzoziemcow. [Migration is not a crime: report on the monitoring of guarded centres for foreigners]. Association for Legal Intervention and Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. December 2012. http://interwencjaprawna.pl/18-grudnia-sip-i-hfpc-opublikowaly-raport-z-monitoringu-osrodkow-strzezonych-dla-cudzoziemcow-migracja-to-nie-zbrodnia/ (accessed 16 January 2013). | |
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. "Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center and Arrest for the Purpose of Expulsion in Kętrzyn." Global Detention Project. 8 July 2011. Geneva, Switzerland. | |
| Accompanied minors | 2013 |
| Bialas, Jacek et al. 2012. Migracja to nie uzbrodnia: Report z monitoringu strzezonych osrodkow dla cudzoziemcow. [Migration is not a crime: report on the monitoring of guarded centres for foreigners]. Association for Legal Intervention and Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. December 2012. http://interwencjaprawna.pl/18-grudnia-sip-i-hfpc-opublikowaly-raport-z-monitoringu-osrodkow-strzezonych-dla-cudzoziemcow-migracja-to-nie-zbrodnia/ (accessed 16 January 2013). | |
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. "Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center and Arrest for the Purpose of Expulsion in Kętrzyn." Global Detention Project. 8 July 2011. Geneva, Switzerland. | |
Categories of detainees
Categories of detainees Show sources
| Name | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Undocumented migrants (administrative) | 2015 |
| Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR). 2015. “Country report: Poland.” Asylum Information Database (AIDA). http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/poland | |
| Asylum seekers (administrative) | 2015 |
| Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR). 2015. “Country report: Poland.” Asylum Information Database (AIDA). http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/poland | |
Segregation
Gender segregation Show sources
| Gender Segregation | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Yes | 2013 |
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. Poland: Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center and Arrest for the Purpose of Expulsion in Ketrzyn. July 2011. | |
| European Parliament. 2008. Draft Report from the Committee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs on the delegation to Poland. European Parliament, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. April 2008. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/document/activities/cont/200808/20080819ATT35298/20080819ATT35298EN.pdf (accessed 30 March 2009). | |
Legal segregation Show sources
| Legal Segregation | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011e. "Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center and Arrest for the Purpose of Expulsion in Kętrzyn." Global Detention Project. 8 July 2011. Geneva, Switzerland. | |
| European Parliament. 2008. Draft Report from the Committee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs on the delegation to Poland. European Parliament, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. April 2008. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/document/activities/cont/200808/20080819ATT35298/20080819ATT35298EN.pdf (accessed 30 March 2009). | |
Family segregation Show sources
| Family Segregation | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Yes | 2013 |
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. Poland: Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center and Arrest for the Purpose of Expulsion in Ketrzyn. July 2011. | |
| European Parliament. 2008. Draft Report from the Committee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs on the delegation to Poland. European Parliament, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. April 2008. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/document/activities/cont/200808/20080819ATT35298/20080819ATT35298EN.pdf (accessed 30 March 2009). | |
Age segregation Show sources
| Age Segregation | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Yes | 2013 |
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011e. "Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center and Arrest for the Purpose of Expulsion in Kętrzyn." Global Detention Project. 8 July 2011. Geneva, Switzerland. | |
| European Parliament. 2008. Draft Report from the Committee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs on the delegation to Poland. European Parliament, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. April 2008. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/document/activities/cont/200808/20080819ATT35298/20080819ATT35298EN.pdf (accessed 30 March 2009). | |
Size and population
Estimated capacity (administrative immigration detention facility) Show sources
| Type | Capacity | Observation date |
|---|---|---|
| Standard capacity | 122 | 2017 |
| Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, “AIDA Country Report: Poland 2017 Update,” European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), February 2017, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/poland/ | ||
| Standard capacity | 130 | 2011 |
| Rafalik, Norbert. 2012. Cudzoziemcy ubiegajacy sie o nadanie statusu uchodzcy w Polsce – teoria a rzeczywistosc (praktyka)(stan prawny na dzien 31 grudnia 2011 r.). Centre of Migration Research, Working Paper 55/113. March 2012. http://www.migracje.uw.edu.pl/publ/1808/ (accessed 24 January 2013). | ||
| European Parliament. 2008. Draft Report from the Committee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs on the delegation to Poland. European Parliament, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. April 2008. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/document/activities/cont/200808/20080819ATT35298/20080819ATT35298EN.pdf (accessed 30 March 2009) | ||
Total number of detainees (year) Show sources
| Number | Observation date |
|---|---|
| 451 | 2013 |
| Jacek Białas, Witold Klaus, Dawid Cegiełka, Adam Chmura, Marta Górczyńska, Ewa Ostaszewska-Żuk, Karolina Rusiłowicz, Katarzyna Słubik, Anna Trylińska, Daniel Witko. 2014. Still behind the bars. Report from the monitoring of the guarded centres for foreigners conducted by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and Legal Intervention Association. Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and Association for Legal Intervention. 2014. http://www.hfhr.pl/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/HFPC_SIP_raport_wciaz_za_kratami.pdf | |
Reported population at a specific time Show sources
| Number | Observation date |
|---|---|
| 75 | 2016 |
| National Preventive Mechanism, Raport przedstawicieli Krajowego Mechanizmu Prewencji Tortur z wizytacji Strzeżonego Ośrodka dla Cudzoziemców w Ketrzynie, January 2017, https://www.rpo.gov.pl/sites/default/files/Wyci%C4%85g%20-%20Strze%C5%BCony%20O%C5%9Brodek%20dla%20Cudzoziemc%C3%B3w%20K%C4%99trzyn%202016.pdf | |
| 70 | 2014 |
| Jacek Białas, Witold Klaus, Dawid Cegiełka, Adam Chmura, Marta Górczyńska, Ewa Ostaszewska-Żuk, Karolina Rusiłowicz, Katarzyna Słubik, Anna Trylińska, Daniel Witko. 2014. Still behind the bars. Report from the monitoring of the guarded centres for foreigners conducted by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and Legal Intervention Association. Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and Association for Legal Intervention. 2014. http://www.hfhr.pl/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/HFPC_SIP_raport_wciaz_za_kratami.pdf | |
| 31 | 2012 |
| Ministry of Interior. 2013. Informacja o stanie realizacji praw osób osadzonych w strzezonych osrodkach dla cudzoziemcow prowadzonych przez straz graniczna. (Information on the respect of the rights of persons held in guarded centres for foreigners managed by the Border Guard). Ministry of Interior. January 2013. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbip.msw.gov.pl%2Fdownload%2F4%2F15845%2F121537_KW_378922_DKSIW_plik2.pdf&ei=3rz-UPqmDcySswbVvYGwAg&usg=AFQjCNE57Ai5LWlOZ8vLwale5WCJP2KiJA&bvm=bv.41248874,d.Yms (accessed 16 January 2013). | |
| 80 | 2012 |
| Ministry of Interior. 2013. Informacja o stanie realizacji praw osób osadzonych w strzezonych osrodkach dla cudzoziemcow prowadzonych przez straz graniczna. (Information on the respect of the rights of persons held in guarded centres for foreigners managed by the Border Guard). Ministry of Interior. January 2013. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbip.msw.gov.pl%2Fdownload%2F4%2F15845%2F121537_KW_378922_DKSIW_plik2.pdf&ei=3rz-UPqmDcySswbVvYGwAg&usg=AFQjCNE57Ai5LWlOZ8vLwale5WCJP2KiJA&bvm=bv.41248874,d.Yms (accessed 16 January 2013). | |
Conditions
Reports of adequate or inadequate conditions Show sources
| Adequate or Inadequate? | Detention centre conditions | Observation date |
|---|---|---|
| Adequate | Access to telephones | 2016 |
| National Preventive Mechanism, Raport przedstawicieli Krajowego Mechanizmu Prewencji Tortur z wizytacji Strzeżonego Ośrodka dla Cudzoziemców w Ketrzynie, January 2017, https://www.rpo.gov.pl/sites/default/files/Wyci%C4%85g%20-%20Strze%C5%BCony%20O%C5%9Brodek%20dla%20Cudzoziemc%C3%B3w%20K%C4%99trzyn%202016.pdf | ||
| Inadequate | Medical care | 2016 |
| National Preventive Mechanism, Raport przedstawicieli Krajowego Mechanizmu Prewencji Tortur z wizytacji Strzeżonego Ośrodka dla Cudzoziemców w Ketrzynie, January 2017, https://www.rpo.gov.pl/sites/default/files/Wyci%C4%85g%20-%20Strze%C5%BCony%20O%C5%9Brodek%20dla%20Cudzoziemc%C3%B3w%20K%C4%99trzyn%202016.pdf | ||
BUREAUCRATIC CHARACTERISTICS Expand all
Custodial authority
Custodial authority Show sources
| Agency | Ministry | Ministry Typology | Observation date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Interior | Interior or Home Affairs | 2013 | |
| Minister Spraw Wewnetrznych i Administracji (Minister of Interior and Administration). 2007. Rozporzadzenie w sprawie utworzenia strzezonego osrodka dla cudzoziemcow w Ketrzynie (Regulation on the creation of a guarded centre for foreigners in Ketrzyn). 27 September 2007. http://www.infor.pl/dziennik-ustaw,rok,2007,nr,187/poz,1338,rozporzadzenie-ministra-spraw-wewnetrznych-i-administracji-w-sprawie-utworzenia.html (accessed 15 March 2009 | |||
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. Poland: Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center and Arrest for the Purpose of Expulsion in Ketrzyn. July 2011. | |||
