Horia, Arad (Western Romania)

Arad detention centre

Romania

Status

In use

2023

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Ministry of Interior

Management: General Inspectorate for Immigration (Governmental)

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

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
160
32

16 March 2023

Yes

4 January 2015

Romania

936

Migration Detainee Entries

21,390

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

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FACILITY NAMES
Arad detention centre
Location

Country: Romania

City & Region: Horia, Arad (Western Romania), Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 46.2098783737, 21.4613521099

Contact Information
Soseaua Siriei F.N.,
Localitatea Horia,
Judetul Arad
0257-38.20.31/ 0257- 38.20.20.

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2023
In use
2022
In use
2019
In use
2013
In use
2010
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2018
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Centrul de Cazare a Străinilor luați în Custodie Publică (centre for the accommodation of foreigners taken into public custody)
2019
Management
Management
Type
Year
General Inspectorate for Immigration
Governmental
2019
Romanian Immigration Office
Governmental
2010
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2001

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult men

2023

Adult women

2022

Adult women

2010

Adult men

2010
Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2023

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2023

Asylum seekers-Dublin procedure (administrative)

2023

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2010

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 160

2023

Type Capacity including surge

Capacity 206

2023

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 160

2022

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 160

2018

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 160

2015

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 56

2010
Facility Average Daily Population (year)

Number 6

2010
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 993

2023

Number 446

2022

Number 192

2018

Number 347

2012

Number 203

2011

Number 241

2010
Number of women detained (year)

37

2023

8

2022
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
32
16 March 2023
26
31 January 2019
24
7 February 2018
Number of men detained on single day
Number
Date
32
16 March 2023

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2023

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2018

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2023

Secure

2018

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Legal Segregation

Yes

2023

Yes

2010

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Doctor on Duty

At least once a week

2022
Nurse on Duty

At least once a week

2022
Reports of Deaths
Name of deceased individual
Date of death
N.A.
4 January 2015

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
National Preventive Mechanism under OPCAT
2023

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