Horia, Arad (Western Romania)

Arad Detention Centre

Romania

Status

In use

2024

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Ministry of Interior

Management: General Inspectorate for Immigration (Governmental)

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

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
240
43

18 December 2024

Yes

4 January 2015

Romania

1,043

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
2024
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

Accompanied minors

2023

Adult women

2023

Adult men

2023

Adult women

2022

Adult women

2010

Adult men

2010
Categories of detainees

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2024

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2024

Asylum seekers-Dublin procedure (administrative)

2023

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2023

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2023

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2010
Countries of Origin

Country #1 Bangladesh

Country #2 Nepal

Country #3 Sri Lanka

Country #4 Pakistan

Country #5 Ethiopia

2025

Country #1 Bangladesh

Country #2 Nepal

Country #3 Sri Lanka

Country #4 Pakistan

2024

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 240

2025

Type Capacity including surge

Capacity 400

2024

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 160

2024

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
43
18 December 2024
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

Overall Inspection Score

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

2022
Inadequate conditions
Inadequate Conditions
Obvs. Date
2025
2022

CARCERAL INDICATORS

Internal Security Regime

Security Level High Security (locked in cells all or most of time)

2023
External Security Regime

Security Level Secure

2023

Security Level Secure

2018

STAFF

Mistreatment Reports

Mistreatment Complaints Yes

Details/Description One of the foreigners detained in Arad interviewed by the author reported that, while he was on hunger strike, the police officers tried to beat him in order to convince him to eat. He stated that he was beaten three times. He was pushed and kicked.

Report date (Day) 31

Report date (Month) December

Report date (Year) 2025

2025

Mistreatment Complaints Yes

2022

SEGREGATION

Legal Segregation

Legal Segregation Yes

2023

Legal Segregation Yes

2010
Family Segregation

Family Segregation No

2022

CELLS

At Least Three Square Meters Per Detainee

At Least Three Square Meters Per Detainee Yes

2023
Detainees Per Cell

Number 4

2023

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Indoor Communal Space

Indoor Communal Space Yes

2025
Hours Communal Space Accessible

Hours 0.5

2023
Outdoor Space

Outdoor Space Yes

2025

Outdoor Space Yes

2023
Leisure Equipment

Leisure Equipment Yes

2025

Leisure Equipment Yes

2023
Activities/Education for Children

Activities/Education for Children No

2025

Activities/Education for Children No

2022
Skills Development for Adults

Skills Development for Adults No

2022
Language Classes

Language Classes Yes

2025

Language Classes No

2022
Possibility to Prepare Own Meals

Possibility to Prepare Own Meals No

2023

HEALTH

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours)

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours) Yes

2025

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours) Yes

2023
Psychological Evaluation upon Arrival

Psychological Evaluation upon Arrival Yes

2024
Doctor on Duty

Frequency Daily

2024

Frequency At least once a week

2022
Nurse on Duty

Frequency Daily

2024

Frequency Daily

2023

Frequency At least once a week

2022
Psychologist Visits

Frequency Daily

2024

Frequency At least once a week

2022
Barriers to care
Barriers to Care
Obvs. Date
Inadequate translation services
2022
Reports of Deaths
Name of deceased individual
Date of death
N.A.
4 January 2015
Reports of self-harming
Self harm reported
Incident/Report date
No
Reports of Injury/Physical Harm
Injury/physical harm reported
Incident/Report date
Yes
31 December 2025

MONITORING & ACCESS

Lawyer Access

Lawyer Access Yes

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

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Access to Telephones Yes

2023
Free Outgoing Local Calls

Free Outgoing Local Calls Limited

2023
Internet Access

Internet Access No

2023
Access to Personal Cell Phones

Access to Personal Cell Phones Yes (with restrictions)

2023