Kidlington, Oxfordshire

Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre (IRC)

United Kingdom

Status

Closed/ceased migrant detention

2019

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: UK Visas and Immigration

Management: Mitie (Private For-Profit)

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

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
282
209

22 August 2014

YES

2014

United Kingdom

23,970

Migration Detainees

20,604

Migration Detainee Entries

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FACILITY NAMES
Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre (IRC)
Location

Country: United Kingdom

City & Region: Kidlington, Oxfordshire, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 51.8198638225, -1.2864303589

Contact Information
Campsfield House IRC
Langford Lane
Kidlington Oxon OX5 1REC UK
Tel: + 44 1865 233600
Fax: + 44 1865 233723

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
Closed/ceased migrant detention
2019
Last documented use
2016
In use
2015
In use
2014
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2011
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Immigration Removal Centre (IRC)
2015
Management
Management
Type
Year
Mitie
Private For-Profit
2016
Mitie
Private For-Profit
2014
The Geo Group Ltd.
Private For-Profit
2011
Custodial Authorities
Agency
Ministry
Ministry type
Year
UK Visas and Immigration
Home Office
Interior or Home Affairs
2011
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Provider
Service
Year
Mitie
Health care
2016
Mitie
Management
2014
Tascor
Detainee transport
2014
The Practice PLC
Health care
2013
Mitie
Education or training
2013
Mitie
Food services
2013
Mitie
Facility maintenance
2013
The Practice PLC
Health care
2011
Reliance
Detainee transport
2011
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
1993

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult men

2014

Adult men

2010
Categories of detainees

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2011

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2011

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 282

2016

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 276

2014

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 216

2011

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 216

2010
Facility Average Daily Population (year)

Number 206

2010
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
209
22 August 2014
194
19 May 2011
215
1 April 2011

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2011
Average Days in Detention

Number of Days 65

2011

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions
Inadequate Conditions
Obvs. Date
2014
2014
2013
2011
2011

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2011

STAFF

Mistreatment Reports

Yes

2013

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Not Applicable

2011
Age Segregation

Not Applicable

2011
Legal Segregation

Not Applicable

2011
Family Segregation

Not Applicable

2011

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Reports of self-harming
Self harm reported
Incident/Report date
Yes
2 January

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
National non-governmental groups
2014
Yes
National Red Cross Federation
2014
Yes
Bar associations or similar
2014
Family Access

Yes

2014

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

NEWS & TESTIMONY

2025

"A company criticised for how it ran a controversial immigration centre has been awarded a new contract to run the same facility again. Campsfield House, near Kidlington, Oxfordshire, was operated by Mitie but shut in 2018 after years of problems, including riots, escapes and complaints about conditions. It was announced last year it would reopen, and Mitie has now been given a six-year contract to run the site."