Harmondsworth, West Drayton, Middlesex

Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre (IRC)

United Kingdom

Status

Mitie

Private For-Profit

Type: 2023 (In use)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: UK Visas and Immigration (Home Office)

Detains: Adult men, Adult women

Capacity Conditions complaints? Reported population
420
YES

2013

No Data
United Kingdom

23,970

Migration Detainee Entries (2020)

27,830

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens (2018)

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FACILITY NAMES
Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre (IRC)
Location

Country: United Kingdom

City & Region: Harmondsworth, West Drayton, Middlesex, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 51.4826657425, -0.482711792

Contact Information
Colnbrook IRC Colnbrook Bypass Harmondsworth West Drayton Middlesex
UB7 0FX
UK
Tel: + 44 20 8607 5200
Fax: + 44 20 8759 7996

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status In use

2023

Status In use

2020

Status Last documented use

2016

Status Closed/ceased migrant detention

2014

Status In use

2013
Facility type

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2011
National typology

Name Immigration Removal Centre (IRC)

2015
Management

Name Mitie

Type Private For-Profit

2016

Name Serco Ltd

Type Private For-Profit

2013

Name Serco Ltd

Type Private For-Profit

2010
Custodial Authorities

Agency UK Visas and Immigration

Ministry Home Office

Ministry Typology Interior or Home Affairs

2011
Outsourced services and non-state actors

Provider Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Service Health care

2016

Provider Serco Health

Service Health care

2013

Provider Tascor

Service Detainee transport

2013

Provider Serco Ltd.

Service Management

2013

Provider Serco Out of Country Escorting

Service Detainee transport

2010

Provider G4S

Service Detainee transport

2010

Provider Serco Health

Service Health care

2010
Operating Period

Year of Entry 2004

Year Ceased 2014

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Adult men

2022

Name Adult women

2022

Name Adult women

2013

Name Adult men

2013
Categories of detainees

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2011

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2011
Countries of Origin

Country #1 Albania

Country #2 Brazil

Country #3 India

Country #4 Poland

Country #5 Vietnam

2023

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 420

2023

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 420

2013

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 388

2010
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)

Number 264

2023

Number 185

2022

Number 267

2022

Number 129

2021

Number 81

2020

Number 169

2019

Number 199

2018

Number 272

2017

Number 312

2016

Number 295

2015

Number 320

2014

Number 346

2013

Number 280

2011

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2011
Average Days in Detention

Number of Days 105

2011
Overstays

Reported Overstays Yes

2013

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions

Food provision

2013

Medical care

2013

Recreation

2013

Cell space

2013

Protection from Physical Violence

2013

Hygiene

2013

Ventilation

2013

Access to internet

2010

Recreation

2010

Medical care

2010

Food provision

2010

Ventilation

2010

Protection from Physical Violence

2010

Escorts and Removals

2010

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2011

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2013
Age Segregation

Not Applicable

2011
Legal Segregation

Not Applicable

2011
Family Segregation

Not Applicable

2011

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Reports of self-harming

Yes

2013

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access

Yes

Bar associations or similar

2013

Yes

International non-governmental groups

2013
Family Access

Yes

2013

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