Strathaven, South Lanarkshire

Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre (IRC)

United Kingdom

Status

In use

2023

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: UK Visas and Immigration

Management: GEO Group Ltd (Private For-Profit)

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

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
217
98

YES

2015

United Kingdom

23,970

Migration Detainees

1

Deaths in Detention

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FACILITY NAMES
Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre (IRC)
Location

Country: United Kingdom

City & Region: Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 55.675261355, -4.0608215332

Contact Information
Dungavel House IRC
Strathaven South Lanarkshire ML10 6RF
UK
Tel: + 44 1698 395 000
Fax: + 44 1698 395 067

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status In use

2023

Status In use

2020

Status Last documented use

2016

Status In use

2015

Status In use

2012
Facility type

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2011
National typology

Name Immigration Removal Centre (IRC)

2015
Management

Name GEO Group Ltd

Type Private For-Profit

2016

Name GEO Group Ltd

Type Private For-Profit

2012

Name G4S Group

Type Private For-Profit

2011

Name G4S Group

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 Med-Co Secure Healthcare Services

Service Health care

2016

Provider Tascor

Service Detainee transport

2015

Provider GEO Group Ltd

Service Management

2012

Provider Scottish Qualification Authority

Service Education or training

2012

Provider Primecare

Service Health care

2012

Provider Reliance

Service Detainee transport

2012
Operating Period

Year of Entry 2001

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Adult men

2022

Name Adult women

2022

Name Adult men

2015

Name Adult women

2015

Name Adult men

2012

Name Adult women

2012

Name Families

2010

Name Adult women

2010

Name Adult men

2010
Categories of detainees

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2011

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2011
Countries of Origin

Country #1 Albania

Country #2 Romania

Country #3 Vietnam

Country #4 Poland

Country #5 Lithuania

2023

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 217

2023

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 125

2020

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 249

2016

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 217

2012

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 219

2010
Facility Average Daily Population (year)

Number 198

2009
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
98
38
61
13
24
42
61
128
116
215
173
185
195
Number of men detained on single day
Number
Date
58
30 September 2022
38
31 December 2022
53
31 March 2023
Number of women detained on single day
Number
Date
3
30 September 2022

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2011
Average Days in Detention

Number of Days 63

2011

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions

Hygiene

2015

Escorts and Removals

2012

Ventilation

2012

Medical care

2012

Escorts and Removals

2010

Ventilation

2010

Medical care

2010

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2011

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2015

Yes

2011

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
Bar associations or similar
2013
Family Access

Yes

2013

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