Gosport, Hampshire

Haslar Immmigration Removal Centre (IRC)

United Kingdom

Status

Closed
(or ceased migrant detention operations)

2016

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: UK Visas and Immigration

Management: HM Prison Service (Governmental)

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

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
170
150

2011

No Data
United Kingdom

23,970

Immigration detainees (2020)

4,270

Estimated detention capacity (2015)

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Contact Information

Address: Haslar IRC 2 Dolphin Way Gosport Hampshire PO12 2AW UK Tel: + 44 23 9260 4000 Fax: +44 23 9260 4001


Center status

Status Closed (or ceased migrant detention operations)

2016

Status In use

2015

Status In use

2014
GDP facility typology

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2011
National typology

Name Immmigration Removal Centre (IRC)

2015
Operating period

Year of Entry 2002

Year Ceased

Year of Entry 1989

Year Ceased

OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

Management

Name HM Prison Service

Type Governmental

2014
Outsourced services and non-state actors

Provider Tascor

Service Detainee transport

2014

Provider Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Service Health care

2014

Provider Pertemps People Development Group

Service Education or training

2014
Security Regime

Security Level Secure

2011
Maximum official detention period at facility

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2011
Reported overstays at facility

Reported Overstays Yes

2014
Demographics

Name Adult men

2010
Categories of detainees

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2011

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2011
Gender segregation

Gender Segregation Not Applicable

2011
Legal segregation

Legal Segregation Not Applicable

2011
Family segregation

Family Segregation Not Applicable

2011
Age segregation

Age Segregation Not Applicable

2011
Estimated capacity (administrative immigration detention facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 170

2014

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 160

2010
Reported population at a specific time

Number 150

2011
Access by international organizations, civil society, national institutions

Yes or No Yes

Type of institution Bar associations or similar

2014

Yes or No Yes

Type of institution National non-governmental groups

2014
Family access

Family Access Yes

2014
Reports of attempted or successful suicides at this facility

Suicides Reported Yes

2014

BUREAUCRATIC CHARACTERISTICS

Custodial authority

Agency UK Visas and Immigration

Ministry Home Office

Ministry Typology Interior or Home Affairs

2011