Gatwick Airport, Gatwick, West Sussex

Tinsley House Immigration Removal Centre (IRC)

United Kingdom

Status

G4S Group

Private For-Profit

Type: 2023 (In use)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: UK Visas and Immigration (Home Office)

Detains: Adult women, Adult men, Families

Capacity Conditions complaints? Reported population
154
YES

2014

No Data
United Kingdom

23,970

Migration Detainee Entries (2020)

27,830

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens (2018)

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FACILITY NAMES
Tinsley House Immigration Removal Centre (IRC)
Location

Country: United Kingdom

City & Region: Gatwick Airport, Gatwick, West Sussex, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 51.1586768644, -0.1840209961

Contact Information

Address: Tinsley House IRC Perimeter Road South Gatwick Airport Gatwick West Sussex RH6 0PQ UK Tel: + 44 1293 434800; Fax: + 44 1293 434846


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 G4S Group

Type Private For-Profit

2016

Name G4S Group

Type Private For-Profit

2011
Custodial Authorities

Agency UK Visas and Immigration

Ministry Home Office

Ministry Typology Interior or Home Affairs

2011
Outsourced services and non-state actors

Provider G4S Group

Service Health care

2016

Provider Tascor

Service Detainee transport

2014

Provider G4S Group

Service Education or training

2014

Provider G4S Group

Service Management

2012

Provider Reliance

Service Detainee transport

2012

Provider West Sussex Primary Care Trust

Service Health care

2012

Provider G4S Group

Service Health care

2012

Provider Saxonbrook

Service Health care

2012

Provider G4S Group

Service Detainee transport

2011

Provider Saxonbrook Medical Centre

Service Health care

2011

Provider G4S Group

Service Education or training

2011
Operating Period

Year of Entry 1996

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Adult women

2022

Name Adult men

2022

Name Families

2022

Name Families

2016

Name Accompanied minors

2016

Name Unaccompanied minors

2016

Name Adult men

2014

Name Families

2014

Name Adult men

2012

Name Adult women

2012

Name Families

2012

Name Accompanied minors

2012

Name Accompanied minors

2011

Name Families

2011

Name Adult women

2011

Name Adult men

2011
Categories of detainees

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2011

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2011
Countries of Origin

Country #1 Albania

Country #2 India

Country #3 Brazil

Country #4 Romania

Country #5 Pakistan

2023

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 154

2023

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 153

2016

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 154

2012

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 155

2011

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 116

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

Number 152

2023

Number 39

2022

Number 163

2022

Number 54

2021

Number 57

2020

Number 100

2019

Number 70

2018

Number 110

2017

Number 111

2016

Number 100

2015

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2011

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions

Ventilation

2014

Food provision

2014

Ventilation

2012

Food provision

2012

Medical care

2012

Escorts and Removals

2011

Ventilation

2011

Food provision

2011

Access to internet

2011

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2011

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2011
Family Segregation

Yes

2014

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Reports of self-harming

Yes

2012

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access

Yes

National non-governmental groups

2012

Yes

Bar associations or similar

2012
Family Access

Yes

2012

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