FACILITY NAMES
Al-Dayer Detention Center
Location
Country: Saudi Arabia
City & Region: Al-Dayer, Jizan Province, Middle East
Latitude, Longitude: 17.333826, 43.126496
Al-Dayer, Jizan Province
Al-Dayer Detention Center
Type: Prison or pretrial detention centre (Criminal)
Custodial Authority: Not Available
Management: Not Available
Detains: Adult women, Accompanied minors, Adult men, Asylum seekers (administrative), Undocumented migrants (administrative)
| Deaths at facility | Conditions complaints? | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
Yes3 October 2020 |
YES2020 |
No Data |
Border guards intercepted Munira with her group when they tried to cross into Saudi Arabia. The guards took them to what she described as a formal detention center in Dayer, a province of Jizan governorate, which directly borders Saada governorate in Yemen. She described the conditions of the center where she was held for three days and three nights: "We could not sit and sleep. We had to stand. The toilet was overflowing and the floor was wet with human excrement. The wetness of the floor... it came above our ankles. We were walking in toilet water. We developed infections from this. People were sick. It was a disaster." (HRW 2023)
