Goalpara, Assam

Goalpara Transit Camp (cum District Jail)

India

Status

In use

2024

Type: Prison or pretrial detention centre (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Assam Prison Headquarters, Home and Political Department (Government-local)

Detains: Adult women, Adult men

Reported population Deaths at facility Capacity
41

19 August 2021

Yes

20 February 2019

No Data
India

5,565

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

414

Detained Asylum Seekers

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This facility is a District Jail that also functions as a transit camp. Matia Transit Camp is a separate facility that is specifically for detention purposes only. Both are located in the same district.

LATEST NEWS & TESTIMONY
2021

India’s Anti-Immigrant Crackdown Has Torn Apart Families and Locked Up Hundreds. 1.9 Million People Fear They Could Be Next

FACILITY NAMES
Goalpara Transit Camp (cum District Jail)
Location

Country: India

City & Region: Goalpara, Assam, Asia-Pacific

Latitude, Longitude: 26.161844, 90.626478

Contact Information
Goalpara, Baladmari District,
783121

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status In use

2024

Status In use

2019
Facility type

Category Filter Criminal

Type Prison or pretrial detention centre

2019
National typology

Name Transit Centre

2021
Management

Name Assam Prison Headquarters, Home and Political Department

Type Government-local

2021
Operating Period

Year of Entry 2012

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Adult women

2019

Name Adult men

2019
Countries of Origin

Country #1 Bangladesh

Country #2 Pakistan

Country #3 Afghanistan

Country #4 Myanmar

2018

SIZE & POPULATION

Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
41
19 August 2021
201
28 November 2019
208
20 February 2019
Reports of Detainee Overpopulation at Facility

Reported Overpopulation Yes

2018

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2018

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

Carceral Environment

Yes

2018

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Family Segregation

Yes

2018

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Leisure Equipment

No

2018
Skills Development for Adults

No

2018
Remunerated Work

No

2018

HEALTH

Psychologist Visits

No regular visits

2018
Reports of Deaths
Name of deceased individual
Date of death
N.A.
20 February 2019
N.A.
29 December 2018
N.A.
29 December 2017

MONITORING & ACCESS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

No

2018

NEWS & TESTIMONY

2021

India’s Anti-Immigrant Crackdown Has Torn Apart Families and Locked Up Hundreds. 1.9 Million People Fear They Could Be Next

2021

Graveyards of the Living Dead: Former Inmates on Life in Assam’s Notorious Detention Centres

2018

The dark side of humanity and legality: A glimpse inside Assam’s detention centres for ‘foreigners’