Lampedusa, Agrigento, Sicily

Lampedusa (Contrada Imbriacola) Hotspot

Italy

Status

In use

2023

Type: Secure reception centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Ministry of the Interior

Management: Italian Red Cross (Private Not-For-Profit)

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

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
400
272

24 November 2017

Yes

5 January 2018

Italy

6,667

Migration Detainees

6,383

Migration Detainee Entries

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FACILITY NAMES
Lampedusa (Contrada Imbriacola) Hotspot
Location

Country: Italy

City & Region: Lampedusa, Agrigento, Sicily, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 35.514605, 12.588006

Contact Information
Lampedusa,
Italy

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2023
In use
2022
In use
2021
In use
2019
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Secure reception centre
2019
Administrative
Not Applicable
2018
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Hotspot
2019
Management
Management
Type
Year
Italian Red Cross
Private Not-For-Profit
2023
European Union Agencies (Frontex and EASO)
International or Regional Organization
2016
Ministry of the Interior
Governmental
2016
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Provider
Service
Year
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Health care
2021
Unknown
Management
2018
Cooperativa Vivere
Not Available
2016
Area of Operations
Regional Jurisdiction
Year
Prefettura di Agrigento
2016
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2015

DETAINEES

Demographics

Families

2021

Adult women

2021

Adult men

2021

Accompanied minors

2021
Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2019

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2019

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

At-Risk Populations

Victims of trafficking

2021

Victims of torture

2021

Asylum seekers

2021

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 400

2023

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 250

2022

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 250

2021

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 96

2018

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 381

2016

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 500

2016
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 8940

2017
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
272
24 November 2017
350
19 July 2016
Reports of Detainee Overpopulation at Facility

Yes

2023

Yes

2021

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Medium-term (4-20 days)

2021
Average Days in Detention

Number of Days 13

2018

Number of Days 9

2016

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Overall Inspection Score

Deficient (“Deficient” or “At Risk”)

2017
Inadequate conditions

Overcrowding

2023

Temperature

2023

Medical care

2023

Food provision

2023

Bedding and clothing

2023

Medical care

2021

Hygiene

2021

Overcrowding

2021

Medical care

2021

Bedding and clothing

2018

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2016

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2016
Age Segregation

Yes

2016
Family Segregation

Yes

2016

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Reports of Deaths
Name of deceased individual
Date of death
N.A.
5 January 2018
Reports of self-harming
Self harm reported
Incident/Report date
Yes
18 March 2018

MONITORING & ACCESS

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