Pabradė, Švenčionys district

Pabrade Detention Centre (Foreigners Registration Centre)

Lithuania

Status

In use

2024

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: State Border Guard Service

Management: State Border Guard Service (Governmental)

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

Capacity Conditions complaints? Mistreatment complaints?
685
YES

2021

Yes
Lithuania

1,010

Migration Detainee Entries

4,235

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

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FACILITY NAMES
Pabrade Detention Centre (Foreigners Registration Centre)
Location

Country: Lithuania

City & Region: Pabradė, Švenčionys district, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 54.9783, 25.7538

Contact Information
Pabradė, Vilnius str. 100.
Tel. (8 387) 53 401, faks. (8 387) 63 012

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status In use

2024

Status In use

2021

Status In use

2019

Status In use

2013

Status In use

2007
Facility type

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2014
National typology

Name Foreigners’ Registration Centre ((užsieniečių registracijos centras)

2019
Management

Name State Border Guard Service

Type Governmental

2015

Name Border Guard Service Officers and Civil Servants

Type Governmental

2007
Custodial Authorities

Agency State Border Guard Service

Ministry Ministry of Interior

Ministry Typology Interior or Home Affairs

2014
Facility owner

State or Privately Owned Government

2024
Area of Operations

Area of Authority of Operations URC is the only center in Lithuania dedicated to detained, irregularly arriving foreigners, as well as housing asylum seekers while their applications are being examined.

2023
Operating Period

Year of Entry 1997

2007

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Accompanied minors

2021

Name Adult women

2021

Name Adult men

2021

Name Unaccompanied minors

2021

Name Families

2021

Name Adult women

2007

Name Adult men

2007

Name Accompanied minors

2007
Categories of detainees

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2024

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2024

Name Asylum seekers-Dublin procedure (administrative)

2024

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2007

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2007
Countries of Origin

Country #1 Syria

Country #2 Iran

Country #3 India

Country #4 Afghanistan

Country #5 Belarus

2023

Country #1 Iraq

Country #2 Cameroon

Country #3 Congo (Kinshasa)

2021

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 685

2023

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 94

2016

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 170

2011

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 265

2007
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 650

2022

Number 183

2017

Number 232

2016

Number 353

2015

Number 292

2014

Number 363

2013
Migration Detainee Entries

Number 70

2023

Number 44

2022

Number 190

2021

Number 33

2020
Number of children (under 18) detained (year)

Number of children (under 18) detained 34

2022
Reports of Detainee Overpopulation at Facility

Reported Overpopulation Yes

2021

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Medium-term (4-20 days)

2023

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2014
Average Days in Detention

Number of Days 15

2023

Number of Days 53

2022

Number of Days 27

2021

Number of Days 48

2020

Number of Days 38

2013

Number of Days 40

2012

Number of Days 51

2011

Number of Days 61

2010

Number of Days 66

2009

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions

Overcrowding

2021

Overcrowding

2015

Food provision

2015

Separation of different categories of detainees

2014

Lighting

2014

Hygiene

2014

Temperature

2014
Reports of riots or other unrest

Yes

2021

CARCERAL INDICATORS

Carceral Environment

Yes

2021
Internal Security Regime

Mixed Regime (secure and open sections)

2021
External Security Regime

Secure

2021

Secure

2014

Non-secure

2014

Secure

2007

Non-secure

STAFF

Number of Staff

131

2024
Culturally/Ethnically Diverse

Unknown

2024
Specially Trained

Yes

2024
Mistreatment Reports

Yes

2021

Yes

2013
Ratio (staff on duty/detainees)

Unknown

2024

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2023

Yes

2021

Yes

2007
Legal Segregation

Not Applicable

2007
Family Segregation

Yes

2021

No

2014

Yes

2007

CELLS

At Least Three Square Meters Per Detainee

Yes

2023

Yes

2021
Equipped (beds, tables, shelves, chairs)

Yes

2023
Detainees Per Cell

4

2021

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Indoor Communal Space

Yes

2023

Yes

2021
Outdoor Space

Yes

2023
Leisure Equipment

Yes

2023

No

2021
Activities/Education for Children

Yes

2021
Language Classes

Yes

2023
Possibility to Prepare Own Meals

Yes

2023

HEALTH

Overall assessment of facility health care provision

Minimum Standards (“Good,” “Acceptable,” or “Meets Standards”)

2023

Minimum Standards (“Good,” “Acceptable,” or “Meets Standards”)

2021
Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours)

Yes

2021
Psychological Evaluation upon Arrival

Unknown

2024
Doctor on Duty

Daily

2024

Daily

2023

At least once a week

2021
Nurse on Duty

Daily

2024

At least once a week

2021
Psychologist Visits

Unknown

2024

At least once a week

2021

At least once a week

2021
Reports of Deaths
Name of deceased individual
Date of death
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
Reports of self-harming
Self harm reported
Incident/Report date
Yes
Yes
Yes
No

MONITORING & ACCESS

Lawyer Access

Yes

2023
Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
National Preventive Mechanism under OPCAT
2015
Yes
National non-governmental groups
2011
Yes
International or regional human rights mechanisms
2000

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Limited

2023

Limited

2021
Free Outgoing Local Calls

Limited

2023
Receiving Calls

Limited

2023

Limited

2021
Access to Personal Cell Phones

No

2021