Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland

Rotterdam Detention Centre

Netherlands

Status

In use

2023

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Immigration and Naturalisation Service

Management: Ministry of Security and Justice/ Custodial Institutions Agency (Governmental)

Detains: Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity Conditions complaints? Mistreatment complaints?
641
YES

2011

Yes
Netherlands

2,920

Migration Detainee Entries

6,530

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

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FACILITY NAMES
Rotterdam Detention Centre
Location

Country: Netherlands

City & Region: Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 51.953305, 4.4426

Contact Information
Portelabaan 7
3045 AT Rotterdam
088 07 35000
Fax (010) 262 5596

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status In use

2023

Status In use

2022

Status In use

2020

Status In use

2009
Facility type

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2009
National typology

Name Detentiecentrum Rotterdam

2016
Management

Name Ministry of Security and Justice/ Custodial Institutions Agency

Type Governmental

2016

Name Ministry of Justice / Department of Correctional Institutions / Special Services Department

Type Governmental

2009
Custodial Authorities

Agency Immigration and Naturalisation Service

Ministry Ministry of Security and Justice

Ministry Typology Internal or Public Security

2014
Outsourced services and non-state actors

Provider Unnamed company

Service Health care

2016

Provider G4S

Service Security

2016
Operating Period

Year of Entry 2010

2016

DETAINEES

Categories of detainees

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2009

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 641

2023

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 640

2022

Type Capacity including surge

Capacity 641

2018

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 586

2012

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 212

2009

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2014

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Overall Inspection Score

Above Standards (“Superior”)

2022
Inadequate conditions

Medical care

2011

CARCERAL INDICATORS

Internal Security Regime

High Security (locked in cells all or most of time)

External Security Regime

Secure

2009

STAFF

Mistreatment Reports

Yes

2022

SEGREGATION

CELLS

At Least Three Square Meters Per Detainee

Yes

2022
Security/Isolation Cells

Yes

2022
Equipped (beds, tables, shelves, chairs)

Yes

2022
Detainees Per Cell

2

2022

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Indoor Communal Space

Yes

2022
Outdoor Space

Yes

2022
Leisure Equipment

Yes

2022
Possibility to Prepare Own Meals

Yes

2022

HEALTH

Overall assessment of facility health care provision

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

2022
Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours)

No

2022
Doctor on Duty

At least once a week

2022
Nurse on Duty

At least once a week

2022
Psychologist Visits

At least once a week

2022
Reports of self-harming
Self harm reported
Incident/Report date
Yes
19 November 2013

MONITORING & ACCESS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Yes

2022
Receiving Calls

Yes

2022
Access to Personal Cell Phones

No

2022