Al-Dayer, Jizan Province

Al-Dayer Detention Center

Saudi Arabia

Status

In use

2023

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
Yes

3 October 2020

YES

2020

No Data
Saudi Arabia

10

Deaths in Detention

178,000

Voluntary Returns & Forced Removals

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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)

LATEST NEWS & TESTIMONY
2023

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)

FACILITY NAMES
Al-Dayer Detention Center
Location

Country: Saudi Arabia

City & Region: Al-Dayer, Jizan Province, Middle East

Latitude, Longitude: 17.333826, 43.126496

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status In use

2023

Status In use

2020
Facility type

Category Filter Criminal

Type Prison or pretrial detention centre

2020

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Adult women

2020

Name Accompanied minors

2020

Name Adult men

2020
Categories of detainees

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2023

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2023

SIZE & POPULATION

Reports of Detainee Overpopulation at Facility

Reported Overpopulation Yes

2020

LENGTH OF DETENTION

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions

Bedding and clothing

2020

Medical care

2020

Overcrowding

2020

Showers and toilets

2020

Hygiene

2020

Food provision

2020

Access to clean drinking water

2020

Protection from Physical Violence

2020

CARCERAL INDICATORS

STAFF

SEGREGATION

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Reports of Deaths
Name of deceased individual
Date of death
N.A.
3 October 2020

MONITORING & ACCESS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

NEWS & TESTIMONY

2023

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)