Immigration Removal Centres (IRC) / Short Term Holding Centres

Capacity 2,569 Family's/individuals
(There were 2,095 Persons recorded as being in detention in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers as at 29 December 2007, 81% of capacity)

Information on this page from UK Border Agency was correct @ 14/04/2008
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/managingborders/immigrationremovalcentres/

Campsfield House IRC

Langford Lane
Kidlington
Oxfordshire
OX5 1RE

Phone: 01865 233600
Fax: 01865 377723

Visiting times
Daily, 1400 - 2100

Management
UK Border Agency Manager: Helen Morgan

Centre manager: Joanne Henney

Managed by: GEO Group Ltd on behalf of the UK Border Agency
Operational capacity

215 single males can be accommodated at the centre.

Colnbrook IRC

Colnbrook by Pass
Harmondsworth
West Drayton
UB7 0FX

Phone: 020 8607 5200
Fax:020 8759 7996

Visiting times
Daily, 1400 - 2100 (last admission 2030)

Management
Joint Immigration Managers: Anne Dardis

Managed by: SERCO Home Affairs on behalf of the UK Border Agency
Operational capacity

313 single males with a further 40 spaces within the short term holding facility which may be used for both males and females.

Dover IRC

The Citadel
Western Heights
Dover
Kent
CT17 9DR

Phone: 01304 246400
Fax: 01304 246401

Visiting times
Monday to Friday, 0845 - 1130 and 1345 - 1630
Weekends, 0845 -1100 and 1345 - 1630
Evenings, Monday and Wednesday 1830 - 1955

Management
Centre Manager: Jim Carmichael

UK Border Agency Manager: Bernadette Downey

Managed by: Prison Service on behalf of the UK Border Agency
Operational capacity

316 single males can be accommodated at the centre.

Dungavel House IRC

Strathaven
South Lanarkshire
ML10 6RF

Phone detainees: 01698 395000
Phone Immigration: 01698 395063
Fax: 01698 395079

Visiting times
Daily, 1330 - 2030

Management
UK Border Agency Manager: Ella Lyle

Centre Manager: Ken Paul

Managed by: G4S on behalf of the Immigration UK Border Agency.
Operational capacity

The centre's capacity is 188 and accommodates a mix of single females, single males and families.

Haslar IRC

2 Dolphin Way
Gosport
Hampshire
PO12 2AW

Phone: 02392 604000
Fax: 02392 604001

Visiting times
Daily, 1400 - 1600 - all visitors must arrive before 1530.
Except Thursday 0930 - 1230 and 1330 - 1600
Additionally: Monday and Thursday: 1800 - 1945 (last entry 1915) and Saturday: 0900 - 1130 (last entry 11.00)

Management
Centre Manager: Alan Knox

UK Border Agency Manager: Mark Churchill

Managed by: HM Prison Service on behalf of the UK Border Agency.
Operational capacity

112 single males over the age of 21 can be accommodated at the centre.

Kalyx IRC (AKA Harmondsworth)

Colnbrook by Pass
Harmondsworth
West Drayton
UB7 0HB

Phone: 020 8283 3850
Fax: 020 8283 3851

Visiting times
Daily: 14:00- 21:00

Management
UK Border Agency Manager: Marilyn Terresfield

Centre manager: Jim Gomersall

Managed by: Kalyx services on behalf of the UK Border Agency.
Operational capacity

259 single males can be accommodated at the centre.

Lindholme IRC

Bawtry Road
Hatfield Woodhouse
Nr Doncaster
South Yorkshire
DN7 6EE

Phone: 01302 524700
Fax: 01302 524620

Visiting times
Monday to Friday, 0900 - 1130 and 1345 - 1630
Saturday and Sunday, 1345 to 1600

Management
Centre Manager: Alan Knox

UK Border Agency Manager: Mark Churchill

Managed by: HM Prison Service on behalf of the UK Border Agency.
Operational capacity

112 single males over the age of 21 can be accommodated at the centre.

Oakington IRC

Oakington Barracks
Longstanton
Cambridgeshire
CB4 5EJ

Phone: 01954 783000
Fax: 01954 783220

Visiting times
Daily: 1400 to 1700 and 1900 to 2100

Management
Centre Manager: Colin Hodgkins

UK Border Agency Manager: Susan Ward

Managed by: GSL UK Ltd on behalf of the UK Border Agency.
Operational capacity

The centre has a capacity of 352 single males.

Tinsley House IRC

Perimeter Road South
Gatwick Airport
Gatwick
West Sussex
RH6 0PQ

Phone: 01293 434800
Fax: 01293 434963

Visiting times
Daily, 1400 - 2100
All social visitors must arrive before 2030.

Management
UK Border Agency Manager: Gillian Foley

Centre Manager: Malcolm Henderson

Managed by: GSL on behalf of the UK Border Agency.
Operational capacity

The centre has a capacity of 146 and accommodates a mix of single males, single females and families.

Yarl's Wood IRC

Twinwoods Road
Clapham
Bedfordshire
MK41 6HL

Phone: 01234 821300
Fax: 01234 821152

Visiting times
Daily, 1400 - 1700 and 1800 - 2100

Management
UK Border Agency Manager: To be appointed.

Centre Manager: Victoria Colloby

Managed by: SERCO Home Affairs on behalf of the UK Border Agency.
Operational capacity

The centre's capacity is 405 and accommodates a mix of single females and families with children.

Short Term Holding Centres (STHC)

Manchester Airport STHC
(Global Solutions Limited)
Terminal 2
Manchester Airport
M90 4HH
Tel: 0161 489 5702
Fax: 0161 489 5701

Train from Manchester Piccadilly every 15/20 minutes to airport. Airport is about 12 miles from city centre

Harwich STHC

Harwich Immigration Short Term Holding centre
Parkstone Quay
Harwich

Phone: 01255 252106

Managed by Abbey Security Ltd

Queens buildings STHC
Heathrow Airport
(Premier Custodial Group)
020-8564-9726  or 020-8564-9727

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Gatwick Airport STHC
2 Holding Rooms
North Terminal 01293 507803
South Terminal 01293 502640

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Various Prisons around the UK
(At date of writing there are over 11,000 foreign nationals in British prisons serving criminal sentences, most likely all on completion of sentence, will have been served with notices of intention to deport)

A full list of prisons and directions
http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/prisoninformation/locateaprison/

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Sometimes secure psychiatric hospitals