| Addresses for Immigration
Removal Centres (IRC)
/ Short Term Holding
Centres
UKBA detention capacity @ 16th March 2009
At present there are a total of 3,085 bed spaces, in Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs) and Short Term Holding Facilities (STHFs), a planed increase of 1,726 bed spaces will bring the capacity to 4,385
A sizable number of prison bed spaces are occupied by persons off the end of criminal sentences (have reached their release date) and continue to be detained as immigration offenders, awaiting deportation or transfer to a detention centre. UKBA no longer release the numbers of those held in prison as immigration offenders.
Information on this page from UK Border Agency was correct @ 14/04/2008
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/managingborders/immigrationremovalcentres/
Brook House IRC
Perimeter Road South
Gatwick Airport
Gatwick
West Sussex
RH6 0PQ
Visiting times: 14:00 to 18:00 and 19:00 t0 21:00
Switchboard: 01293 566500
Fax: 01293 566590
Capacity 426 beds
It has been built to category B prison standard same as Colnbrook IRC
Brook House IRC will be managed by G4S who manage, Oakington, Dungavel, Tinsley House IRC's, and are the main escort providers for moving immigration detainees around and out of the UK, and make massive profits in the process.
Campsfield House IRC
Langford Lane
Kidlington
Oxfordshire
OX5 1RE
Phone: 01865 233600
Fax: 01865 377763
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: GEO Group 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)
Penine House Manchester STHC
(Global Solutions Limited)
1506-1510
Terminal 2
Manchester Airport
M90 4AG
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
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