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The immigration detainees held in prisons rather than detention centres

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The number of people kept in jail under Immigration Act powers, broken down by prison, are as follows:

 30 Apr 201931 May 201930 Jun 201931 Jul 201931 Aug 201930 Sep 2019
       
Total419383339398379389
       
Altcourse434345
Ashfield0*3***
Bedford766553
Belmarsh1111910813
Berwyn0000**
Birmingham967437
Brinsford5***3*
Bristol434376
Brixton000**0
Bronzefield955963
Bullingdon991415129
Bure00***3
Cardiff1183476
Channings Wood0***3*
Chelmsford81081083
Coldingley000***
Dartmoor*00*00
Deerbolt000***
Doncaster7575119
Dovegate00*3*0
Drake Hall******
Durham11129111313
Eastwood Park0000*0
Elmley (Sheppey cluster)1111651111
Erlestoke*00*00
Exeter434333
Featherstone******
Feltham**0**3
Forest Bank161613202017
Foston Hall0*000*
Gartree******
Guys Marsh**0000
Hewell10810646
High Down152115151314
Highpoint (North and South)******
Hindley000*00
Holme House***000
Hull3**0**
Humber*00**0
Huntercombe4*3*44
Isis6****0
Leeds11109111115
Leicester656456
Lewes108101098
Lincoln43*1178
Lindholme*00000
Littlehey986785
Liverpool44*334
Low Newton*00000
Maidstone1199121517
Manchester665944
Moorland1045646
Mount3**35*
New Hall***00*
Northumberland0000*0
Norwich3****3
Nottingham151515191414
Oakwood**0*3*
Onley0000**
Parc3433**
Pentonville182328172016
Peterborough (Female)3**300
Peterborough (Male)644647
Portland*00*0*
Preston6654**
Risley4746*4
Rochester00000*
Stafford******
Stocken00000*
Stoke Heath*****3
Styal3*****
Swansea40*00*
Thameside262417241931
Usk00****
Wandsworth323621433536
Wayland*00000
Whatton*00000
Winchester5444**
Woodhill15159767
Wormwood Scrubs161817212522
Wymott**0000

That is according to the Ministry of Justice, Freedom of Information release 191007018. The data covers England and Wales only and can be downloaded here. Figures going further back are available from the Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees.

The Home Office has a “service level agreement” with the prison service allowing 400 immigration detainees to be kept in jails after finishing a prison sentence. There are in addition around 2,800 spaces in dedicated immigration removal centres, down from 4,500 in 2015.

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CJ McKinney is a specialist on immigration law and policy. Formerly the editor of Free Movement, you will find a lot of articles by CJ here on this website! Twitter: @mckinneytweets.

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