- BY CJ McKinney
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 2019 | 31 May 2019 | 30 Jun 2019 | 31 Jul 2019 | 31 Aug 2019 | 30 Sep 2019 | |
| Total | 419 | 383 | 339 | 398 | 379 | 389 |
| Altcourse | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Ashfield | 0 | * | 3 | * | * | * |
| Bedford | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Belmarsh | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 13 |
| Berwyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | * |
| Birmingham | 9 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Brinsford | 5 | * | * | * | 3 | * |
| Bristol | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Brixton | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | * | 0 |
| Bronzefield | 9 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| Bullingdon | 9 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 9 |
| Bure | 0 | 0 | * | * | * | 3 |
| Cardiff | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| Channings Wood | 0 | * | * | * | 3 | * |
| Chelmsford | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 |
| Coldingley | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | * | * |
| Dartmoor | * | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 0 |
| Deerbolt | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | * | * |
| Doncaster | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 9 |
| Dovegate | 0 | 0 | * | 3 | * | 0 |
| Drake Hall | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Durham | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 |
| Eastwood Park | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 |
| Elmley (Sheppey cluster) | 11 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 11 |
| Erlestoke | * | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 0 |
| Exeter | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Featherstone | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Feltham | * | * | 0 | * | * | 3 |
| Forest Bank | 16 | 16 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 17 |
| Foston Hall | 0 | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | * |
| Gartree | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Guys Marsh | * | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hewell | 10 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| High Down | 15 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 |
| Highpoint (North and South) | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Hindley | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 0 |
| Holme House | * | * | * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hull | 3 | * | * | 0 | * | * |
| Humber | * | 0 | 0 | * | * | 0 |
| Huntercombe | 4 | * | 3 | * | 4 | 4 |
| Isis | 6 | * | * | * | * | 0 |
| Leeds | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 15 |
| Leicester | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Lewes | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
| Lincoln | 4 | 3 | * | 11 | 7 | 8 |
| Lindholme | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Littlehey | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 |
| Liverpool | 4 | 4 | * | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Low Newton | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maidstone | 11 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 17 |
| Manchester | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
| Moorland | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Mount | 3 | * | * | 3 | 5 | * |
| New Hall | * | * | * | 0 | 0 | * |
| Northumberland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 |
| Norwich | 3 | * | * | * | * | 3 |
| Nottingham | 15 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 14 |
| Oakwood | * | * | 0 | * | 3 | * |
| Onley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | * |
| Parc | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | * | * |
| Pentonville | 18 | 23 | 28 | 17 | 20 | 16 |
| Peterborough (Female) | 3 | * | * | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Peterborough (Male) | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| Portland | * | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | * |
| Preston | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | * | * |
| Risley | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | * | 4 |
| Rochester | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * |
| Stafford | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Stocken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * |
| Stoke Heath | * | * | * | * | * | 3 |
| Styal | 3 | * | * | * | * | * |
| Swansea | 4 | 0 | * | 0 | 0 | * |
| Thameside | 26 | 24 | 17 | 24 | 19 | 31 |
| Usk | 0 | 0 | * | * | * | * |
| Wandsworth | 32 | 36 | 21 | 43 | 35 | 36 |
| Wayland | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Whatton | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Winchester | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | * | * |
| Woodhill | 15 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Wormwood Scrubs | 16 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 22 |
| Wymott | * | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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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