Most sources give the location of Eiraeiro as being situated near the village of Gahtelay, in the Northern Red Sea Region.
[8][9] Many of Eiraeiro's reported prisoners are journalists and former government officials who signed a letter protesting President Isaias' rule and policies, and called for his resignation, all of whom are being held without trial, for an indefinite period of time.
The status of the G-15 members, and that of other prisoners, is currently unknown, however in 2018 there were unconfirmed reports that former Minister of Finance and Development Haile Woldetensae had died in captivity.
A former Eiraeiro guard who fled the country reported that approximately half of the imprisoned G-15 members had died by 2004.
[10] In his 2018 book Dictatorland, journalist Paul Kenyon states that it is believed that approximately 30 or so similar detention facilities are found across the country.