Countries
1: Africa.
2: Americas.
3: Asia-Pacific.
4: Europe.
- 4.1: Belgium.
- 4.2: Bulgaria.
- 4.3: Cyprus.
- 4.4: Czech Republic.
- 4.5: Denmark.
  - 4.5.1: Introduction.
  - 4.5.2: List of Detention Sites.
  - 4.5.3: Map of Detention Sites.
  - 4.5.4: Country Links.
  - 4.5.5: Reference List.
- 4.6: Estonia.
- 4.7: Finland.
- 4.8: France.
- 4.9: Greece.
- 4.10: Hungary.
- 4.11: Ireland.
- 4.12: Italy.
- 4.13: Latvia.
- 4.14: Lithuania.
- 4.15: Luxembourg.
- 4.16: Malta.
- 4.17: Netherlands.
- 4.18: Norway.
- 4.19: Poland.
- 4.20: Portugal.
- 4.21: Romania.
- 4.22: Slovakia.
- 4.23: Slovenia.
- 4.24: Spain.
- 4.25: Sweden.
- 4.26: Switzerland.
- 4.27: Turkey.
- 4.28: Ukraine.
- 4.29: United Kingdom.
5: Middle East .

Quick Facts

Dedicated immigration detention sites: 1 (2009)
Capacity of dedicated facility: 118 (2009)
Total capacity (dedicated facility & two detention units): 135 (2009)
Ave. daily no. of detainees: 50 (2009)
Max. length of detention: No limit
Asylum Seekers: 527 (January 2009)

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Last updated: March 2010

Denmark Detention Profile

List of Detention Sites

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Name	Status (Year)	Location	Facility Type	Security	Authority	Management	Capacity	Reported Population on a Single Day	Demographics & Segregation
Ellebaek Institution for Detained Foreigners (formerly Sandholm Prison)	In use (2009)	Birkerod	Migrant Detention Center	Secure	Ministry of Justice / Department of Prison and Probation	Danish Prison and Probation Service	118 (2009)	41 (1 November 2008)	Adult males and females, families, minors (2009). Segregation of men and women and family units (2009).
Aabenraa Prison (Special unit for detained asylum-seekers)	In use (2009)	Aabenraa	Prison	Secure	Ministry of Justice / Department of Prison and Probation Service	Danish Prison and Probation Service	[17 (combined total with Tonder 2009)]
Tønder (Tonder) Prison (Special unit for detained asylum-seekers)	In use (2009)	Tønder (Tonder)	Prison	Secure	Ministry of Justice / Department of Prison and Probation Service	Danish Prison and Probation Service	[17 (combined total with Aabenraa 2009)]

Sources
(This is only a partial list. More detailed information is available upon request.)

Department of Prison and Probation. 2009. Prison and Probation Service – in brief. Department of Prison and Probation. Strandgade, Copenhagen, Denmark. Updated August 2009.
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT). 2008. Report to the Government of Denmark on the visit to Denmark carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 11 to 20 February 2008. Council of Europe. CPT/Inf (2008) 26. Strasbourg. 25 September 2008.
Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Manfred Nowak. 2009. Promotion and Protection of all Human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Including the Right to Development: Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Manfred Nowak: Addendum Mission to Denmark. UN Human Rights Council, Tenth session, Agenda item 3. A/HRC/10/44/Add.2. 18 February 2009.