Styria

Vordernberg Detention Centre

Status

In use

2019

Type: Administrative (Immigration detention centre)

Authority: Government-local

Detains: Undocumented migrants, Asylum seekers

Capacity

193

2018

Reported Population

25

2014

Inadequate Conditions

No

2014

Austria

5,252

Immigration detainees

741

Detained asylum seekers

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Contact Information

Hauptstraße 162, 8794 Vordernberg Austria Telefon: +43 (059133) 66-7050

Center status

Status In use

2019

Status In use

2014

Status Pending opening

2011
GDP facility typology

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2018

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2011
Operating period

Year of Entry 2014

Year Ceased

National typology

OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

Management

Name Provincial Police

Type Government-local

2018

Name G4S

Type Private For-Profit

2017
Outsourced services and non-state actors

Provider G4S

Service Food services

2018

Provider G4S

Service Social services

2018

Provider Humanocare

Service Health care

2018

Provider G4S

Service Translation services

2018

Provider G4S

Service Facility maintenance

2018

Provider G4S

Service Detainee transport

2014

Provider G4S

Service Security

2014
Security Regime

Security Level Secure

2014

Security Level Secure

2011
Maximum official detention period at facility

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2018
Demographics

Name Adult women

2018

Name Adult men

2018
Categories of detainees

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2018

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2018
Estimated capacity (administrative immigration detention facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 193

2018

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 220

2014
Total number of detainees (year)

Number 1646

2018
Reported population at a specific time

Number 25

2014

Number 27

2014
Inspection grade

Grade Above Standards (“Superior”)

2014
Reports of adequate or inadequate conditions

Adequate or Inadequate? Adequate

Detention centre conditions Recreation

2014

Adequate or Inadequate? Adequate

Detention centre conditions Freedom of movement within facility

2014

Adequate or Inadequate? Adequate

Detention centre conditions State of repair

2014

Adequate or Inadequate? Inadequate

Detention centre conditions Medical care

2014

Adequate or Inadequate? Adequate

Detention centre conditions Access to telephones

2014
Armed guards
Reported overstays at facility
Estimated average detention period (days)
Gender segregation
Legal segregation
Family segregation
Age segregation
Capacity reserved for immigration detainees (criminal facility)
Occupancy rate
Average daily population
Reported overpopulation
Specially trained personnel
Mistreatment complaints
Access by international organizations, civil society, national institutions
Family access
Consular access
Reported deaths at this facility
Reports of attempted or successful suicides at this facility

BUREAUCRATIC CHARACTERISTICS

Custodial authority

Agency Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum

Ministry Interior Ministry

Ministry Typology Interior or Home Affairs

2018

Agency Aliens Police

Ministry Interior Ministry

Ministry Typology Interior or Home Affairs

2011
Facility owner

State or Privately Owned Government

Name of Owner

2014
Estimated cost per detainee day at facility (in USD)

Number 892

2015
Estimated annual facility budget (in USD)

Amount in U.S. Dollars 6,800,000

Building and maintenance

Security

Staffing

Food

Medical

Other

2015

Amount in U.S. Dollars 3,200,000

Building and maintenance

Security

Staffing Yes

Food

Medical

Other

2015
Area of authority or operations