Styria

Vordernberg Detention Centre

Austria

Status

In use

2023

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum, Aliens Police

Management: G4S (Private For-Profit)

Detains: Adult women, Adult men, Asylum seekers (administrative), Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
77
101

14 March 2022

YES

2014

Austria

3,998

Migration Detainee Entries

59,465

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

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FACILITY NAMES
Vordernberg Detention Centre
Location

Country: Austria

City & Region: Styria, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 47.459354, 14.993558

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

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2023
In use
2022
In use
2021
In use
2020
In use
2019
In use
2014
Pending opening
2011
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2018
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2011
Management
Management
Type
Year
G4S
Private For-Profit
2023
G4S
Private For-Profit
2021
Provincial Police
Government-local
2018
G4S
Private For-Profit
2017
Custodial Authorities
Agency
Ministry
Ministry type
Year
Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum
Interior Ministry
Interior or Home Affairs
2018
Aliens Police
Interior Ministry
Interior or Home Affairs
2011
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Provider
Service
Year
G4S
Security
2022
G4S
Food services
2018
G4S
Social services
2018
G4S
Facility maintenance
2018
G4S
Translation services
2018
Humanocare
Health care
2018
G4S
Detainee transport
2014
G4S
Security
2014
Facility owner
Owner type
Owner name
Year
Government
2014
Estimated annual facility budget (in USD)
Amount (USD)
Services
Year
6,800,000
2015
3,200,000
Staffing
2015
Cost Per Detainee/Day
Amount (USD)
Year
892
2015
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2014

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult women

2018

Adult men

2018
Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2023

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2018

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2018

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 77

2023

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 190

2021

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 193

2018

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 220

2014
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 1195

2021

Number 1646

2018
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
101
14 March 2022
130
31 December 2021
25
18 November 2014
27
2 July 2014

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2018

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Overall Inspection Score

Above Standards (“Superior”)

2014
Inadequate conditions

Medical care

2014

CARCERAL INDICATORS

Carceral Environment

Partially

2022
Internal Security Regime

Semi-Open (locked in cells during certain hours only)

2023

Semi-Open (locked in cells during certain hours only)

2022

Semi-Open (locked in cells during certain hours only)

2018
External Security Regime

Secure

2022

Secure

2018

Secure

2014

Secure

2011

STAFF

Number of Staff

130

2018

SEGREGATION

CELLS

Security/Isolation Cells

Yes

2018

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Doctor on Duty

At least once a week

2023
Nurse on Duty

At least once a week

2023
Inadequate health provisions
Inadequate Health Provisions
Obvs. Date
Psychological care
2018

MONITORING & ACCESS

Lawyer Access

Yes

2023

No

2018
Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
2023
Yes
National ombudsman or human rights institution
2020
Family Access

Yes

2023

No

2018

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