Linz

Linz PAZ

Austria

Status

In use

2023

Type: Police station or jail (Criminal)

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

Management: Police (Governmental)

Detains: Asylum seekers (administrative), Criminal detainees (convicted or remand), Non-immigration-related administrative detainees, Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
49
14

14 March 2022

No Data
Austria

3,998

Migration Detainee Entries

59,465

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

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FACILITY NAMES
Linz PAZ
Location

Country: Austria

City & Region: Linz, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 48.30697, 14.304423

Contact Information
Nietzschestraße 33 A-4021 Linz
Telefon: +43 (59133) 4595-200 oder 201
Fax: +43 (59133) 4595-209
email: paz-o-linz@polizei.gv.at

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2023
In use
2022
In use
2021
In use
2020
Last documented use
2018
In use
2014
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Criminal
Police station or jail
2014
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Police detention centre (Polizeianhaltezentrum or PAZ)
2017
Management
Management
Type
Year
Police
Governmental
2017
Aliens Police
Governmental
Custodial Authorities
Agency
Ministry
Ministry type
Year
Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum
Interior Ministry
Interior or Home Affairs
2017
Aliens Police
Interior Ministry
Interior or Home Affairs
Facility owner
Owner type
Owner name
Year
Government
2018

DETAINEES

Categories of detainees

Non-immigration-related administrative detainees

2014

Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2014

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2014

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2014

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 49

2021
Capacity Reserved for Migration Detainees (criminal facility)

Number 6

2014
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 68

2021
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
14
14 March 2022
48
31 December 2021

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Medium-term (4-20 days)

2018

Length Medium-term (4-20 days)

2014

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2014

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2014
Legal Segregation

Yes

2014

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

MONITORING & ACCESS

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