Wels

Wels 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
36
7

14 March 2022

No Data
Austria

3,700

Migration Detainee Entries

59,465

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

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FACILITY NAMES
Wels PAZ
Location

Country: Austria

City & Region: Wels, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 48.1562, 14.013839

Contact Information
Dragonerstrasse 29 A-4600 Wels
Telefon: +43 (59133) 4195-100
Fax: +43 (59133) 4195-109
email: paz-o-wels@polizei.gv.at

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status In use

2023

Status In use

2022

Status In use

2021

Status In use

2020

Status Last documented use

2018

Status Closed/ceased migrant detention

2015

Status In use

2014
Facility type

Category Filter Criminal

Type Police station or jail

2014
Management

Name Police

Type Governmental

2018

Name Aliens Police

Type Governmental

Custodial Authorities

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

Facility owner

State or Privately Owned Government

2014

DETAINEES

Categories of detainees

Name Non-immigration-related administrative detainees

2014

Name Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2014

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2014

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2014

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 36

2021

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 38

2010
Capacity Reserved for Migration Detainees (criminal facility)

Number 22

2014
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
7
14 March 2022
7
31 December 2021
19
2 April 2004

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Medium-term (4-20 days)

2018
Average Days in Detention

Number of Days 7

2022

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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