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

3,998

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
Year
In use
2023
In use
2022
In use
2021
In use
2020
Last documented use
2018
Closed/ceased migrant detention
2015
In use
2014
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Criminal
Police station or jail
2014
Management
Management
Type
Year
Police
Governmental
2018
Aliens Police
Governmental
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
Facility owner
Owner type
Owner name
Year
Government
2014

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 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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