Vienna

Vienna Hernalser Gürtel PAZ

Austria

Status

In use

2024

Type: Police station or jail (Criminal)

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

Management: Police (Governmental)

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

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
1585
107

14 March 2022

YES

2021

Austria

3,591

Migration Detainee Entries

59,465

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

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YES

FACILITY NAMES
Vienna Hernalser Gürtel PAZ
Location

Country: Austria

City & Region: Vienna, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 48.214017, 16.341088

Contact Information

Breitenfelder Gasse 21 A-1080 Wien Telefon: +43 (1) 31310-34221 Fax: +43 (1) 31310-34339 email: bpd-w-paz-hernalser-guertel@polizei.gv.at


Civil Society Contacts

Organisation: Yes
Website: 2024


MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2024
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
2018
Criminal
Police station or jail
2009
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Police detention centre (Polizeianhaltezentrum or PAZ)
2017
Management
Management
Type
Year
Police
Governmental
2017
Aliens Police
Governmental
2009
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
2009
Facility owner
Owner type
Owner name
Year
Government
2018
Cost Per Detainee/Day
Amount (USD)
Year
261
2015

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult men

2021

Accompanied minors

2009

Adult men

2009

Adult women

2009
Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2023

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2021

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2014

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2014

Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2014

Non-immigration-related administrative detainees

2014

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2009

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2009
At-Risk Populations

Asylum seekers

2021

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 1585

2023

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 192

2021
Capacity Reserved for Migration Detainees (criminal facility)

Number 292

2016

Number 253

2014
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 2629

2024

Number 2496

2022

Number 2721

2021
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
107
14 March 2022
123
31 December 2021
9
18 November 2014
165
2 February 2009
Number of men detained on single day
Number
Date
32
3 December 2021
Reports of Detainee Overpopulation at Facility

No

2021

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2021

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2017

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2014
Overstays

Reported Overstays Yes

2021

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Overall Inspection Score

Deficient (“Deficient” or “At Risk”)

2021
Inadequate conditions
Inadequate Conditions
Obvs. Date
2021
2021
2021
2017
2014
2014
2014
2014
2009
2009

CARCERAL INDICATORS

Carceral Environment

Yes

2021
Internal Security Regime

High Security (locked in cells all or most of time)

2023

High Security (locked in cells all or most of time)

2021
External Security Regime

Secure

2018

High security

2010

Secure

2009

STAFF

Specially Trained

Partially

2021
Mistreatment Reports

Yes

2021

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2014

Yes

2009
Age Segregation

Yes

2009
Legal Segregation

Yes

2014

Yes

2009

CELLS

Security/Isolation Cells

Yes

2021
Detainees Per Cell

7

2021

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Indoor Communal Space

Yes

2021
Outdoor Space

Yes

2021
Leisure Equipment

Yes

2021

HEALTH

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours)

Yes

2021
Doctor on Duty

At least once a week

2023

At least once a week

2021
Nurse on Duty

At least once a week

2023
Psychologist Visits

At least once a week

2023

At least once a week

2021
Barriers to care
Barriers to Care
Obvs. Date
Conflicts of interest/dual loyalites of health providersUnsanitary/inadequate detention conditionsUse of solitary confinement
2021

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
National ombudsman or human rights institution
2020
Family Access

Yes

2021

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Yes

2021
Access to Personal Cell Phones

Yes (unrestricted)

2021