Hamburg

Hamburg-Billwerder prison

Germany

Status

Closed/ceased migrant detention

2016

Type: Prison or pretrial detention centre (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: Hamburg Ministry of Interior and Sport, Hamburg Ministry of Justice

Management: Hamburg Ministry of Justice/ Office for corrections, law and equality (Government-local)

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

Reported population Capacity Deaths at facility
10

8 August 2012

No Data
No Data
Germany

3,065

Migration Detainee Entries

263,670

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

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FACILITY NAMES
Hamburg-Billwerder prison
Location

Country: Germany

City & Region: Hamburg, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 53.5097855439, 10.1121801138

Contact Information
Dweerlandweg 100, 22113 Hamburg

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
Closed/ceased migrant detention
2016
In use
2013
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Criminal
Prison or pretrial detention centre
2013
Management
Management
Type
Year
Hamburg Ministry of Justice/ Office for corrections, law and equality
Government-local
2013
Facility owner
Owner type
Owner name
Year
Government
2013
Cost Per Detainee/Day
Amount (USD)
Year
130
2013
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2009

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult men

2013
Categories of detainees

Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2013

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2013

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2013

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity Reserved for Migration Detainees (criminal facility)

Number 35

2013
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 175

2011
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
10
8 August 2012

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2013

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2013
Armed External Guards

Yes

2013

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Not Applicable

2013
Age Segregation

Not Applicable

2013
Legal Segregation

Yes

2013

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Reports of self-harming
Self harm reported
Incident/Report date
Yes
2 January

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