Hamburg

Hamburg-Billwerder prison

Germany

Status

Hamburg Ministry of Justice/ Office for corrections, law and equality

Government-local

Type: 2016 (Closed/ceased migrant detention)

Custodial Authority: Government

Management: Hamburg Ministry of Interior and Sport

Detains: Adult men

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
No Data
No Data
No Data
Germany

3,065

Migration Detainee Entries (2020)

134,125

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens (2018)

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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 Closed/ceased migrant detention

2016

Status In use

2013
Facility type

Category Filter Criminal

Type Prison or pretrial detention centre

2013
Management

Name Hamburg Ministry of Justice/ Office for corrections, law and equality

Type Government-local

2013
Facility owner

State or Privately Owned Government

2013
Detainee Per Diem (USD)

Number 130

2013
Operating Period

Year of Entry 2009

2013

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Adult men

2013
Categories of detainees

Name Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2013

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2013

Name 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 10

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

Yes

2013

MONITORING & ACCESS

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