Hannover, Lower Saxony

Hannover-Langenhagen Detention Centre

Germany

Status

In use

2021

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice, Lower Saxony Ministry of Interior and Sport, Regional Interior Ministry

Management: Justice Department in the Langenhagen Department of the Hanover Correctional Facility (Justizressort in der Abteilung Langenhagen der Justizvollzugsanstalt Hannover) (Government-local)

Detains: Adult women, Adult men, Justizvollzugsanstalt Langenhagen (Langenhagen Correctional Facility)

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
68
7

2013

No Data
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FACILITY NAMES
Hannover-Langenhagen Detention Centre
Location

Country: Germany

City & Region: Hannover, Lower Saxony, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 52.46423175758798, 9.701178354865172

Contact Information
Benkendorffstrasse 32, 30855 Hannover
+49(0)511 6796 9060

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Facility type

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2017

Category Filter Criminal

Type Prison or pretrial detention centre

2013
National typology

Name Justizvollzugsanstalt Langenhagen (Langenhagen Correctional Facility)

2021
Operating Period

Year of Entry 2016

2016

Year of Entry 2000

Year Ceased 2016

2013
Center Status

Status In use

2021

Status In use

2020

Status In use

2019

Status In use

2013

Status In use

2004
Management

Name Justice Department in the Langenhagen Department of the Hanover Correctional Facility (Justizressort in der Abteilung Langenhagen der Justizvollzugsanstalt Hannover)

Type Government-local

2021

Name Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice

Type Government-local

2014

Name Prison services on behalf of regional interior ministry

Type Government-local

2007
Detainee Per Diem (USD)

Number 507

2014

Number 265

2013

Number 118

2013

Number 237

2012
Estimated annual facility budget (in USD)

Amount in U.S. Dollars 1,008,748

2014

Amount in U.S. Dollars 729,431

2013

Amount in U.S. Dollars 1,184,128

2012

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Adult women

2013

Name Adult men

2013
Categories of detainees

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2016

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2016

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 68

2021

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 68

2019

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 30

2016
Capacity Reserved for Migration Detainees (criminal facility)

Number 64

2013

Number 200

2004
Total Migration Detainees at Facility: Flow + Stock (year)

Number 284

2011
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)

Number 7

2013

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2016

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2013

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS RATINGS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2019

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2013
Legal Segregation

Yes

2013

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH CARE

MONITORING & ACCESS

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