Hannover, Lower Saxony

Hannover-Langenhagen Detention Centre

Germany

Status

In use

2022

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 men, Adult women, Asylum seekers (administrative), Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
68
7

20 September 2013

No Data
Germany

3,065

Migration Detainees

11

Detained Women

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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

Center Status

Status In use

2022

Status In use

2021

Status In use

2020

Status In use

2019

Status In use

2013

Status In use

2004
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
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
Estimated annual facility budget (in USD)
Amount (USD)
Services Included
Obsv. Date
1,008,748
2014
729,431
2013
1,184,128
2012
Detainee Per Diem (USD)

USD 507

2014

USD 265

2013

USD 118

2013

USD 237

2012
Operating Period

Year of Entry 2016

2016

Year of Entry 2000

Year Ceased 2016

2013

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Adult men

2013

Name Adult women

2013
Categories of detainees

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2016

Name Undocumented migrants (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: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 284

2011
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
7
20 September 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

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2019

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2013
Legal Segregation

Yes

2013

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

MONITORING & ACCESS

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