Skólavörðustígur Prison

Status

Last documented use

2012

Type: Criminal (Prison or pretrial detention centre)

Authority:

Detains: Undocumented migrants, Criminal detainees

Capacity

Not available

Reported Population

Not available

Inadequate Conditions

Yes

2012

Iceland

Immigration detainees

Detained asylum seekers

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Contact Information
Center status

Status Last documented use

2012
GDP facility typology

Category Filter Criminal

Type Prison or pretrial detention centre

2012
National typology
Operating period

OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

Categories of detainees

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2012

Name Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2012
Reports of adequate or inadequate conditions

Adequate or Inadequate? Inadequate

Detention centre conditions Separation of different categories of detainees

2012
Management
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Security Regime
Armed guards
Maximum official detention period at facility
Reported overstays at facility
Estimated average detention period (days)
Demographics
Gender segregation
Legal segregation
Family segregation
Age segregation
Estimated capacity (administrative immigration detention facility)
Capacity reserved for immigration detainees (criminal facility)
Occupancy rate
Total number of detainees (year)
Average daily population
Reported population at a specific time
Reported overpopulation
Inspection grade
Specially trained personnel
Mistreatment complaints
Access by international organizations, civil society, national institutions
Family access
Consular access
Reported deaths at this facility
Reports of attempted or successful suicides at this facility

BUREAUCRATIC CHARACTERISTICS

Custodial authority
Facility owner
Estimated cost per detainee day at facility (in USD)
Estimated annual facility budget (in USD)
Area of authority or operations