Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Vaduz Prison

Liechtenstein

Status

In use

2016

Type: Prison or pretrial detention centre (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: State Police

Management: State Police (Governmental)

Detains: Criminal detainees (convicted or remand), Undocumented migrants (administrative)

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

15

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

72

Voluntary Returns & Forced Removals

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ABOUT

This prison facility has been used for many years by Liechtenstein for the purposes of detaining migrants in deportation procedures. The government has repeatedly rejected recommendations by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) to modify their practices to ensure that immigration detainees are not confined alongside prisoners. After the CPT's last visit in 2016, the government argued that "The small size of the prison means that it is not possible to establish different security zones. ... If inmates who are due to be deported were separated from other inmates, this would effectively mean that they would be held in isolation."

FACILITY NAMES
Vaduz Prison

Alternative Names: Landesgefängnis Vaduz

Location

Country: Liechtenstein

City & Region: Vaduz, Liechtenstein, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 47.1260161, 9.5218628

Contact Information
Gewerbeweg 4,
PO Box 684,
FL-9490 Vaduz
Liechtenstein
T +423 236 77 55, F +423 236 77 88
lgf.lp@llv.li

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2016
Last documented use
2007
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Criminal
Prison or pretrial detention centre
2016
Criminal
Prison or pretrial detention centre
2007
Management
Management
Type
Year
State Police
Governmental
2023
Custodial Authorities
Agency
Ministry
Ministry type
Year
State Police
Ministry of Justice
Justice
2023

DETAINEES

Categories of detainees

Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2016

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2016

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2007

SIZE & POPULATION

LENGTH OF DETENTION

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Overall Inspection Score

Minimum Standards (“Good,” “Acceptable,” or “Meets Standards”)

2016

CARCERAL INDICATORS

Carceral Environment

Yes

2016
Internal Security Regime

High Security (locked in cells all or most of time)

2016
External Security Regime

High security

2016

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Legal Segregation

No

2016

CELLS

Detainees Per Cell

1

2016

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
National ombudsman or human rights institution
2016
Family Access

Infrequently

2016

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Limited

2016
Receiving Calls

Limited

2016