Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Vaduz Prison

Status

In use

2025

Type: Prison or pretrial detention centre (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: State Police

Management: State Police (Governmental)

Detains: Asylum seekers-Dublin procedure (administrative), Criminal detainees (convicted or remand), Families, Accompanied minors, Unaccompanied minors, Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Reported population Conditions complaints? Capacity
3

11 April 2025

YES

2025

No Data
Liechtenstein

15

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

841

Refugees

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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
2025
In use
2024
In use
2016
Last documented use
2007
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Criminal
Prison or pretrial detention centre
2024
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

Demographics

Families

2024

Accompanied minors

2024

Unaccompanied minors

2024
Categories of detainees

Asylum seekers-Dublin procedure (administrative)

2024

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2024

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2016

Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2016

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2007
At-Risk Populations

Unaccompanied children

2024

Accompanied children

2024

SIZE & POPULATION

Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
3
11 April 2025
18
31 December 2024

LENGTH OF DETENTION

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Overall Inspection Score

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

2024

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

2016
Inadequate conditions
Inadequate Conditions
Obvs. Date
2025

CARCERAL INDICATORS

Carceral Environment

Carceral Environment Yes

2024

Carceral Environment Yes

2016
Internal Security Regime

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

2016
External Security Regime

Security Level High security

2016

STAFF

Number of Staff

Number 15

2025
Mistreatment Reports

Mistreatment Complaints No

Details/Description "36. As was the case during previous visits, the delegation received no allegations of ill-treatment of detained persons by prison officers. On the contrary, at Vaduz State Prison in particular, the delegation again heard many positive comments from inmates about the management and staff’s professional behaviour and commitment."

Report date (Day) 11

Report date (Month) April

Report date (Year) 2025

2025

SEGREGATION

Legal Segregation

Legal Segregation No

2016

CELLS

Equipped (beds, tables, shelves, chairs)

Equipped (beds, tables, shelves, chairs) Yes

2025
Detainees Per Cell

Number 1

2016

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Indoor Communal Space

Indoor Communal Space Yes

2025
Hours Communal Space Accessible

Hours 3

2025
Outdoor Space

Outdoor Space Yes

2025
Hours Outdoor Space Accessible

Hours 3.5

2025

HEALTH

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours)

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours) No

2025
Doctor on Duty

Frequency At least once a week

2025
Psychologist Visits

Frequency Infrequent

2025
Barriers to care
Barriers to Care
Obvs. Date
Lack of patient privacy/confidentiality
2025
Health Impacts
Health Impacts
Obvs. Date
Post-traumatic stress disorder
2025

MONITORING & ACCESS

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

Family Access Yes

2025

Family Access Infrequently

2016

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Access to Telephones Limited

2016
Receiving Calls

Receiving Calls Limited

2016
Access to Personal Cell Phones

Access to Personal Cell Phones Yes (with restrictions)

2025