Zurich Police Prison (Polizeigefängnis Zurich) in Switzerland

Zurich Police Prison (Polizeigefängnis Zurich)

Status

Last documented use

2020

Type: Prison or pretrial detention centre (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: Canton Zurich, Migrationsamt des Kantons Zürich

Management: Not Available

Detains: Adult women, Adult men, Unaccompanied minors, Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity	Reported population	Deaths at facility
141	No Data	No Data

FACILITY NAMES

Zurich Police Prison (Polizeigefängnis Zurich)

Location

Country: Switzerland

City & Region: Canton Zurich, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: ,

Contact Information

Postfach 8021
Kasernenstrasse 29
8021 Zurich
Tel. 044 247 27 50
Fax 044 247 38 47

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status

Year

Last documented use

2020

In use

2008

Facility type

Category

Type

Year

Criminal

Prison or pretrial detention centre

2008

National typology

Official Typology

Year

Etablissement Pénitentiaire

2020

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult women

2020

Adult men

2020

Unaccompanied minors

2020

Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2008

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 141

2011

LENGTH OF DETENTION

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2008