Canton Fribourg

Fribourg Detention Facility - Central Prison Site and "Les Falaises" House (Etablissement de Détention Fribourgeois - site Prison Centrale et Maison "Les Falaises")

Switzerland

Status

In use

2020

Type: Prison or pretrial detention centre (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: Office for Migration

Management: Etat de Fribourg (Governmental)

Detains: Unaccompanied minors, Adult men

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
9
No Data
No Data
Switzerland

352

Estimated detention capacity (2021)

7

Detained children (2019)

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FACILITY NAMES
Fribourg Detention Facility - Central Prison Site and "Les Falaises" House (Etablissement de Détention Fribourgeois - site Prison Centrale et Maison "Les Falaises")
Location

Country: Switzerland

City & Region: Canton Fribourg, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 46.8026446084, 7.1645450592

Contact Information
Planche-Inférieure 12
1700 Fribourg
Tel. 026 305 21 07
Fax 026 305 21 11
Email: EDFR-PC_reception@fr.ch

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Facility type

Category Filter Criminal

Type Prison or pretrial detention centre

2011
Operating Period

Year of Entry 1992

Center Status

Status In use

2020

Status In use

2015

Status In use

2011
Management

Name Etat de Fribourg

Type Governmental

2015
Custodial Authorities

Agency Office for Migration

Ministry Service de la population et des migrants, Canton Fribourg / Service de la Population, Canton Vaud /

2011

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Unaccompanied minors

2020

Name Adult men

2020
Categories of detainees

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2011

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 9

2011

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2011

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS RATINGS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2011

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2015
Age Segregation

Yes

2015

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH CARE

MONITORING & ACCESS

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