Cantonal Penitentiary

Cantonal Penitentiary "La Stampa" (Penitenziario Cantonale "La Stampa")

Status

Closed/ceased migrant detention

2017

Type: Prison or pretrial detention centre (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Canton Ticino, Justice Department (Government-local)

Detains: Not Available

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

FACILITY NAMES

Cantonal Penitentiary "La Stampa" (Penitenziario Cantonale "La Stampa")

Location

Country: Switzerland

City & Region: Lugano, Ticino, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 46.037567, 8.970259

Contact Information

Carcere penale la Stampa e Carcere giudiziario la Farera via alla Stampa 20 6965 Cadro Casella postale 6277 6901 Lugano Switzerland Telefono: +41 91 815 00 11 Fax: +41 91 815 00 19

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Facility type

Category Filter Criminal

Type Prison or pretrial detention centre

2014

Center Status

Status Closed/ceased migrant detention

2017

Status In use

2014

Management

Name Canton Ticino, Justice Department

Type Government-local

2015

DETAINEES

Categories of detainees

Name Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2014

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2014

SIZE & POPULATION

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2014

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS RATINGS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2014