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

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

Center Status

Status Closed/ceased migrant detention

2017

Status In use

2014

Facility type

Category Filter Criminal

Type Prison or pretrial detention centre

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

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2014