Burgdorf, Berne Canton

Burgdorf Regional Prison (Regionalgefängnis Burgdorf)

Status

Closed/ceased migrant detention

2016

Type: Prison or pretrial detention centre (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: Canton Bern, Migrationsdienst des Kantons Bern/ Einwohnerdienste, Migration und Fremdenpolizei der Stadt Bern

Management: Office of Police and Military Affairs (Polizei- und Militärdirektion) (Government-local)

Detains: Adult men

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
110
No Data
No Data
Switzerland

1,297

International migrants (2021)

1

Refugees (2021)

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FACILITY NAMES
Burgdorf Regional Prison (Regionalgefängnis Burgdorf)
Location

Country: Switzerland

City & Region: Burgdorf, Berne Canton, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 47.054789, 7.629174

Contact Information
Dunantstrasse 9
3400 Burgdorf Switzerland
Tel: +41 031 635 72 11
Email: regionalgefängnis.burgdorf@pom.be.ch

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Facility type

Category Filter Criminal

Type Prison or pretrial detention centre

2015
Center Status

Status Closed/ceased migrant detention

2016

Status In use

2015
Management

Name Office of Police and Military Affairs (Polizei- und Militärdirektion)

Type Government-local

2015
Custodial Authorities

Agency Canton Bern, Migrationsdienst des Kantons Bern/ Einwohnerdienste, Migration und Fremdenpolizei der Stadt Bern

Ministry Canton Bern, Migrationsdienst des Kantons Bern/ Einwohnerdienste, Migration und Fremdenpolizei der Stadt Bern

Ministry Typology Regional Authority-Immigration or Citizenship

2015

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Adult men

2020

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 110

2015

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2015

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS RATINGS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2015

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Legal Segregation

Yes

2015

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH CARE

MONITORING & ACCESS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS