Sissach Prison (Gefängnis Sissach) in Switzerland

Sissach Prison (Gefängnis Sissach)

Status

Closed/ceased migrant detention

2017

Type: Prison or pretrial detention centre (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Not Available

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

Capacity	Reported population	Deaths at facility
16	No Data	No Data

FACILITY NAMES

Sissach Prison (Gefängnis Sissach)

Location

Country: Switzerland

City & Region: Sissach, County of Bale, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 47.462135, 7.819703

Contact Information

Hauptstrasse 2
4450 Sissach
Tel. +41 061 976 88 44
Email: gefaengnis.sissach@bl.ch

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status Closed/ceased migrant detention

2017

Status In use

2008

Facility type

Category Filter Criminal

Type Prison or pretrial detention centre

2008

Operating Period

Year of Entry 1997

DETAINEES

Categories of detainees

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2008

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2008

Name Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2008

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 16

2008

LENGTH OF DETENTION

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2008