Basel City Detention Centre (Untersuchungsgefängnis Basel-Stadt) in Switzerland

Basel City Detention Centre (Untersuchungsgefängnis Basel-Stadt)

Status

In use

2023

Type: Prison or pretrial detention centre (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: Canton Basel-Stadt, Justiz- und Sicherheitsdepartement, Bevölkerungsdienste und Migration

Management: Not Available

Detains: Adult women, Adult men, Unaccompanied minors, Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity	Reported population	Deaths at facility
4	No Data	No Data

FACILITY NAMES

Basel City Detention Centre (Untersuchungsgefängnis Basel-Stadt)

Location

Country: Switzerland

City & Region: Canton Basel City (Basel-Stadt), Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 47.5498985936, 7.5864458084

Contact Information

Innere Margarethenstrasse 18
4051 Basel
Tel. 061 267 52 03
Fax. 061 267 52 01
Email: info.ug@jsd.bs.ch

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status In use

2023

Status In use

2020

Status In use

2011

Facility type

Category Filter Criminal

Type Prison or pretrial detention centre

2011

Operating Period

Year of Entry 1995

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Adult women

2020

Name Adult men

2020

Name Unaccompanied minors

2020

Categories of detainees

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2011

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 4

2011

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2011

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2011