Canton Basel City (Basel-Stadt)

Basel City Detention Centre (Untersuchungsgefängnis Basel-Stadt)

Switzerland

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
Switzerland

3,023

Migration Detainees

2,761

Migration Detainee Entries

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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
Year
In use
2023
In use
2020
In use
2011
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Criminal
Prison or pretrial detention centre
2011
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
1995

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult women

2020

Adult men

2020

Unaccompanied minors

2020
Categories of detainees

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

STAFF

SEGREGATION

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

MONITORING & ACCESS

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