Police detention center in Hernalser Gürtel

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Building of the police detention center in Hernalser Gürtel

The police detention center in Hernalser Gürtel is the largest police detention center (PAZ) in Austria.

The PAZ is in Josefstadt . As of May 2018, 140 deportation prisoners were being held in the prison, mostly Algerians, Moroccans, Nigerians and Afghans. In the whole of 2017, 3200 deportations were processed through this PAZ.

The majority of the inmates receive information during the day. A courtyard walk of one hour a day is planned. The inmates clean their cells themselves. Visits are allowed once a week.

There were repeated hunger strikes in the PAZ. In September 2018, six deportation detainees started a fire, with which they sustained serious injuries. They wanted to use the fire to protest against an impending deportation .

Web links

Commons : Police building Hernalser Gürtel  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d The number of deportation prisoners increases enormously. In: wien.orf.at . May 17, 2018, accessed September 15, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Additional information for detainees in the police detention center in Hernalser Gürtel. (PDF, 606 kB) In: bmi.gv.at . 2013, accessed September 15, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Detainee detainee: fire set in police detention center in protest. In: diepresse.com . September 16, 2018, accessed September 21, 2018 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 48.7 ″  N , 16 ° 20 ′ 26.5 ″  E