Vienna

Vienna Hernalser Gürtel PAZ

Austria

Status

In use

2023

Type: Police station or jail (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum, Aliens Police

Management: Police (Governmental)

Detains: Adult men, Asylum seekers (administrative), Criminal detainees (convicted or remand), Non-immigration-related administrative detainees, Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
1585
107

14 March 2022

YES

2021

Austria

3,700

Migration Detainee Entries

59,465

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

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FACILITY NAMES
Vienna Hernalser Gürtel PAZ
Location

Country: Austria

City & Region: Vienna, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 48.214017, 16.341088

Contact Information

Breitenfelder Gasse 21 A-1080 Wien Telefon: +43 (1) 31310-34221 Fax: +43 (1) 31310-34339 email: bpd-w-paz-hernalser-guertel@polizei.gv.at


MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status In use

2023

Status In use

2022

Status In use

2021

Status In use

2020

Status Last documented use

2018

Status In use

2014
Facility type

Category Filter Criminal

Type Police station or jail

2018

Category Filter Criminal

Type Police station or jail

2009
National typology

Name Police detention centre (Polizeianhaltezentrum or PAZ)

2017
Management

Name Police

Type Governmental

2017

Name Aliens Police

Type Governmental

2009
Custodial Authorities

Agency Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum

Ministry Interior Ministry

Ministry Typology Interior or Home Affairs

2017

Agency Aliens Police

Ministry Interior Ministry

Ministry Typology Interior or Home Affairs

2009
Facility owner

State or Privately Owned Government

2018
Detainee Per Diem (USD)

USD 261

2015

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Adult men

2021

Name Accompanied minors

2009

Name Adult men

2009

Name Adult women

2009
Categories of detainees

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2021

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2014

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2014

Name Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2014

Name Non-immigration-related administrative detainees

2014

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2009

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2009

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 1585

2023

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 192

2021
Capacity Reserved for Migration Detainees (criminal facility)

Number 292

2016

Number 253

2014
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 2496

2022

Number 2721

2021
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
107
14 March 2022
123
31 December 2021
9
18 November 2014
165
2 February 2009

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2021

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2017

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2014
Overstays

Reported Overstays Yes

2021

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions

State of repair

2021

Hygiene

2021

Showers and toilets

2021

Freedom of movement within facility

2017

Medical care

2014

Freedom of movement within facility

2014

Outdoor exercise

2014

Showers and toilets

2014

Medical care

2009

Freedom of movement within facility

2009

CARCERAL INDICATORS

Carceral Environment

Yes

2021
Internal Security Regime

High Security (locked in cells all or most of time)

2021
External Security Regime

Secure

2018

High security

2010

Secure

2009

STAFF

Specially Trained

Partially

2021
Mistreatment Reports

Yes

2021

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2014

Yes

2009
Age Segregation

Yes

2009
Legal Segregation

Yes

2014

Yes

2009

CELLS

Security/Isolation Cells

Yes

2021
Detainees Per Cell

7

2021

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Indoor Communal Space

Yes

2021
Outdoor Space

Yes

2021
Leisure Equipment

Yes

2021

HEALTH

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours)

Yes

2021
Doctor on Duty

At least once a week

2021
Psychologist Visits

At least once a week

2021

MONITORING & ACCESS

Family Access

Yes

2021

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Yes

2021
Access to Personal Cell Phones

Yes (unrestricted)

2021