Hannover, Lower Saxony

Hannover-Langenhagen Detention Centre

Germany

Status

In use

2022

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Lower Saxony Ministry of Interior and Sport, Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice, Regional Interior Ministry

Management: Justice Department in the Langenhagen Department of the Hanover Correctional Facility (Justizressort in der Abteilung Langenhagen der Justizvollzugsanstalt Hannover) (Government-local)

Detains: Adult women, Adult men, Asylum seekers (administrative), Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
48
7

20 September 2013

No Data
Germany

3,065

Migration Detainee Entries

263,670

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

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FACILITY NAMES
Hannover-Langenhagen Detention Centre
Location

Country: Germany

City & Region: Hannover, Lower Saxony, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 52.46423175758798, 9.701178354865172

Contact Information
Benkendorffstrasse 32, 30855 Hannover
+49(0)511 6796 9060

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2022
In use
2021
In use
2020
In use
2019
In use
2013
In use
2004
Facility type
Category
Type
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
Criminal
Prison or pretrial detention centre
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Justizvollzugsanstalt Langenhagen (Langenhagen Correctional Facility)
2021
Management
Management
Type
Justice Department in the Langenhagen Department of the Hanover Correctional Facility (Justizressort in der Abteilung Langenhagen der Justizvollzugsanstalt Hannover)
Government-local
Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice
Government-local
Prison services on behalf of regional interior ministry
Government-local
Estimated annual facility budget (in USD)
Amount (USD)
Services
Year
1,008,748
2014
729,431
2013
1,184,128
2012
Cost Per Detainee/Day
Amount (USD)
Year
507
2014
265
2013
118
2013
237
2012
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2016
2000
2016

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Adult women

2013

Name Adult men

2013
Categories of detainees

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2016

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2016

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 48

2022

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 68

2021

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 68

2019

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 30

2016
Capacity Reserved for Migration Detainees (criminal facility)

Number 64

2013

Number 200

2004
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 284

2011
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
7
20 September 2013

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2016

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2013

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2019

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2013
Legal Segregation

Yes

2013

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

MONITORING & ACCESS

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