Moutier

Moutier Regional Prison (Prison Régionale Moutier)

Switzerland

Status

In use

2022

Type: (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Office de l'exécution judiciaire (Governmental)

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

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
28
19

24 January 2024

No Data
Switzerland

3,023

Migration Detainees

2,761

Migration Detainee Entries

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ABOUT

(Prison Régionale de Moutier)

The Moutier Regional Prison is a correctional facility in Switzerland that serves both as a penal institution and a center for administrative detention. While primarily designed to hold individuals serving short-term sentences or awaiting trial, it also detains migrants under administrative measures, highlighting the blurred lines between criminal incarceration and immigration enforcement.

FACILITY NAMES
Moutier Regional Prison (Prison Régionale Moutier)

Alternative Names: Regionalgefängnis Moutier

Location

Country: Switzerland

City & Region: Moutier, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 47.280873, 7.372753

Contact Information
Rue du Château 30 b
2740 Moutier
Tél. +41 31 635 74 11
Fax +41 31 635 74 12
prison-regionale-moutier@pom.be.ch
Civil Society Contacts

Organisation: Organisation Suisse Daide Aux Réfugiés
Website: https://www.osar.ch/contact
Phone: +41 31 370 75 75
Email: info@osar.ch

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2022
In use
2020
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
2025
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Prison Régionale
2020
Management
Management
Type
Year
Office de l'exécution judiciaire
Governmental
2025
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2018

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Adult men

2025

Name Unaccompanied minors

2025

Name Adult women

2025

Name Adult men

2020
Categories of detainees

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2025

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 28

2025

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 30

2022
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
19
24 January 2024
Number of men detained on single day
Number
Date
19
24 January 2026

LENGTH OF DETENTION

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

Carceral Environment

Yes

2025
Internal Security Regime

Semi-Open (locked in cells during certain hours only)

2025

STAFF

Number of Staff

15

2025

SEGREGATION

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Outdoor Space

Yes

2019

HEALTH

Inadequate health provisions
Inadequate Health Provisions
Obvs. Date
Psychological care
2019
Barriers to care
Barriers to Care
Obvs. Date
Inadequate translation services
2019

MONITORING & ACCESS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Internet Access

No

2019
Access to Personal Cell Phones

No

2019