Witzwil Correctional Facility (Justizvollzugsanstalt Witzwil) in Switzerland

Witzwil Correctional Facility (Justizvollzugsanstalt Witzwil)

Status

Closed/ceased migrant detention

2018

Type: Prison or pretrial detention centre (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: Canton Bern, Migrationsdienst des Kantons Bern /Service de la Population, Canton Vaud / Service des Migrations, Canton Neuchâtel

Management: Canton de Berne (Government-local)

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

Capacity	Reported population	Deaths at facility
184	No Data	No Data

FACILITY NAMES

Witzwil Correctional Facility (Justizvollzugsanstalt Witzwil)

Location

Country: Switzerland

City & Region: Gampelen, Canton Bern, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 47.0133859222, 7.0630073547

Contact Information

Postfach 10
3236 Gampelen
Tel. 058 229 79 09
Fax. 032 312 94 95
Email: jva.witzwil@be.ch

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status

Year

Closed/ceased migrant detention

2018

In use

2015

In use

2011

Facility type

Category

Type

Year

Criminal

Prison or pretrial detention centre

2011

Management

Management

Type

Year

Canton de Berne

Government-local

2015

Operating Period

Year of entry

Year ceased

1998

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Adult men

2020

Categories of detainees

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2011

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2011

Name Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2011

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 184

2011

Capacity Reserved for Migration Detainees (criminal facility)

Number 36

2015

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