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July 4, 2022

Denmark: on behalf of prisoners

Interview

Coronavirus Europe Access to legal rights Denmark

Henrick used to be a spokesperson in a Danish prison. How are the spokespersons elected? What value do they bring to the prisons and to the prisoners? He shared his views and experience with us. Interview.

December 22, 2021

Danemark : Pourquoi le pays veut envoyer 300 détenus dans une prison du Kosovo

News

Europe Justice Overcrowding Denmark

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

July 27, 2018

Denmark introduces prison intelligence service

News

Denmark

Increasingly tense conditions related to the presence of gang members in Denmark’s prisons have resulted in the introduction of a new intelligence agency.

July 6, 2018

Danish prisons switch off internet for inmates after extremist content found on Playstations

News

Denmark

Denmark’s prisons agency Kriminalforsorgen has taken new steps to prevent the spread of extremist material in the country’s jails. Citing security, the agency has shut down an online network used by prisoners in secured facilities, newspaper Jyllands-Posten reports.

May 24, 2018

Denmark: immigration detention, where officials celebrate the deprivation of liberty of “rejected asylum seekers”

News

Denmark

Denmark has pursued increasingly restrictive immigration and asylum policies. Observers have repeatedly criticised the penitentiary-like conditions of Denmark’s main immigration detention centre as well as inadequate efforts to identify victims of torture, who can be subject to detention.

February 6, 2018

Danemark : la prison de Horserod, un modèle à suivre ?

News

Europe Denmark

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

February 6, 2018

Danemark : les prisons ouvertes danoises, un modèle à étudier ?

News

Europe Facilities Denmark

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

March 9, 2017

More inmates committing suicide in Danish prisons

News

Suicide Denmark

The eight prisoners who took their own lives last year is the highest number in over a decade

March 3, 2017

More minors being imprisoned in Denmark

News

Denmark

Children’s rights advocates disappointed with the findings