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Länsfängelset, Gävle

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Capacity

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

1846

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1846

Region

Security level

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

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Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Contact & address

No public contact details available.

Conditions Risk Score

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Insufficient data
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Data completeness

16%

How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.

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