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Operational

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Facility profile

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

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Security level

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Death-row facility

No

Conditions

ers | Interviews with relatives and others | DIG partner patrol | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Roskilde Arrest | Local prison, particularly for inmates remanded while their case is being investigated | 7 | 0 | 1 | | UNITYiciated | IMRparticipated | Recommendations concerning theme | | --- | --- | --- | | √ | $\surd$ | that management ensure an increased focus on the inmate understanding what is being said during hearings and an interpreter is used to a greater extent during hearings,cf. the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers, Recommendation(Rec(2006)2to the member States on the European Prison Rules, paragraph 59(e)),that management ensure an increased focus on precise and adequate documentation in disciplinary hearing reports in relation to:specification of the facts in the case presentation, including underlying reports and witness statementsstating that it is an account of an underlying report and who has written the underlying report and at what datestating what is considered to be proven and why it is considered proven,including an express opinion on the inmate's objectionsprecise reference to the violated provisionprecise specification of the authority for the disciplinary sanctionthat management ensure that the verbal guidance on the possibility of bringing the Department's decision on disciplinary cell placement before the courts,cf. Section 112 of the Sentence Enforcement Act,is correct(Continued next page) | | HR activized | [...]

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

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Known issues

The Danish National Preventive Mechanism recommended that management ensure inmates understand hearings through greater use of interpreters and that disciplinary hearing reports contain precise documentation of facts, witness statements, and legal provisions.

Contact & address

No public contact details available.

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

5/100
Low concern5/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
5/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · Substantial documented known-issues record

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Reports

  • NPM-dk-ombudsman1 Jan 2019

    ers | Interviews with relatives and others | DIG partner patrol | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Roskilde Arrest | Local prison, particularly for inmates remanded while their case is being investigated | 7 | 0 | 1 | | UNITYiciated | IMRparticipated | Recommendations concerning theme | | --- | --- | --- | | √ | $\surd$ | that management ensure an increased focus on the inmate understanding what is being said during hearings and an interpreter is used to a greater extent during hearings,cf. the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers, Recommendation(Rec(2006)2to the member States on the European Prison Rules, paragraph 59(e)),that management ensure an increased focus on precise and adequate documentation in disciplinary hearing reports in relation to:specification of the facts in the case presentation, including underlying reports and witness statementsstating that it is an account of an underlying report and who has written the underlying report and at what datestating what is considered to be proven and why it is considered proven,including an express opinion on the inmate's objectionsprecise reference to the violated provisionprecise specification of the authority for the disciplinary sanctionthat management ensure that the verbal guidance on the possibility of bringing the Department's decision on disciplinary cell placement before the courts,cf. Section 112 of the Sentence Enforcement Act,is correct(Continued next page) | | HR activized | [...]

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World Prisons. (2026). Roskilde Arresthus. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/roskilde-arresthus
Chicago
"Roskilde Arresthus." World Prisons. Accessed October 23, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/roskilde-arresthus.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-roskilde-arresthus,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Roskilde Arresthus},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/roskilde-arresthus},
  urldate = {2026-10-23}
}