WOMEN IN PRISON
committee issued its recommendation on 12 September 2011. It recommended
establishing an actual women’s state prison in Denmark (with a closed block,
a treatment block (psychiatric) and a medium- and a low-security block). The
committee also recommended establishing three regional prison facilities for
women.
Partly on the basis of the committee’s work, the Parliamentary Ombudsman
decided to pay particular attention to female prisoners in 2012. Thus, new
inspections have been carried out at Horserød State Prison, Ringe State Prison
and Herstedvester Prison, including the women’s block. Møgelkær State Prison
was inspected in 2010.
The Parliamentary Ombudsman will monitor further developments with regard to the possible establishment of an actual women’s state prison as well as
regional prison facilities for women.
As part of the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s future inspection activities, it may
be relevant to pay particular attention to the conditions of some of the other
vulnerable groups or individuals mentioned at the start of this article.
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