European legal and policy framework on immigration detention of children Table 7: Ages from and up to which a child can stay in prison with the parent, when the latter is imprisoned under criminal law, 28 EU Member States EU Member State 54 Upper age limita Applies to Source AT 2 (3) M Austria, Bundesgesetz vom 26. März 1969 über den Vollzug der Freiheitsstrafen und der mit Freiheitsentziehung verbundenen vorbeugenden Maßnahmen (Strafvollzugsgesetz – StVG), § 74 StVG Schwangerschaft BE 3 M Belgium, Royal Decree containing the general prison regulation (Arrêté royal portant règlementation des établissements pénitentiaires), 21 May 1965, Article 111–112 BG 1 M Bulgaria, Execution of Penalties and Detention in Custody Act (Закон за изпълнение на наказанията и задържането под стража), 3 April 2009, Article 85 (2) CY 1 (2) M Cyprus, Prison General Regulations (Οι περί φυλακών Γενικοί Κανονισμοί) N. 121/97, Regulation 46 (1) CZ 3 M Czech Republic, Law on Serving of Imprisonment (Zákon o výkonu trestu odnětí svobody), No. 196/1999, 30 June 1999, § 67 DE school age M Germany, Act concerning the execution of prison sentences and measures of rehabilitation and prevention involving deprivation of liberty (Strafvollzugsgesetz), Section 80 DK 1 (3) M+F Denmark, Act on Enforcement of Sentences (Bekendtgørelse af lov om fuldbyrdelse af straf m.v.), Section 54 EE 3 M Estonia, Imprisonment Act (Vangistusseadus), 1 July 2015, Article 54 (1) EL 3 M Greece, Law 2776/1999, Correctional Code (Σωφρονιστικός Κώδικας), (O.G. A’ 291/24–12–1999), Article 13 (3) ES 3 M Spanish Ministry of the Presidency (Ministerio de la Presidencia) (1979). Ley Orgánica 1/1979, de 26 de septiembre, General Penitenciaria, 5 November 1979, Article 31 FI 2 (3) M+F FR 1.5 M France, Code de procédure pénale, Article D401 HR 3 M Croatia, Execution of Prison Sentence Act (Zakon o izvršavanju kazne zatvora) (1999), Official Gazette (Narodne novine), Article 111 Finland, the Child Welfare Act (Lastensuojelulaki/ Barnskyddslag) (417/2007), Section 37, Chapter 7 HU 1 M Hungary, Act CCXL of 2013 about the execution of the penalties, the measures, certain coercive measures and the confinement for petty offences (2013. évi CCXL törvény a büntetések, az intézkedések, egyes kényszerintézkedések és a szabálysértési elzárás végrehajtásáról), Section 128 (3) IE 1 M Ireland, Prison Rules, S.I. No. 252/2007, Article 17(1) IT 6 M (F) LT 3–4 M Italy, Law No. 354 of 26 July 1975, Norms governing the prison system and the enforcement of measures involving deprivation of, and limitation to liberty (Legge 26 luglio 1975, n. 354, Norme sull’ordinamento penitenziario e sulla esecuzione delle misure privative e limitative della libertà), as reformed by Law No. 62 of 21 April 2011, Modifications to the Criminal Procedure Code and to Law No. 354 of 26 July 1975 (Legge 21 aprile 2011, n. 62, Modifiche al codice di procedura penale e alla legge 26 luglio 1975, n. 354, e altre disposizioni a tutela del rapporto tra detenute madri e figli minori, Articles 1(1) and Article 3 Lithuania, Penal Code (Bausmių vykdymo kodeksas), 27 June 2002, No. IX-994 (with amendments), Article 151–153