Valby Internment

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Danish Prisons
Valby Internment
Location: Valby, Copenhagen
Status:Operational
Classification: Internment
Capacity:346
Opened:December 7, 2009
Closed:
Managed by: Police of Denmark

The Internment in Valby is constructed in a former beer depot in relationship with the state of emergency laws introduced in relationship with the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 (COP15) December 2009 [1]

It is the primary detention used for climate activists, who will be arrested by the police. The police can detain people for 12 hours, which is called preemptive arrest [2]

The procedure:

There will be access to toilet and water. Food can be earned after 6 hours. Due to limited heating possibilities the detainees can be granted a blanket. [2]

A common nickname in the press is the "Climate Prison" [4]

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References

  1. Denmark approves new police powers ahead of Copenhagen, by Felicity Carus, The Guardian, November 26, 2009
  2. 1 2 Klimabøller smides i hundebure, by Maria Kramer and Rikke Holm, Ekstra Bladet, December 3, 2009
  3. 1 2 Her samles demonstranter i bure, Ekstra Bladet, December 3, 2009
  4. Climate prison emptied of arrestees, by Karen Nielsen, Denmark's Radio, December 14, 2009

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