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]