Valby Internment Explained
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| align=center colspan=2 | Danish Prisons |
| align=center colspan=2 | Valby Internment |
| style=width:80px | 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:
- 1) The detainees will be placed on benches in handcuffs until they will be called to be booked and searched.[3]
- 2) Then they will be led to the cages (pejoratively called "dog cages" in the Danish media) which can each accommodate 8-10 persons.[3]
- 3) If police investigation leads to charges the detainee will be transferred to Vestre Fængsel. Otherwise the detainee will be released after the 12-hour period since the arrest has passed.
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]
References
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Notes and References
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/nov/26/denmark-police-powers-copenhagen Denmark approves new police powers ahead of Copenhagen
- http://ekstrabladet.dk/nyheder/politik/article1264293.ece Klimabøller smides i hundebure
- http://ekstrabladet.tv/nyheder/112/article1264377.ece Her samles demonstranter i bure
- http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Andre_sprog/English/2009/12/14/113939.htm Climate prison emptied of arrestees
