Vestre Prison
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| Location | Copenhagen |
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| Security class | Internment |
| Capacity | 530 (940 during COP15) |
| Opened | 1895 |
| Managed by | Correctional Service of Denmark |
Vestre Prison (Danish: Vestre Fængsel) is the main jail of the Danish capital, Copenhagen. Erected in 1895, it is Denmark's largest prison with a total capacity of 530 inmates. It primarily houses pretrial detainees, not convicted felons.
During much of the German occupation of Denmark, Vestre Fængsel was operated by German police.
Cultural references
- Vestre Prison is used as location in the films De røde enge (1945), Mosekongen (1950), I kongens klær (1954), Den forsvundne fuldmægtig (1971), Mig og Mafiaen (1973), Olsen-banden går amok (1973), Krummerne 3 - Fars gode idé (1994), Anklaget (2005) and Winnie og Karina går til filmen (2009).[1]
- Vestre Prison is used as a location at 1:20:23 in the 1974 Olsen-banden film The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang.[2]
- Vestre Fængsel is the title of a 1996 adaption by Finn & Jacob of a John Phillips song.[3]
- In his 2015 breakthrough single Tyveri, Hasan Shah sings "Hvis jeg havner i Vestre Fængsel..." (English: If I end up in Vestre Fængsel...").
References
- ↑ "Vestre Fængsel". danskefilm.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ↑ "Film 6 Olsen Bandens sidste bedrifter / Der (voraussichtlich) letzte Streich der Olsenbande". olsenbande-homepage.de (in German). Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ↑ "Vestre Fængsel" (in Danish). DRde. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
External links
- Official website of the Copenhagen jails (in Danish)
Coordinates: 55°39′42″N 12°32′15″E / 55.66167°N 12.53750°E
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