Global InformationEnner Mark Prison information
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| Location | near Lund, East Jutland |
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| Coordinates | 55°54′24″N 9°42′39″E / 55.90667°N 9.71083°E |
| Status | open |
| Security class | maximum security |
| Capacity | 228 inmates |
| Opened | October 2, 2006 |
| Former name | State Prison of East Jutland |
| Managed by | Danish Prison and Probation Service (Danish: Kriminalforsorgen) |
| Governor | Anette Bækgaard Jakobsen |
| Street address | Frodesdalsvej 38 |
| Postal code | 700 Horsens |
| Country | Denmark |
| Website | kriminalforsorgen.dk |
| Notable prisoners | |
| Marcel Lychau Hansen (The Amager Man) Hammad Khürshid Abdoulghani Tokhi Jørgen "Fehår" Nielsen (former) Elisabeth Wæver (former) | |
Enner Mark Prison (Danish: Enner Mark Fængsel), until February 2016 the State Prison of East Jutland (Danish: Statsfængslet Østjylland),[1] is a modern and purpose-built closed prison in Denmark. It is the first since the establishment of the State Prison in Ringe in 1976. The prison replaced the 150-year-old and run-down Horsens State Prison and was opened on 2 October 2006 by the then Minister of Justice Lene Espersen. The prison is located at Enner Mark near the village of Lund, 10 kilometers west of Horsens, East Jutland.[2]
Together with Storstrøm Prison, the prison is considered Denmark's most secure and is often considered one of the most secure in the Nordic countries.[3] A key feature is the division of the prison into five independent and isolated parts within a 6 meter high, 1,400 meter long prison wall.[4] The division is designed to improve security and give better quality of life for inmates serving a sentence. Physically separating more vulnerable inmates is intended to help prevent violence and exploitative relationships between the prisoners.[5]
The prison has capacity for 228 inmates in total, divided between the separate parts, who are mostly from Funen and Jutland. There are subsections for social interaction, the serving of short prison sentences or remand, psychological help, drugs rehabilitation (in the so-called 'contract divisions', (Danish: kontraktafsnit), where prisoners can self-refer and agree to especially strict drug controls), and medical facilities. Additionally there are special facilities for inmates serving gang-related sentences, particularly problematic prisoners, and isolation. Since 1 January 2014, there has also been a section for inmates awaiting extradition.
Since 2017, the governor is Anette Bækgaard Jakobsen.[6]
- ^ Svith Skou-Hansen, Peter (28 February 2016). "Statsfængslet Østjylland får nyt navn" [The State Prison of East Jutland gets new name] (in Danish). TV 2/Østjylland.
- ^ "Nyt statsfængsel 12 km. fra Horsens" [New state prison 12 kilometers from Horsens] (in Danish). Politiken. 27 April 2001.
- ^ "Fængselsbetjente forudser bande-lig i gangene" [Prison guards predict gang bodies in the corridors] (in Danish). TV 2/Østjylland. 17 August 2017.
- ^ "Enner Mark Fængsel" [Enner Mark Prison]. Kriminalforsorgen (in Danish).
- ^ "Grundfos inden for murene" [Grundfos inside the walls] (in Danish). Dagens Byggeri. 28 September 2007.
- ^ Malling-Jensen, Erik (2017). "Fra socialdirektør til fængselschef" [From welfare director to prison chief] (in Danish). No. 03/2017. Danske Kommuner. Retrieved 18 June 2020.