Detention centre filled beyond capacity

Detention centre filled beyond capacity
Some detainees will most likely be transferred Danish prisons due to a lack of prison space in the Faroes
The Mjørkadalur detention centre has a capacity for 14 inmates
 
25.01.2021 - 14:19

Recent weeks have seen an unusually high number of detainees awaiting trial.

This has led to the Mjørkadalur detention centre in Streymoy now being filled beyond capacity.

“We will probably need to send some of the detainees to Danish prisons,” says police chief Michael Boolsen.

Many people who have been ordered to serve short sentences at the Mjørkadalur centre will have to wait for their turn until a prison cell becomes available for them.

 

Read the Faroese version of this article here

Translated by prosa.fo

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