State Prison at Møgelkær
 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages)
|
 | |
| Location | Møgelkær, Central Denmark Region, Denmark. |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 55°47′38″N 9°54′44″E / 55.7938°N 9.9121°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Capacity | 176 |
| Opened | 1945 |
| Managed by | The Danish Prison and Probation Service |
| Warden | Carl Johan Bjørnsholm |
The State Prison at Møgelkær is a prison located in Møgelkær in central Denmark. The place where the prison is now located was in the beginning a manor house. Later the location was used as a workplace for young unemployed people. From 1945 to 1973 the place was used as a youth prison until it was transformed into a prison for adults inmates.
Capacity[edit]
The State Prison at Møgelkær has a total capacity of 176 where 30 of whom are house in semi-open unit and 28 in a treatment and rehabilitation unit. The prison also have units for only women inmate and a mixed where both men and women serve their sentences together. The prison mainly receives offenders from Jutland and from the Copenhagen area.
Employment[edit]
The prisoners at the State Prison at Møgelkær have the opportunity to work in a large range of different jobs during their imprisonment. The prisoners at this prison mostly work with either maintenance of buildings, assembly work, carpentry, metal work and forestry.
Education Programs[edit]
The prisoners at the State Prison at Møgelkær can attend different education programs including Adult Education, Special Education, Support Education and self-tuition and competency courses.
Treatment Programs[edit]
The prison offers drug and alcohol rehabilitation, cognitive proficiency and anger management programs and many other treatment programs.