The Institution of Herstedvester
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The Institution of Herstedvester is a closed prison
in Herstedvester, Denmark
, for treatment under the Danish Prison and Probation Service. It houses convicted felon
s and in some cases also people with custody rulings in need of psychiatric assistance and observation.
Herstedvester was built in 1935 for the detention and imprisonment of psychopaths. The names are now changed, but it is still common for prisoners in this institution to have some kind of mental illness. Many of them have a custody ruling. The institution has 138 closed seats, while the open space has 15 seats.
Inmates who are convicted of sexual crimes may be offered medical castration
.
Prison
A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...
in Herstedvester, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, for treatment under the Danish Prison and Probation Service. It houses convicted felon
Felon
Felon may refer to:* Someone who commits a felony* Whitlow, a purulent inflammation of the pulp of a finger* A slang term for Summer Mastitis in cows in the United Kingdom* Felon, Territoire de Belfort, a commune of the Franche-Comté region, in France...
s and in some cases also people with custody rulings in need of psychiatric assistance and observation.
Herstedvester was built in 1935 for the detention and imprisonment of psychopaths. The names are now changed, but it is still common for prisoners in this institution to have some kind of mental illness. Many of them have a custody ruling. The institution has 138 closed seats, while the open space has 15 seats.
Inmates who are convicted of sexual crimes may be offered medical castration
Castration
Castration is any action, surgical, chemical, or otherwise, by which a male loses the functions of the testicles or a female loses the functions of the ovaries.-Humans:...
.