The Internment in Valby is constructed in a former beer depot in relationship with the

state of emergency A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do, for the safety and protection of its citizens. A government can declare such a state before, during, o ...

laws introduced in relationship with the

United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly known as the Copenhagen Summit, was held at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 7 and 18 December. The conference included the 15th session of the Conference of the Partie ...

(COP15) December 2009 It is the primary detention used for climate activists, who will be arrested by the police. The police can detain people for 12 hours, which is called preemptive arrest Klimabøller smides i hundebure
by Maria Kramer and Rikke Holm, Ekstra Bladet, December 3, 2009 The procedure: *1) The detainees will be placed on benches in handcuffs until they will be called to be booked and searched.Her samles demonstranter i bure
Ekstra Bladet, December 3, 2009 *2) Then they will be led to the cages (pejoratively called "dog cages" in the Danish media) which can each accommodate 8-10 persons. *3) If police investigation leads to charges the detainee will be transferred to Vestre Fængsel. Otherwise the detainee will be released after the 12-hour period since the arrest has passed. There will be access to toilet and water. Food can be earned after 6 hours. Due to limited heating possibilities the detainees can be granted a blanket. A common nickname in the press is the "Climate Prison" Climate prison emptied of arrestees
by Karen Nielsen, Denmark's Radio, December 14, 2009

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Prisons in Denmark

Internment Internment is the imprisonment of people, commonly in large groups, without Criminal charge, charges or Indictment, intent to file charges. The term is especially used for the confinement "of enemy citizens in wartime or of terrorism suspects ...

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