Zurich Correctional Facilities
The Zurich Correctional Facilities comprise four institutions with inmates in closed regimes and open regimes as well as in preparatory detention, pre-deportation detention, and coercive detention. On this site, you will find interesting information on the correctional facilities and what they do.
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About us
Advantages:
- Management of the Zurich Correctional Facilities (head and staff services)
- 175,2 positions
- Four institutions with a total capacity of 327 inmates
Tasks and responsibilities of the Zurich Correctional Facilities (VEZ)
Enforcement of
- Prison sentences based on court verdicts
- Alternative custodial sentences due to culpably unpaid monetary penalty or fines (men only)
- Administrative detention
Services
- Placing, overseeing, providing meals for, and supervising the imprisoned persons based on the principles of Art. 74 et seqq. of the Swiss Penal Code
- Providing medical care for the inmates
- Providing work and/or continuing education to the inmates
Objectives
- The main goal when enforcing a prison sentence is to prevent relapses and therefore protect potential victims.
- The objective when implementing the different forms of administrative detention is to make sure that the decisions of the migration authorities (expulsion, removal) are complied with.
Prison Management
| Function | Name |
|---|---|
| Head of Zurich Correctional Facilities (VEZ) |
Silja Bürgi |
| Deputy & Head of Law | Swen Schopfer |
| Assistant to the management |
Regina Spieler |
| Construction and procurement | Beat Schulz |
| Project and quality management | André Tatjes |
| Immigration detention centre |
Rico Vincenz |
| Affoltern a. A. Prison |
Nina Albin |
| Winterthur Semi-Detention Prison |
Hansjörg Bürgin |
| Bachtel Correctional Facility |
Philipp Steiner |
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