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Vestre Prison (Danish: Vestre Fængsel, Western Prison) is the main jail of the Danish capital, Copenhagen. Erected in 1895, it is Denmark's largest prison with a total capacity of 530 inmates. It primarily houses pretrial detainees, not convicted felons.
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| Location | Copenhagen |
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| Security class | Internment |
| Capacity | 530 (940 during COP15) |
| Opened | 1895 |
| Managed by | Correctional Service of Denmark |
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Vestre Fængsel opened in 1895. The building was designed by city architect Ludvig Fenger.
During much of the German occupation of Denmark, Vestre Fængsel was operated by German police.
- Vestre Prison is used as location in the films De røde enge (1945), Mosekongen (1950), I kongens klær (1954), Den forsvundne fuldmægtig (1971), Mig og Mafiaen (1973), Olsen-banden går amok (1973), Krummerne 3 - Fars gode idé (1994), Anklaget (2005) and Winnie og Karina går til filmen (2009).[1]
- Vestre Prison is used as a location at 1:20:23 in the 1974 Olsen-banden film The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang.[2]
- Vestre Fængsel is the title of a 1996 adaption by Finn & Jacob of a John Phillips song.[3]
- In his 2015 breakthrough single Tyveri, Danish singer Hasan Shah sings "Hvis jeg havner i Vestre Fængsel..." (English: If I end up in Vestre Fængsel...").
- French author Louis-Ferdinand Céline spent more than one year at Vestre starting in 1946 and tell of his ordeal in book 1 of Féerie pour une autre fois .
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