Søbysøgård State Prison
(Redirected from State Prison at Søbysøgård)
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| Location | Nr. Søby, Central Denmark Region, Denmark. |
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| Status | Operational |
| Security class | open prison |
| Capacity | 176 |
| Managed by | The Danish Prison and Probation Service |
| Warden | Lars Skjødt Vinther |
The State Prison at Søbysøgård is an open prison in Denmark, which is arranged at the Hall of Søby Søgård close to Årslev.
The manor house was being used as a youth prison in 1933 but has been changed to an open prison in 1973. In 2003 The State Prison at Søbysøgård also got a half open section at the prison. The prison has a space for 134 inmates, of whom 26 are in the semi-open section.
Prison places great emphasis on education of the inmates – It is possible to take preparatory adult education and adult education in the prison.
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