Sdr. Omme State Prison

The State Prison at Sdr. Omme

Location	Sdr. Omme, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark.
Status	Operational
Population	195
Opened	1933
Managed by	The Danish Prison and Probation Service
Warden	Thorsten H. Laursen

The State Prison at Sdr. Omme is an open prison located at Sdr. Omme in Denmark. The prison is from 1933 where prison laborers took an active part in the cultivation of the moor and land on the prison ground. Today the prison have about 1000 hectares of land and forestry and both plants and cattle are bred on the prison ground and surrounding areas.

Capacity

The State Prison at Sdr. Omme mainly receives male offenders from the Copenhagen and Jutland. It has space for 188 inmates, most of which are housed on the main unit of the prison. The remaining 22 are housed in a semi-open prison unit.

Abuse Treatment

The State Prison at Sdr. Omme also have a treatment and rehabilitation unit with a total capacity of 15. Here prisoners can get treatment for substance abuse around the clock. Some prisoners even have the option to get ambulatory treatment through external partners. In addition to drug rehabilitation treatment the prison also offers cognitive proficiency and anger management programs to prisoners.

Employment

The prisoners at the State Prison at Sdr. Omme have the opportunity to work in a large range of different jobs during their imprisonment. The prisoners at this prison mostly work with either agriculture, forestry, horticulture, kitchen work and building maintenance.

Education Programs

The prisoners at the State Prison at Sdr. Omme can attend education programs in either Danish, Math, IT and other subjects inside the prison ground. Prisoners can also gain access to education outside the prison grounds based on their behavior, their sentence and whether they are a possible escape risk.

External links

• The State Prison at Sdr. Omme
• Biking near The State Prison at Sdr. Omme