Summary: The Correctional System Of Denmark

In Denmark, the first criminal code dates back to 1866. On January 1, 1933, the present criminal code came into force, but was originally dated on April 5, 1930. The criminal code has been divided into general parts covering all possible crimes against property or people. The correctional services in Denmark is normally referred to as “The Penal System of Denmark”. In 1930, these services controlled a total of fifteen prisons within one of the fifteen institutions some inmates need psychiatric treatment (National Criminal Justice Reference Service, n.d.) There are about forty local jails as well. However, five of those prisons and that one psychiatric institution has been closed down. This is due to failure of trying to help secure the external …show more content…
When it comes down to the administration, the Director-General attends to the staff and buildings of the prison service and the treatment of the inmates even the mentally deviant offenders. The prison department is divided into numerous sections. One section is responsible for administrative purposes like staff and budget. Another section is responsible for maintenance, buildings, and inmate work. Other sections of the prison department help take care of individual and general problems of the inmates. In order to be qualified for a prison guard, you must have good school attainments, good physical condition, and good personal and economic conditions. As for new recruits, you have to be 21-29 years old, they have to be citizens of Denmark, and have not been convicted of criminal offenses. The overall staff includes the chief, prison governor, probation officers, and wardens. Any staff member must have a college degree, if they want to be promoted in the prison …show more content…
Currently there is, a reception and disciplinary Centre in the state prison of Nyborg and an open one of Sobysogard. The individuals that is in need of psychiatric treatment is being placed in half of the state prison of Nyborg because it is still used as a closed youth prison. In 1968, young offenders was being sent to youth prison which took over two of the open prisons (Mogelkaer and Kaershavedgard) because of an increasingly number of offenders. In modern society, there is no special reception Centre. The two prisons that are open is for those offenders that are serving sentences of lenient imprisonment and ordinary imprisonment (National Criminal Justice Reference Service,