page_title: Vestre Prison
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Vestre Prison / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Vestre Fængsel seen from Gammel Carlsberg in Copenhagen, Denmark
context_page_description: Vestre 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.
context_section_description: Vestre Gængsel 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.
caption: The prison seen from Old Carlsberg in 1896
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