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<td align="center" colspan="2">Valby Internment
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<td style="width:80px">Location:
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<td><a href="Valby" title="Valby">Valby</a>, <a href="Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a>
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<td>Status:
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<td>Operational
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<td><a href="Internment" title="Internment">Internment</a>
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<td>Capacity:
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<td>346
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<td>Opened:
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<td>December 7, 2009
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<td><a href="Police_of_Denmark" title="Police of Denmark">Police of Denmark</a>
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<p>The Internment in Valby is constructed in a former beer depot in relationship with the <a href="State_of_emergency" title="State of emergency">state of emergency</a> laws introduced in relationship with the <a href="United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference_2009" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009">United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009</a> (COP15) December 2009 <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>It is the primary detention used for climate activists, who will be arrested by the police. The police can detain people for 12 hours, which is called preemptive arrest <sup id="cite_ref-eb1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eb1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The procedure:
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<ul><li>1) The detainees will be placed on benches in handcuffs until they will be called to be booked and searched.<sup id="cite_ref-eb2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eb2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>2) Then they will be led to the cages (pejoratively called "dog cages" in the Danish media) which can each accommodate 8-10 persons.<sup id="cite_ref-eb2_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eb2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>3) If police investigation leads to charges the detainee will be transferred to <a href="Vestre_F%C3%A6ngsel" class="mw-redirect" title="Vestre Fængsel">Vestre Fængsel</a>. Otherwise the detainee will be released after the 12-hour period since the arrest has passed.</li></ul>
<p>There will be access to toilet and water. Food can be earned after 6 hours. Due to limited heating possibilities the detainees can be granted a blanket.<sup id="cite_ref-eb1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eb1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>A common nickname in the press is the "Climate Prison" <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/nov/26/denmark-police-powers-copenhagen">Denmark approves new police powers ahead of Copenhagen</a>, by Felicity Carus, The Guardian, November 26, 2009</span>
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<li id="cite_note-eb1-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-eb1_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eb1_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ekstrabladet.dk/nyheder/politik/article1264293.ece">Klimabøller smides i hundebure</a>, by Maria Kramer and Rikke Holm, Ekstra Bladet, December 3, 2009</span>
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<li id="cite_note-eb2-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-eb2_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eb2_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ekstrabladet.tv/nyheder/112/article1264377.ece">Her samles demonstranter i bure</a>, Ekstra Bladet, December 3, 2009</span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Andre_sprog/English/2009/12/14/113939.htm">Climate prison emptied of arrestees</a>, by Karen Nielsen, Denmark's Radio, December 14, 2009</span>
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