State Prison in Ringe was built in 1976 and is a closed prison near the town of
Ringe in the country of
Denmark
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. The prison's seven departments have a total capacity of 86 and receives both men and women from across the country from the age of 23 years to the age 29 years who must endure punishment in a closed prison.
State Prison in Ringe is also the only closed prison in Denmark, which has a large outdoor area for each department, which prisoners are free to use whenever they want. The male inmates are mostly convicted for
violence
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and
robbery
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, while the female inmates are often convicted of
drug trafficking
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.
Ringe
Government buildings completed in 1976
1976 establishments in Denmark
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