Danish Prison and Probation Service

The Danish Prison and Probation Service is part of the Ministry of Justice and consists of the Department of Prisons and Probation, 13 state prisons, 37 local prisons, three local prison units, 26 local probation districts, eight hostels and a staff training centre.

East Jutland State Prison

East Jutland State Prison is a Danish prison operating since October 2006. It is the first newly built prison in Denmark in the last 30 years and is located in Enner Mark, west of Horsens. The state prison is built to house about 230 inmates, is encircled by a high wall and two fences and is divided into sections related to the level of danger. The inmates live in five different sections; four of which are identical to one another and have the capacity for 48 inmates. The last high security section is built to house inmates in isolation.

Pre-existing situation & UTCFS’s role

East Jutland State Prison is a newly built state prison in Denmark. It was essential to warrant safe transmission of all alarms, video and telemetry signals outside buildings. Due to these specific needs, East Jutland State Prison required a transmission via fibre optics. This type of transmission is ideal, protecting video signals from being picked up or being jammed from outside the prison.

UTCFS’s solution

For this project, UTCFS designed and offered a complete fibre communications solution for transmission of all video signals and telemetry from all of the outdoor cameras. These signals are transmitted from five different sections through a single mode fibre solution to the main control room. Outdoor cameras are controlled and monitored over the same fibre transmission using transmitters and receivers that integrate both video and data communication. The medium of fibre is the optimal choice to transmit signals free of general noise, free of jamming and unable to be picked up over long distances. Full-frame, real-time video transmission delivers all images captured by the camera. By implementing UTCFS’s fibre solution, the East Jutland State Prison is capable of creati