Anyone remember the old prison Vridsløselille Prison, which among other things is known from Erik Balling’s popular films about the Olsen Gang.

And now it can actually be your.

Probation transfer namely the Vridsløselille Prison to the state joint-stock company Freya Properties.

It informs Probation in a press release.

the Prison does not cover longer Prison needs, they write in the message.

It has Probation, together with the ministry of Justice assessed, and therefore, the government has decided that the prison 1. april must be transferred to Freja Ejendomme A/S with a view to selling it.

It is not only the iconic prison, which will be transferred to the state joint-stock company. Also arresthusene in the Barrels and the Second will be administered.

In total appeared 14 Olsen Gang films. PR PHOTO

The well-known prison has many years of experience and was built in 1859. Since the creation of the Storstrøm Prison on Falster, is it not, however, been used as a prison. Instead, it has the from the 2016 the house detention of asylum seekers.

Although the Vridsløselille Prison in the future no longer belongs to the Probation, will parts of the prison, however, be used for the training of transportbetjente until the end of the month of may, 2019.

Transfers of the prison is a part of a major modernisation of the Probation, says managing director Thorkild Fogde in the message.

– Vridsløselille Prison are from a different time, and it is a good decision, that the old fængselsgrund can now get the opportunity to create life in the local community.