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Justizvollzugsanstalt Karlsruhe
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Capacity
134
Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Land Baden-WürttembergPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
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Region
Karlsruhe
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
Vera Leigh1903–1944 · spyVera Leigh (17 March 1903 â 6 July 1944) was an agent of the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive during World War II. Leigh was a member of the SOE's Donkeyman circuit and Inventor sub-circuit in occupied France until she was arrested by the Gestapo.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
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Compared to other facilities in Germany
1933 peersCapacity (beds)this: 134 · peers avg: 428 (69%)
Data completeness
44%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q645251)
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Justizvollzugsanstalt Karlsruhe. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/justizvollzugsanstalt-karlsruhe
Chicago
"Justizvollzugsanstalt Karlsruhe." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/justizvollzugsanstalt-karlsruhe.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-justizvollzugsanstalt-karls,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Justizvollzugsanstalt Karlsruhe},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/justizvollzugsanstalt-karlsruhe},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}