Justizvollzugsanstalt Realta

Background

Justizvollzugsanstalt Realta is a correctional facility located in Cazis, Domleschg, Canton of Grisons, Switzerland. It houses adult male inmates and has a capacity of 118 correctional places. The institution has its origins in a forced labor establishment created in 1840 at Fürstenau, which was relocated to Realta in 1855. For over a century, the complex operated as a multi-functional institution that combined correctional, psychiatric, and social welfare functions, housing not only criminal offenders but also individuals subject to administrative detention, people with mental illness, and various marginalized populations. The modern correctional facility emerged in 1991 when the prison and psychiatric functions were institutionally separated, with the latter continuing as the independent Klinik Beverin.

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