Germany · Nordrhein-Westfalen · Aachen
JVA Aachen
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Background
Aachen Prison is a penal facility located in the Soers in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. As of 2007, 800 criminals were serving their sentences in the prison. Brigitte Kerzl serves as the director of the prison. On 26 November 2009, two dangerous prisoners escaped from the prison but were later caught.
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 21 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Justiz NRWPopulation held
male
Opened
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Region
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Security level
Mixed
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
- Hans-Jürgen Rösner1957 · criminal
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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- JVA Castrop-RauxelCastrop-RauxelMixedJustizvollzugsanstalt
- JVA Willich IIWillichMixedJustizvollzugsanstalt
- JVA GeldernGeldernMixedJustizvollzugsanstalt
Data completeness
54%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Justiz NRW â JVA Aachen
- German Länder Justizvollzugsanstalten (consolidated from 16 state Justiz portals) — Bundesländer Justiz portals
- Wikidata (Q1552052)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
Under CC-BY-4.0. Include the URL and access date; the site is a living reference and entries can change.
World Prisons. (2026). JVA Aachen. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-aachen
"JVA Aachen." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-aachen.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {JVA Aachen},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-aachen},
urldate = {2026-10-20}
}