Germany · Bayern (Bavaria) · Amberg
JVA Amberg
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Capacity
1,100
Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1786
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Bayerische JustizPopulation held
male
Opened
1786
Region
Bayern (Bavaria)
Security level
Medium
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
- Ernst Reinhold1899–1942 · ceramicist
- Hans Krausch1907
- Josef Diefenthaler1888–1940
- Martin Mayrock1884–1944 · local politician
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.
- JVA Landsberg am LechLandsberg am LechMediumJustizvollzugsanstalt
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- JVA Laufen-LebenauLaufenMediumJustizvollzugsanstalt
- JVA DetmoldDetmoldMediumJustizvollzugsanstalt
- JVA UelzenUelzenMediumJustizvollzugsanstalt
- JVA Bayreuth (St. Georgen)BayreuthMediumJustizvollzugsanstalt
Compared to other facilities in Germany
1933 peersData completeness
60%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Bayerische Justiz â JVA Amberg
- German Länder Justizvollzugsanstalten (consolidated from 16 state Justiz portals) — Bundesländer Justiz portals
- Wikidata (Q1229376)
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). JVA Amberg. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-amberg
"JVA Amberg." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-amberg.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {JVA Amberg},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-amberg},
urldate = {2026-10-20}
}