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JVA Berlin (Moabit)
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Berlin's principal remand prison, adjacent to Berlin's Criminal Court.
Capacity
971
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1881
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 21 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
mixed
Opened
1881
Region
Berlin
Security level
High
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
- Willi Frohwein1923–2009 · actor
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 München (Stadelheim)MunichMixedJustizvollzugsanstalt93% occupancy
- Hungerturm Nähe TurmstraÃe in GroÃostheim
- Trebnitz concentration campConcentration camp
- Jugendarrestanstalt NurnbergNürnberg
- Valka-Lager
- Klinik fur Forensische Psychiatrie
Compared to other facilities in Germany
1933 peersData completeness
68%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Berlin Senatsjustiz â Moabit
- German Länder Justizvollzugsanstalten (consolidated from 16 state Justiz portals) — Bundesländer Justiz portals
- Wikidata (Q53866453)
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). JVA Berlin (Moabit). Retrieved October 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-berlin-moabit
"JVA Berlin (Moabit)." World Prisons. Accessed October 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-berlin-moabit.
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