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JVA Berlin (Plötzensee)
JustizvollzugsanstaltMixedmaleHigh
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Historic Berlin prison. Site of Nazi-era executions of resistance members (now a memorial separate from the operational JVA).
Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1879
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 21 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
male
Opened
1879
Region
Berlin
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
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Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
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Data completeness
62%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Berlin Senatsjustiz â Plötzensee
- German Länder Justizvollzugsanstalten (consolidated from 16 state Justiz portals) — Bundesländer Justiz portals
- Wikidata (Q47515327)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). JVA Berlin (Plötzensee). Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-berlin-plotzensee
Chicago
"JVA Berlin (Plötzensee)." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-berlin-plotzensee.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-jva-berlin-plotzensee,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {JVA Berlin (Plötzensee)},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-berlin-plotzensee},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}