Germany · Niedersachsen · Celle
JVA Celle
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Background
Justizvollzugsanstalt Celle (or JVA Celle) is a high-security prison located in Lower Saxony, Germany. It institutionalizes male adult prisoners serving sentences from 14 years to life. The prison was built from 1710 to 1724. It was designed by Johann Caspar Borchmann, and it is considered the oldest functioning prison in Germany.
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Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Justiz Niedersachsen
Population held
male
Opened
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Region
Niedersachsen
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.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Data completeness
54%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Justiz Niedersachsen — JVA Celle
- German Länder Justizvollzugsanstalten (consolidated from 16 state Justiz portals) — Bundesländer Justiz portals
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.