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JVA Chemnitz
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1886
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Justiz SachsenPopulation held
male
Opened
1886
Region
SN
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
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Data completeness
54%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Bundesland SN prison directory
- German Länder Justizvollzugsanstalten (consolidated from 16 state Justiz portals) — Bundesländer Justiz portals
- Germany — Bundesländer JVA directories — Various Landesjustizverwaltungen (state justice ministries)
- Wikidata (Q49324753)
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). JVA Chemnitz. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-chemnitz
"JVA Chemnitz." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-chemnitz.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {JVA Chemnitz},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-chemnitz},
urldate = {2026-10-20}
}