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JVA Cottbus-Dissenchen
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Replaced the historic Stasi-era Cottbus prison in 2005. Holds male sentenced inmates from southern Brandenburg.
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Justiz BrandenburgPopulation held
male
Opened
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Region
BB
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
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- Claus-Dieter Sprink1954–2006 · author
- Matthias Storck1956 · author
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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- JVA VolkstedtVolkstedtMixedPrison
Data completeness
62%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Bundesland BB prison directory
- German Länder Justizvollzugsanstalten (consolidated from 16 state Justiz portals) — Bundesländer Justiz portals
- Germany — Bundesländer JVA directories — Various Landesjustizverwaltungen (state justice ministries)
- Germany — JVA portals (Firecrawl-enriched) — Various Landesjustizverwaltungen (via Firecrawl)
- Wikidata (Q16831529)
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). JVA Cottbus-Dissenchen. Retrieved October 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-cottbus-dissenchen
"JVA Cottbus-Dissenchen." World Prisons. Accessed October 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-cottbus-dissenchen.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {JVA Cottbus-Dissenchen},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-cottbus-dissenchen},
urldate = {2026-10-21}
}