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JVA Hannover
Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always verify with primary sources before acting on any figure. See data sources.
For families
How to send mail, money, and visit JVA Hannover
Step-by-step guidance using the Germany system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Gallery
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Justiz NiedersachsenPopulation held
mixed
Opened
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Region
NI
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.
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 HeideringGroßbeerenMixedPrison
- JVA WaldheimWaldheimMixedPrison
- JVA HeilbronnHeilbronnMixedPrison
- JVA FlensburgFlensburgMixedPrison
- JVA VolkstedtVolkstedtMixedPrison
- JVA ZweibrückenZweibrückenMixedPrison
Data completeness
54%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Bundesland NI prison directory
- German Länder Justizvollzugsanstalten (consolidated from 16 state Justiz portals) — Bundesländer Justiz portals
- Germany — Bundesländer JVA directories — Various Landesjustizverwaltungen (state justice ministries)
- Wikidata (Q14516244)
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
Under CC-BY-4.0. Include the URL and access date; the site is a living reference and entries can change.
World Prisons. (2026). JVA Hannover. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-hannover
"JVA Hannover." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-hannover.
@misc{worldprisons-jva-hannover,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {JVA Hannover},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-hannover},
urldate = {2026-10-20}
}