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JVA Heimsheim
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For families
How to send mail, money, and visit JVA Heimsheim
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Capacity
441
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 Baden-WürttembergPopulation held
male
Opened
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Region
BW
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
- Kurt-Werner Wichmann1949–1993 · gardener
Kurt-Werner Wichmann (8 July 1949 â 25 April 1993) was a German serial killer who was possibly linked to the Göhrde Murders.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
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
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- JVA HeilbronnHeilbronnMixedPrison
- JVA HannoverHannoverMixedPrison
- JVA FlensburgFlensburgMixedPrison
- JVA VolkstedtVolkstedtMixedPrison
Compared to other facilities in Germany
1933 peersData completeness
60%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Bundesland BW prison directory
- German Länder Justizvollzugsanstalten (consolidated from 16 state Justiz portals) — Bundesländer Justiz portals
- Germany — Bundesländer JVA directories — Various Landesjustizverwaltungen (state justice ministries)
- Wikidata (Q1714393)
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). JVA Heimsheim. Retrieved October 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-heimsheim
"JVA Heimsheim." World Prisons. Accessed October 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-heimsheim.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {JVA Heimsheim},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-heimsheim},
urldate = {2026-10-21}
}