Germany · Nordrhein-Westfalen · Herford
JVA Herford
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Capacity
355
Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 28 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Justiz NRWPopulation held
male
Opened
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Region
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Security level
Medium
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
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Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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- JVA EbrachEbrachMediumJugendstrafvollzug (Youth)
- JVA NiederschönenfeldNiederschönenfeldMediumJugendstrafvollzug (Youth)
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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
- Justiz NRW â Herford
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- German Länder Justizvollzugsanstalten (consolidated from 16 state Justiz portals) — Bundesländer Justiz portals
- Wikidata (Q1714396)
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). JVA Herford. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-herford
"JVA Herford." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-herford.
@misc{worldprisons-jva-herford,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {JVA Herford},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-herford},
urldate = {2026-10-20}
}