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JVA Leipzig
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Background
Leipzig Prison (Strafvollzugseinrichtung Leipzig, later Justizvollzugsanstalt Leipzig) was a prison in Leipzig, Germany. Built together with an adjacent court building in 1906, it was used as a prison until 2003. During East German rule, a secret part of the prison was used as the central execution site of East Germany. In 1981, Werner Teske was the final person executed here. The prison was used until 2003, the site is now used as an extension of the nearby court building, with the execution site remaining as a memorial site.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1935
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Justiz SachsenPopulation held
male
Opened
1935
Region
SN
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
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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
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- German Länder Justizvollzugsanstalten (consolidated from 16 state Justiz portals) — Bundesländer Justiz portals
- Germany — Bundesländer JVA directories — Various Landesjustizverwaltungen (state justice ministries)
- Wikidata (Q47515509)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). JVA Leipzig. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-leipzig
"JVA Leipzig." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-leipzig.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {JVA Leipzig},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-leipzig},
urldate = {2026-10-20}
}