Germany · Nordrhein-Westfalen · Münster
JVA Münster
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1851
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Justiz NRWPopulation held
male
Opened
1851
Region
Nordrhein-Westfalen
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 München (Stadelheim)MunichMixedJustizvollzugsanstalt93% occupancy
- JVA AachenAachenMixedJustizvollzugsanstalt
- JVA BremerhavenBremerhavenMixedJustizvollzugsanstalt
- JVA SaarbrückenSaarbrückenMixedJustizvollzugsanstalt
- JVA Castrop-RauxelCastrop-RauxelMixedJustizvollzugsanstalt
- JVA Willich IIWillichMixedJustizvollzugsanstalt
Data completeness
54%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Justiz NRW â Münster
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- German Länder Justizvollzugsanstalten (consolidated from 16 state Justiz portals) — Bundesländer Justiz portals
- Wikidata (Q1167404)
- 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 Münster. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-munster
"JVA Münster." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-munster.
@misc{worldprisons-jva-munster,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {JVA Münster},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-munster},
urldate = {2026-10-20}
}