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JVA Rheinbach

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Capacity

554

Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

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Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Operator

Justiz NRW

Population held

male

Opened

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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.

Notable inmates

  • Xatar
    Xatar
    1981–2025 · rapper

    Giwar Hajabi (Kurdish: ژیوار حاجبی, romanized: Jîwar Hacibî, Central Kurdish pronunciation: ['ʒiwɑːɾ ħɑː'dʒəbiː]; 24 December 1981 – 7 May 2025), better known by his stage name Xatar, was an Iranian Kurdish-German rapper and businessman.

  • Günter Guillaume
    Günter Guillaume
    1927–1995 · intelligence officer

    Günter Guillaume (1 February 1927 – 10 April 1995) was an East German spy who gathered intelligence as an agent for East Germany's secret service, the Stasi, in West Germany.

  • Hans-Jürgen Rösner
    1957 · criminal
  • Gottfried Sieberz
    1894–1943 · merchant
  • Anton Breuer
    1905–1945 · factory worker
  • Michael Unger
    1913–1969 · tailor

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

Contact & address

Aachener Straße 47, Rheinbach 53359
+49 2226 894 0
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Compared to other facilities in Germany

1933 peers
Capacity (beds)this: 554 · peers avg: 420 (+32%)

Data completeness

60%

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@misc{worldprisons-jva-rheinbach,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {JVA Rheinbach},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-rheinbach},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}