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JVA Saarbrücken

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Saarland's main prison. Holds adult male and female inmates.

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Year opened

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Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

mixed

Opened

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Region

Saarland

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

  • Änne Meier
    Änne Meier
    1896–1989 · social worker
  • Mohammed Ali Hammadi
    1964–2010

    Mohammed Ali Hamadei (Arabic: محمد علي حمادي), also known as Mohammed Ali Hamadi (13 June 1964 – 21 January 2025), was a Lebanese terrorist who was on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list, being most notable for being the lead hijacker in the TWA Flight 847 hijacking.

  • Paul Dussauze
    1907–1944 · French resistance fighter
  • Maria Röder
    1903–1985 · politician
  • Bernhard Nikodemus
    1901–1975 · politician
  • Philipp Bleek
    1878–1948 · religious figure
  • Karl Klein
    1901–1993 · politician
  • Odile Kienlen
    1895–1945 · secretary
  • Josef Mildenberger
    1905–1959 · politician

Showing 9 of 12. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

Contact & address

Lerchesflurweg 27, Saarbrücken 66113
+49 681 9745 0
[email protected]
Official site

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). JVA Saarbrücken. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-saarbr-cken
Chicago
"JVA Saarbrücken." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-saarbr-cken.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-jva-saarbr-cken,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {JVA Saarbrücken},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-saarbr-cken},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}