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Germany · Saarland · Saarbrücken

JVA Saarbrücken

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

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Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Justiz Saarland

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

  • Adam Löhr
    1889–1938 · politician
  • Theodolinde Katzenmaier
    1918–2000 · nun
  • Louis Durand
    1893–1944 · French resistance fighter
  • Rainer Rupp
    1945 · economist
  • Philipp Bleek
    1878–1948 · religious figure
  • Yvonne Baseden
    1922–2017 · spy

    Yvonne Jeanne de Vibraye Baseden MBE (20 January 1922 – 28 October 2017), later known as Yvonne Burney, was one of approximately forty female Special Operations Executive (SOE) agents who served in France.

  • Bernhard Nikodemus
    1901–1975 · politician
  • 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.

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Contact & address

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

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Data completeness

62%

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