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JVA Werl
JustizvollzugsanstaltHighmaleHigh
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NRW's principal long-sentence prison. Houses life-sentenced inmates.
Capacity
1,034
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 NRWPopulation held
male
Opened
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Region
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Security level
High
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
- Erich Sturat1909–1945 · domestic worker
Savitri Devi1905–1982 · writerSavitri Devi Mukherji (born Maximiani Julia Portas, French: [maksimjani pÉÊtÉ]; 30 September 1905 â 22 October 1982) was a French-born Greek Nazi activist, spy, and author.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
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Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
- JVA Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel ('Santa Fu')HamburgHighJustizvollzugsanstalt
- JVA UntermaÃfeldUntermaÃfeldHighJustizvollzugsanstalt
- JVA Berlin (Tegel)Berlin (Tegel)HighJustizvollzugsanstalt
- JVA StraubingStraubingHighJustizvollzugsanstalt
- JVA München (Stadelheim)MunichMixedJustizvollzugsanstalt93% occupancy
- JVA GeldernGeldernMixedJustizvollzugsanstalt
Compared to other facilities in Germany
1933 peersCapacity (beds)this: 1034 · peers avg: 411 (+151%)
Data completeness
68%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Justiz NRW â JVA Werl
- German Länder Justizvollzugsanstalten (consolidated from 16 state Justiz portals) — Bundesländer Justiz portals
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q880044)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). JVA Werl. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-werl
Chicago
"JVA Werl." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-werl.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-jva-werl,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {JVA Werl},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-werl},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}