World Prisons
All prisons

France · Grand Est · Ensisheim

Maison centrale d'Ensisheim

Maison centraleMaximummaleLowHigh
Verified
Aging · 3mo ago
Sources last reviewed on

Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always verify with primary sources before acting on any figure. See data sources.

For families

How to send mail, money, and visit Maison centrale d'Ensisheim

Step-by-step guidance using the France system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.

Open toolkit
Photograph of Maison centrale d'Ensisheim

Gallery

From Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA where not otherwise stated).

  • Ensisheim rPremièreArmée 49.JPG

    Photo by © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Frédéric Lix-Prison d'Ensisheim.jpg

    Photo by Frédéric Théodore Lix via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Prison, Ensisheim, Haut-Rhin.jpg

    Photo by Olive Titus via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

(selon l'OIP) Adresse : 49, rue de la 1e Armée française 68190 Ensisheim. Date de mise en service : 1811. Nature : Maison centrale. Capacité opérationnelle : 200 places pour 183 personnes hébergées. Densité carcérale : 91,5 %.

Background

Ensisheim Central Prison is a French prison located in Ensisheim, in the Haut-Rhine department, in the Grand Est region of France. It was constructed around 1614 as a Jesuit college, which was closed when the Jesuits were expelled in 1765. The prison is administered by the multi-regional directorate of prison services in Strasbourg. The main prison building is listed as a historic monument.

Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.

Capacity

205

Current population

—

Occupancy

—

Year opened

1808

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 9 Jul 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

male

Opened

1808

Region

Grand Est

Security level

Maximum

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

(selon le CGLPL) Rapport de visite de la maison centrale d'Ensisheim (Haut-Rhin). Date(s) de visite : Du 18/05/2010 au 21/05/2010.

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

  • Francis Heaulme
    1959 · serial killer

    Francis Heaulme (born 25 February 1959 in Metz) is a French serial killer dubbed the "Criminal Backpacker" ("Routard du crime").

  • Michel Fourniret
    1942–2021 · criminal

    Michel Paul Fourniret (4 April 1942 – 10 May 2021) was a French serial killer who confessed to killing 12 people in France and Belgium between 1987 and 2003.

  • Louis Poirson
    1962 · serial killer

    Louis Poirson, nicknamed "Rambo" (born September 1962 in Madagascar), is a French rapist and serial killer.

  • Rachide Boubala
    1976

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

Contact & address

20 rue de la 1ère DB, Ensisheim 68190
+33 3 89 26 22 50
Official site

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

0/100
Low concern0/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
0/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

This facility scores 0. The national average across 732 scored France facilities is 12 — 12 points below national average.

Related facilities

All in France →

Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.

Compared to other facilities in France

731 peers
Capacity (beds)this: 205 · peers avg: 344 (40%)

Data completeness

78%

How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.

Sources

Cite this page

Under CC-BY-4.0. Include the URL and access date; the site is a living reference and entries can change.

APA
World Prisons. (2026). Maison centrale d'Ensisheim. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/maison-centrale-d-ensisheim
Chicago
"Maison centrale d'Ensisheim." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/maison-centrale-d-ensisheim.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-maison-centrale-d-ensisheim,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Maison centrale d'Ensisheim},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/maison-centrale-d-ensisheim},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}