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Maison centrale d'Ensisheim
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(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
Operator
Administration pénitentiairePopulation 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 Heaulme1959 · serial killer
Francis Heaulme (born 25 February 1959 in Metz) is a French serial killer dubbed the "Criminal Backpacker" ("Routard du crime").
- Michel Fourniret1942–2021 · criminal
Michel Paul Fourniret (4 April 1942 â 10 May 2021) was a French serial killer who confessed to killing 12 people in France and Belgium between 1987 and 2003.
- Louis Poirson1962 · serial killer
Louis Poirson, nicknamed "Rambo" (born September 1962 in Madagascar), is a French rapist and serial killer.
- Rachide Boubala1976
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
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.
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Compared to other facilities in France
731 peersCapacity (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
- Ministère de la Justice â MC Ensisheim
- CGLPL – Rapport de visite
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Direction de l'administration pénitentiaire â France — Ministère de la Justice (République française)
- Wikidata (Q16508744)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Maison centrale d'Ensisheim. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/maison-centrale-d-ensisheim
Chicago
"Maison centrale d'Ensisheim." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 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 = {2026-07-21}
}