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Plzeň prison

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  • Bory, börtön. Fortepan 14045.jpg

    Photo by FOTO:Fortepan — ID 14045: Adományozó/Donor: Lakatos Mária. archive copy at the Wayback Machine via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Ondřej Havlíček ve Věznici Plzeň.jpg

    Photo by Tankista Oficiální via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Otakar.Cerny.(1919-2009).Prisoner.Pilsen.Bory.25.02.1949.gif

    Photo by CZ: Autorem této fotografie je neznámá osoba. EN: Author of this photo is unknown person. via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Prison at Pilsen 1945 (NARA 204917971).jpg

    Photo by War Department. Army Air Forces via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Procházka z Valchy 009.jpg

    Photo by Inkkarel via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Veznice Plzen (Bory).jpg

    Photo by Original uploader was Eva Haunerová at cs.wikipedia via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • Věznice Bory (Plzeň) 1.jpg

    Photo by Lenka64 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Věznice Bory, historická ortofotomapa (50. léta).jpg

    Photo by Historická ortofotomapa © CENIA 2010 a © GEODIS Brno, spol. s r.o. 2010 Podkladové letecké snímky poskytl VGHMÚř Dobruška, © MO ČR 2009. via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

Capacity

1,064

Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1878

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1878

Region

Jižní Předměstí

Security level

—

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

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Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

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Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Notable inmates

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Contact & address

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Compared to other facilities in Czechia

160 peers
Capacity (beds)this: 1064 · peers avg: 698 (+52%)

Data completeness

26%

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Plzeň prison. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/plzen-prison
Chicago
"Plzeň prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/plzen-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-plzen-prison,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Plzeň prison},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/plzen-prison},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}