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Roter Ochse

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Verified 29 May 2026
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  • Gedenktafel Friedrich-Jacobs-Promenade (Rumbg) Horst Jänichen.jpg

    Photo by OTFW, Berlin via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • HAL-AmKirchtor21 JVA.JPG

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

  • Halle (Saale), das Gefängnis "Roter Ochse".JPG

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  • Halle (Saale), Laurentiusfriedhof, Blick zum Gefängnis "Roter Ochse".JPG

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  • Halle Roter Ochse Gedenkstätte und JVA.jpg

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

  • Roter Ochse (1990).jpg

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Capacity

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

1842

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1842

Region

Security level

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.

Contact & address

No public contact details available.

Conditions Risk Score

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Insufficient data
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Data completeness

16%

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

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