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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1842
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1842
Region
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Security level
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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
- Käthe Bosse1886–1944
Werner Scholem1895–1940 · politicianWerner Scholem (29 December 1895 â 17 July 1940) was a German communist politician and journalist who served in the Landtag of Prussia from 1921 to 1925 and the Reichstag from 1924 to 1928.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
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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.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q2168400)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Roter Ochse. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/roter-ochse
Chicago
"Roter Ochse." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/roter-ochse.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-roter-ochse,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Roter Ochse},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/roter-ochse},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}