Turnhout prison

Low

Verified 29 May 2026

Aging · 5mo ago

Sources last reviewed on 29 May 2026

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For families

How to send mail, money, and visit Turnhout prison

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

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Gallery

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Capacity

262

Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

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Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Operator

Federale Overheidsdienst Justitie

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

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Region

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Security level

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Death-row facility

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

Sven Pichal
1979 · radio personality
Sven Pichal (born 18 March 1979) is a Flemish former radio and television producer for the VRT and convicted pedophile.

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

Contact & address

1 Wezenstraat

+32 14 40 89 30

Official site

Conditions Risk Score

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

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Insufficient data

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Related facilities

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

Compared to other facilities in Belgium

78 peers

Capacity (beds)this: 262 · peers avg: 271 (3%)

Data completeness

40%

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

Sources

OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
Wikidata (Q112631949)
Wikimedia Commons
See /data-sources for our overall methodology.

Cite this page

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APA

World Prisons. (2026). Turnhout prison. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/turnhout-prison

Chicago

"Turnhout prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/turnhout-prison.

BibTeX

@misc{worldprisons-turnhout-prison,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Turnhout prison},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/turnhout-prison},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}