Prison St. Pölten

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The JA St. Pölten seen from the north

The St. Pölten Prison is a judicial prison belonging to the regional court of the Lower Austrian capital St. Pölten .

As a court prison, the prison is responsible for the admission of male prisoners whose total term of imprisonment does not exceed 18 months as well as for the accommodation of prisoners on remand for the court district. Furthermore, male adolescents are admitted with a penalty period of up to six months.

The prison has a total capacity of 250 places. As of August 30, 2007, 291 of these were occupied, corresponding to a total occupancy rate of 136.4%.

The St. Pölten Prison was built together with the St. Pölten district court building between 1901 and 1903.

Web links

  • Website of the St. Pölten Prison in the Justice Department.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inquiry response (PDF file; 21 kB) from the Federal Minister of Justice on the subject of current prisoner numbers .

Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 17.5 ″  N , 15 ° 37 ′ 3.3 ″  E