Correctional Facility Hof

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Information about the institution
Surname Correctional Facility Hof
Reference year 1973
Detention places 227
Employee 65
Institution management Maria Anna Kerscher, Government Director
Website https://www.justiz.bayern.de/justizvollzug/anstalten/jva-hof/

The correctional facility Hof is located in the district of Moschendorf in the independent city of Hof (Saale) .

history

The JVA Hof was built on the site in Moschendorf on Stelzenhofstrasse. The construction work lasted from 1969 to 1973. It was handed over to the Bavarian judiciary on March 16, 1973.

The prison in the former Poor Clare convent was dissolved in the course of this.

From 1979 to 2018 the prison was a branch of the St. Georgen-Bayreuth JVA . JVA Hof has been independent since January 1, 2019.

Jurisdiction

The JVA is responsible for first sentences of up to two years from the district court district of Hof . In addition, she is responsible for standard prison sentences of up to two years from the district court districts of Hof and Bayreuth .

In terms of pre- trial detention , the prison is responsible for male prisoners from the Hof district court.

In addition, the execution of leisure and short-term detention for male detainees for up to two days from the district court districts of Hof , Bayreuth and Wunsiedel is guaranteed.

Execution design

General implementation structure

At the JVA there is a residential group execution. However, this is only possible for young people and adolescents.

Social training programs are offered, such as conflict training, violence prevention with autogenic training, discussion groups, external addiction counseling, self-help groups, marriage and partner seminars and application courses.

There is a music room in the building. Furthermore, guitars can be borrowed. They can do handicrafts, inmates can borrow books from the prison library, there are theater and music performances.

Many sports can be practiced, such as soccer, volleyball, basketball, badminton, gymnastics, running, weight training, table tennis, and chess.

Individual evidence

  1. https://www.justiz.bayern.de/media/pdf/hof_2019.pdf
  2. https://www.justiz.bayern.de/media/pdf/hof_2019.pdf
  3. https://www.justiz.bayern.de/media/pdf/hof_2019.pdf

Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′ 18.8 "  N , 11 ° 54 ′ 50.8"  E