Volkstedt correctional facility
| Information about the institution | |
|---|---|
| Surname | Volkstedt correctional facility |
| Reference year | 1942 |
| Detention places | 263 |
The Volkstedt correctional facility is a correctional facility in the Volkstedt district of Lutherstadt Eisleben in Saxony-Anhalt .
The prison is equipped with 263 prison places and is used for the regular execution of adult men who are serving a prison sentence of up to two years.
The facility was built in 1942 as a labor camp and used as a prisoner of war camp from 1944 to 1945. After the war, the facility was initially used as a quarantine camp for refugees and from 1947 as a prison labor camp for the judiciary.
In 1974 the facility was expanded to include an administration building and from then on served as a detention center, sometimes also as a pre-trial detention center. In 2010 the Naumburg correctional facility , which had been independent until then, was incorporated into the Volkstedt prison and operated as its branch. In 2012 this branch was closed.
For matters of criminal enforcement order relating to the prison Volkstedt detained prisoners, which is Penal Execution Chamber of the Landgericht Halle responsible.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 33 '58.5 " N , 11 ° 32' 57.7" E