List of prisons in Austria

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Locations of the Austrian prisons.

This list provides an overview of the 28 in Austria existing prisons and their branches .

The prisons (JA) are divided here according to type into judicial prisons, penal institutions, special institutions and branch offices. Judicial prisons are those institutions that are affiliated with a regional court and are responsible for the execution of sentences of up to 18 months. Prison sentences up to life imprisonment as well as the execution of measures are carried out in prisons. The branch offices are not linked separately and are listed directly under the associated prison. In addition, the custody places indicated refer to the key date December 5, 2011 and are indicated including the custody space reserve (20% of the custody places).

As of December 5, 2011, there were 8,680 places (including the reserve room). At the time of the query, people held in prisons actually occupied 8,556 places, which is 98.57% of the places available. This includes 7 children in custody in the mother-child department (s) of JA Schwarzau. A little more, namely 8,947 people were in prison and other measures.

JA Vienna-Josefstadt
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YES Graz-Karlau
designation state Type Detention places
Asten Prison Upper Austria Special institution 240
Eisenstadt prison Burgenland Judicial prison 153
Feldkirch Prison Vorarlberg Judicial prison 121
Branch office Dornbirn Vorarlberg Branch office 39
Garsten Prison Upper Austria Correctional facility 367
Branch office Steyr Upper Austria Branch office 25th
Gerasdorf Prison Lower Austria Special institution 122
Göllersdorf Prison Lower Austria Special institution 165
Graz-Jakomini Prison Styria Judicial prison 443
Branch office Paulustorgasse Styria Branch office 70
Graz-Karlau Prison Styria Correctional facility 470
Branch office Lankowitz Styria Branch office 52
Hirtenberg Prison Lower Austria Correctional facility 375
Branch office Münchendorf I Lower Austria Branch office 48
Innsbruck Prison Tyrol Judicial prison 473
Klagenfurt Prison Carinthia Judicial prison 279
Rottenstein branch Carinthia Branch office 50
Korneuburg Prison Lower Austria Judicial prison 174
Branch office Stockerau Lower Austria Branch office 59
Krems Prison Lower Austria Judicial prison 177
Prison Leoben Styria Judicial prison 205
Judenburg branch Styria Branch office 42
Prison Linz Upper Austria Judicial prison 224
Ried Prison Upper Austria Judicial prison 144
Salzburg Prison Salzburg Judicial prison 206
Sankt Pölten Prison Lower Austria Judicial prison 245
Schwarzau Prison Lower Austria Correctional facility 193
Sonnberg Prison Lower Austria Correctional facility 350
Stein Prison Lower Austria Correctional facility 762
Oberfucha branch Lower Austria Branch office 32
Suben Prison Upper Austria Correctional facility 278
Prison Wels Upper Austria Judicial prison 156
Prison, Vienna Mittersteig Vienna Special institution 95
Floridsdorf branch Vienna Branch office 55
Prison Vienna Josefstadt Vienna Judicial prison 990
Branch office Wilhelmshöhe Lower Austria Branch office 67
Simmering branch Vienna Branch office 110
Prison in Vienna Favoriten Vienna Special institution 101
Branch office Münchendorf II Lower Austria Branch office 12
Prison Vienna Simmering Vienna Correctional facility 342
Wiener Neustadt Prison Lower Austria Judicial prison 211

Web links

  • Inquiry response from January 20, 2012 (PDF; 121 kB) from the Federal Minister of Justice to the inquiry from Abg.z.NR. Christian Lausch on "Numbers of occupancy in the prisons", with the places of detention of all prison facilities as of December 5, 2011, as well as coverage by detention status and type of detention, as well as detention (children of imprisoned mothers).
  • Directory of prisons on the website of the Austrian judiciary.