List of prisons in Austria
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.
designation | state | Type | Detention places |
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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.