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Nordrhein-Westfalen

Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany has 48 prisons and jails and 593 police agencies in this atlas. Among them are 564 police stations, 41 prisons and 27 border police units. Every entry comes with a telephone number, so you can contact the facility directly. Rhein-Sieg-Kreis has the most entries of any district, with 26. The atlas lists entries in 16 states of Germany, Nordrhein-Westfalen among them. Choose one of 53 districts to see every facility with its address and telephone.

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Nordrhein-Westfalen, by district

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Composition

What the atlas holds here

564Police stations
41Prisons
27Border police units
5Young offender institutions
1Municipal police
1Special jurisdiction police
1Secure hospital
1Women's prison
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Prisons & jails

48 facilities

48 entries
Aachen PrisonPrisonStädteregion Aachen+49 241 9173-0
Correctional facility Duisburg-Hamborn - district office DinslakenPrisonWesel+49 2064 4455-0
Jugendarrestanstalt BottropYoung offender institutionBottrop, Kreisfreie Stadt+49 2041 778385-0
Jugendarrestanstalt DüsseldorfYoung offender institutionDüsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt+49 211 209958-0
Jugendarrestanstalt LünenYoung offender institutionUnna+49 2306 924-5
Jugendarrestanstalt RemscheidYoung offender institutionRemscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt+49 2191 84231-0
Jugendarrestanstalt Wetter (Ruhr)Young offender institutionEnnepe-Ruhr-Kreis+49 2335 9189-84
Justizvollzugsanstalt AttendornPrisonOlpe+49 2722 920-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt Bielefeld-BrackwedePrisonBielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt+49 521 4896-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt Bielefeld-Senne mit AußenstellenPrisonBielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt+49 521 4045-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt BochumPrisonBochum, Kreisfreie Stadt+49 234 9558-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt Bochum-LangendreerPrisonBochum, Kreisfreie Stadt+49 234 23909-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt Castrop-RauxelPrisonRecklinghausen+49 2305 983-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt DortmundPrisonDortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt+49 231 5777-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt Duisburg-HambornPrisonDuisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt+49 203 5550-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt DüsseldorfRatingenPrisonMettmann+49 211 93882-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt EssenPrisonEssen, Kreisfreie Stadt+49 201 7246-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt EuskirchenPrisonEuskirchen+49 2251 7008-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt GeldernPrisonKleve+49 2831 921-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt Geldern DruckereiPrisonKleve+49 2831 88797-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt GelsenkirchenPrisonGelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt+49 209 4021-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt HagenPrisonHagen, Kreisfreie Stadt+49 2331 806-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt HammPrisonHamm, Kreisfreie Stadt+49 2381 9028-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt HeinsbergPrisonHeinsberg+49 2452 921-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt HerfordPrisonHerford+49 5221 885-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt Hövelhof mit PflegeabteilungPrisonPaderborn+49 5257 986-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt IserlohnPrisonMärkischer Kreis+49 2378 83-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt KlevePrisonKleve+49 2821 770-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt KölnPrisonKöln, Kreisfreie Stadt+49 221 5973-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt Köln AußenstellePrisonKöln, Kreisfreie Stadt+49 221 5973-294
Justizvollzugsanstalt Moers-KapellenPrisonWesel+49 2841 96973-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt MünsterMünster (Westfalen)PrisonMünster, Kreisfreie Stadt+49 251 2374-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt Münster Zweiganstalt CoesfeldPrisonCoesfeld+49 2541 737840
Justizvollzugsanstalt RemscheidPrisonRemscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt+49 2191 595-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt Remscheid ZweiganstaltPrisonRemscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt+49 2191 595-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt SchwertePrisonUnna+49 2304 756-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt SiegburgPrisonRhein-Sieg-Kreis+49 2241 307-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt Willich IPrisonViersen+49 2156 4998-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt Willich I Zweiganstalt MönchengladbachPrisonMönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt+49 2161 69814-70
Justizvollzugsanstalt Willich II - Nur FrauenWomen's prisonViersen+49 2156 917-0
Justizvollzugsanstalt Wuppertal-RonsdorfPrisonWuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt+49 202 49636-0
Justizvollzugskrankenhaus Nordrhein-WestfalenFröndenbergSecure hospitalUnna+49 2373 758-0
JVA DetmoldPrisonLippe+49 5231 614-0
JVA WuppertalPrisonWuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt+49 202 9732-0
Rheinbach penitentiaryPrisonRhein-Sieg-Kreis+49 2226 86-0
Sozialtherapeutische Anstalt GelsenkirchenPrisonGelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt+49 209 15565-0
Unterbringungseinrichtung für Ausreisepflichtige BürenPrisonPaderborn+49 2951 971-0
Werl PrisonPrisonSoest+49 2922 981-0
Questions

Frequently asked

How many prisons and jails are in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany?

The atlas lists 48 prisons, jails and detention centres in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, including 41 prisons and 5 young offender institutions.

How many police stations are in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany?

593 police units are listed for Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany: 564 police stations, 27 border police units and 1 municipal police.

Can I look up a prisoner in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany?

Public inmate lists are generally not published in Germany. Contact the facility or the authority that runs it, using the address and telephone on each facility page.

Which district has the most facilities?

Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, with 2 prisons and jails and 24 police units.

Are telephone numbers available for these facilities?

Yes for 48 entries of 48. Where a number is missing, the facility page shows its address and map location; details can change, so the agency's own website is the authority.

What specialised facilities are there in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany?

The atlas lists 1 women's prison and 5 young offender institutions here. Each has its own page with the address and, where published, a phone number.

Which town in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany has the most prisons?

Remscheid has the most, with 3 places of detention in the atlas, out of 38 towns with at least one.

How is Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany divided in the atlas?

The atlas files Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany by district, following official administrative boundaries; 53 districts currently have entries. Every facility is listed in the district where it is located; Rhein-Sieg-Kreis is the largest by number of entries.

How do I contact the police in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany?

In an emergency, call the national emergency number. For anything else, the atlas lists 593 police units here. Open a district to see the units in each area.

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