Stammheim Prison
Aerial view of Stuttgart Prison in 2024 | |
| Location | Stuttgart-Stammhiem, Baden-Württemberg |
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| Coordinates | 48°51′17″N 9°9′18″E / 48.85472°N 9.15500°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | maximum to supermax |
| Population | average of 768 from 68 nations (as of October 2018) |
| Opened | September 1963 |
| Managed by | Ministry of Justice Baden-Württemberg (Justizministerium Baden-Württemberg) |
| Director | Institution Manager: Matthias Nagel Representative: Bianca Schäffner Administrative Manager: Jürgen Goll |
| Street address | Asperger Str. 60 |
| City | Stuttgart |
| State/province | Baden-Württemberg |
| ZIP Code | 70439 |
| Country | Germany |
| Website | Justizvollzugsanstalt Stuttgart |
| Notable prisoners | |
| Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin, Jan-Carl Raspe, Irmgard Möller | |
Stuttgart Correctional Facility (German: Justizvollzugsanstalt Stuttgart, JVA Stuttgart), also known as Stuttgart Prison or Stammheim Prison, is located in the Stuttgart district of Stammheim, the northernmost district of the state capital of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the largest of a total of 17 correctional facilities with 19 branches in the Baden-Württemberg state prison system. Stammheim Prison gained national media attention in the 1970s due to the trials against the Red Army Faction and the imprisonment of its leading members in the high-security wing. Designed as a maximum to supermax security facility, the prison was put into operation in September 1963 after four years of construction. Today, it covers an area of approximately 50,000 square metres (540,000 sq ft).