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Hakenfelde Prison

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JVA Hakenfelde 6
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Hakenfelde Prison (German: Justizvollzugsanstalt Hakenfelde, JVA Hakenfelde) is a low-security prison in Hakenfelde in Berlin, operated by the State of Berlin Department of Corrections. It was opened on 1 March 1978 in what was then West Berlin, and was originally a branch of Düppel Prison. It became an independent correctional institution in 1991. Between 1995 and 1998, its old barracks were replaced by a modern prison building. It has a capacity of 908 prisoners. Several former communist leaders of East Germany served their sentences there, including Egon Krenz, Günter Schabowski, and Heinz Keßler.

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Hakenfelde Prison
Niederneuendorfer Allee, Berlin Hakenfelde

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Justizvollzugsanstalt des offenen Vollzugs, JVA Hakenfelde

Niederneuendorfer Allee
13587 Berlin, Hakenfelde
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