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JVA Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel ('Santa Fu')
JustizvollzugsanstaltHighmaleHigh
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Hamburg's largest prison, colloquially known as 'Santa Fu'. Holds long-sentence male inmates.
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1879
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 21 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Justiz HamburgPopulation held
male
Opened
1879
Region
Hamburg
Security level
High
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- Harald Fritz Tachau1904–1943
- Gerhard Schiedlausky1906–1947 · physician
August Landmesser1910–1944 · laborerAugust Landmesser (German: [ËaÊ̯ɡÊst ËlantËmÉsÉ]; 24 May 1910 â 17 October 1944) was a German man who is suggested to be the man appearing in a 1936 photograph conspicuously refusing to perform the Nazi salute.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
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- JVA StraubingStraubingHighJustizvollzugsanstalt
- JVA WerlWerlHighJustizvollzugsanstalt
- JVA München (Stadelheim)MunichMixedJustizvollzugsanstalt93% occupancy
- JVA GeldernGeldernMixedJustizvollzugsanstalt
Data completeness
62%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Justiz Hamburg â Fuhlsbüttel
- German Länder Justizvollzugsanstalten (consolidated from 16 state Justiz portals) — Bundesländer Justiz portals
- Wikidata (Q110915803)
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). JVA Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel ('Santa Fu'). Retrieved July 22, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-hamburg-fuhlsb-ttel-santa-fuChicago
"JVA Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel ('Santa Fu')." World Prisons. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-hamburg-fuhlsb-ttel-santa-fu.BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-jva-hamburg-fuhlsb-ttel-san,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {JVA Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel ('Santa Fu')},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-hamburg-fuhlsb-ttel-santa-fu},
urldate = {2026-07-22}
}