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Operational
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Facility profile
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
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Death-row facility
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Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
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Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- Shlomo Graber1926–2025 · painter
Olivier Messiaen1908–1992 · composerOlivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (UK: , US: ; French: [Élivje øÊÉn pÊÉspÉÊ ÊaÊl mÉsjÉÌ]; 10 December 1908 â 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
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Data completeness
16%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q3968052)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Stalag VIII-A. Retrieved July 22, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/stalag-viii-a
Chicago
"Stalag VIII-A." World Prisons. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/stalag-viii-a.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-stalag-viii-a,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Stalag VIII-A},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/stalag-viii-a},
urldate = {2026-07-22}
}