The following list of prisons in the
Czech Republic lists all
prisons run by the
Prison Service of the Czech Republic
Prison Service of the Czech Republic ( cs, Vězeňská služba České republiky or VS ČR) is the prison agency of the Czech Republic. Its head office is located in Prague District 4 District 4 can refer to:
*District 4, Düsseldorf, in Germany
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(''Vězeňská služba České republiky'').
As of the end of 2006 there were 18,574 prisoners in the Czech Republic (17,649 men, 925 women). 2,378 of them were waiting for trial. More details can be found o
Remand (detention), Remand prisons
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Brno Remand Prison (''Vazební věznice
Brno
Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic ...
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České Budějovice Remand Prison (''Vazební věznice
České Budějovice'')
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Hradec Králové Remand Prison (''Vazební věznice
Hradec Králové'')
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Liberec Remand Prison (''Vazební věznice
Liberec
Liberec (; german: Reichenberg ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants and it is the fifth-largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preser ...
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Litoměřice Remand Prison (''Vazební věznice
Litoměřice
Litoměřice (; german: Leitmeritz) is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation.
The town is the seat ...
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Olomouc Remand Prison (''Vazební věznice
Olomouc'')
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Ostrava Remand Prison
Ostrava (; pl, Ostrawa; german: Ostrau ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic, and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 280,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four r ...
(''Vazební věznice
Ostrava'')
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Prague Pankrác Remand Prison (''Vazební věznice
Praha Pankrác'')
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Prague Ruzyně Remand Prison (''Vazební věznice
Praha Ruzyně'')
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Teplice Remand Prison
Teplice () (until 1948 Teplice-Šanov; german: Teplitz-Schönau or ''Teplitz'') is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 49,000 inhabitants. It is the second largest Czech spa town, after Karlovy Vary. The hist ...
(''Vazební věznice
Teplice'')
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Znojmo Remand Prison
Znojmo (; german: Znaim) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. Znojmo is the historical and cultural centre of southwestern Moravia and the second most populated town in the South Moravian R ...
(''Vazební věznice
Znojmo'')
Prisons
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Bělušice Prison Bělušice may refer to places in the Czech Republic:
* Bělušice (Kolín District), a municipality and village in the Central Bohemian Region
* Bělušice (Most District), a municipality and village in the Ústí nad Labem Region
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(''Věznice Bělušice''),
Most District
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Břeclav Prison
Břeclav (; german: Lundenburg) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Town parts of Charvátská Nová Ves and Poštorná are administrative parts of Břeclav.
Etymol ...
(''Věznice
Břeclav'')
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Drahonice Prison
Drahonice is a municipality and village in Strakonice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
Drahonice lies approximately south-east of Strakonice, north-west of České Budějovice, and south ...
(''Věznice Drahonice''),
Louny District
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Heřmanice Prison (''Věznice Heřmanice''),
Ostrava
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Horní Slavkov Prison (''Věznice
Horní Slavkov'')
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Jiřice Prison (''Věznice Jiřice''),
Nymburk District
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Karviná Prison (''Věznice
Karviná'')
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Kuřim Prison (''Věznice
Kuřim'')
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Kynšperk nad Ohří Prison (''Věznice
Kynšperk nad Ohří'')
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Mírov Prison (''Věznice
Mírov'')
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Nové Sedlo Prison (''Věznice Nové Sedlo''),
Louny District
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Odolov Prison (''Věznice Odolov''),
Trutnov District
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Opava Prison (''Věznice
Opava
Opava (; german: Troppau, pl, Opawa) is a city in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 55,000 inhabitants. It lies on the river Opava (river), Opava. Opava is one of the historical centres of Silesia. It was a histori ...
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Oráčov Prison (''Věznice Oráčov''),
Rakovník District
Rakovník District ( cs, okres Rakovník) is a district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Rakovník.
Administrative division
Rakovník District is formed by only one administrative district of mu ...
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Ostrov Prison Ostrov means "island" in several Slavic languages and in Romanian. It may refer to:
Places Bulgaria
* Ostrov, Vratsa Province, a village in Oryahovo Municipality
Czech Republic
*Ostrov (Karlovy Vary District), a town in the Karlovy Vary Region
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(''Věznice
Ostrov'')
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Pardubice Prison (''Věznice
Pardubice
Pardubice (; german: Pardubitz) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 89,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the Elbe River. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monu ...
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Plzeň Prison (''Věznice
Plzeň
Plzeň (; German and English: Pilsen, in German ) is a city in the Czech Republic. About west of Prague in western Bohemia, it is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 169,000 inhabita ...
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Příbram Prison (''Věznice
Příbram'')
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Rýnovice Prison
Rýnovice (german: Reinowitz) is part of the town of Jablonec nad Nisou in the district of Jablonec nad Nisou, in the Liberec, Liberec region, in the Czech Republic. Today nearly 2200 people live in Rýnovice.
History
The first written mention ...
(''Věznice Rýnovice''),
Jablonec nad Nisou'')
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Stráž pod Ralskem Prison (''Věznice
Stráž pod Ralskem
Stráž pod Ralskem (until 1946 Vartenberk; german: Wartenberg (am Rollberg)) is a town in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,800 inhabitants.
Etymology
The local castle was called Wartenberg (''Wart ...
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Světlá nad Sázavou Prison (''Věznice
Světlá nad Sázavou
Světlá nad Sázavou (; german: Swietla ob der Sasau) is a town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,400 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages and hamlets of Benetice, Dolní Březinka, ...
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Valdice Prison
Valdice (before 1950 Kartouzy-Valdice) is a municipality and village in Jičín District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants.
Etymology
Valdice was named after the nearby deer park (from German ' ...
(''Věznice
Valdice'')
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Vinařice Prison (''Věznice Vinařice''),
Kladno District
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Všehrdy Prison (''Věznice Všehrdy''),
Chomutov District
Chomutov District ( cs, okres Chomutov) is one of seven districts ('' okres'') located within the Ústí nad Labem Region in the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Chomutov.
List of municipalities
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Blatno -
Boleboř -
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External links
Official website of Prison ServiceMore detailed info on each prison incl. photos
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Prisons
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