Prisons in Switzerland
Database of prisons in Switzerland: 71 records with address and coordinates, postal code, phone numbers, website, email, social media, opening hours and chain — in all cantons, one file for 20 €. Also separately: a canton or a city — a share of the price of the category, from 10 €. Part of the “Associations, churches and authorities” sector.
How many prisons are there in Switzerland?
71 records
As of November 8, 2026, our database contains 71 records in the “Prison” category in Switzerland — <1% of the “Associations, churches and authorities” sector. That is 0.8 per 100,000 inhabitants. Most are in the cantons of Zurich (13), Vaud (10) and Geneva (8). 0 (0%) belong to chains.
B2B contacts of prisons in Switzerland: contents
How often the fields are filled in this category.
| Field | Format | Filled | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Company name | text, as in the listing | 100% | |
| Sector and category | e.g. Health and medicine · Dentist | 100% | |
| Other categories | e.g. “Orthodontist, Dental hygienist” | 3% | |
| Address | text | 100% | |
| Postal code | 4 digits | 100% | |
| Canton, major region and city | 26 cantons, 7 major regions | 100% | |
| Coordinates | latitude and longitude | 100% | |
| Phone | +41 format, up to 5 numbers · unique numbers: 61 | 89% | |
| Mobile | mobile number flag | 0% | |
| Website | URL | 70% | |
| from the company’s website · unique addresses: 1 | 1% | ||
| Social media | Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn … | 3% | |
| Opening hours | published or not | 46% | |
| Chain | name of the chain; empty — independent | 0% |
List of prisons in Switzerland: data sample
Rows from the export — you can page through the table. Click a phone number, website or email: the contacts open after a free sign-up, up to 20 companies a day.
| Company | City | Phone | Website and email | Social media |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ET Etablissement pénitentiaire de CrêtelongueRte du Moulin 85, 3977 Granges
Prison
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GrangesValais | |||
UN Untersuchungs- und Strafgefängnis StansKreuzstrasse 4, 6371 Stans
Prison
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StansNidwalden | |||
GE Gefängnis ZürichRotwandstrasse 21, 8036 Zürich
Prison
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ZurichZurich | — |
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ZE Zentralgefängnis "Les Falaises"Planche-Inférieure 12, 1700 Fribourg
Prison
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FribourgFribourg | — |
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GE Gefängnis MuttenzGrenzacherstrasse 10, 4132 Muttenz
Prison
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MuttenzBasel-Landschaft | — |
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RE Regionalgefängnis BurgdorfDunantstrasse 9, 3400 Burgdorf
Prison
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BurgdorfBern | — |
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JU Justizvollzugsanstalt Cazis TignezTignez 1, 7408 Cazis
Prison
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CazisGrisons | — |
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LA La CroiséeChemin des Prés-Neufs 1, 1350 Orbe
Prison
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OrbeVaud | — |
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JU Justizvollzugsanstalt Lenzburg (JVA)Ziegeleiweg 13, 5600 Lenzburg
Prison
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LenzburgAargau | — |
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JU Justizvollzugsanstalt Grosshof Luzern-KriensEichwilstrasse 4, 6010 Kriens
Prison
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KriensLucerne | — |
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CU CurabilisChem. de Champ-Dollon 20, 1241 Puplinge
Prison
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PuplingeGeneva | — |
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LO Lo Stampino - Strutture carcerarie, Sezione aperta Carcere PenaleVia la Stampa 20, 6965 Lugano
Prison
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LuganoTicino | — |
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AM Amt für JustizvollzugZürcherstrasse 323, 8510 Frauenfeld
Prison
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FrauenfeldThurgau | — |
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MA Massnahmenzentrum St. JohannsenNeuhaus 40, 2525 Le Landeron
Prison
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Le LanderonNeuchâtel | — |
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UN Untersuchungsgefängnis BSInnere Margarethenstrasse 18, 4051 Basel
Prison
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BaselBasel-Stadt | — |
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JU Justizvollzugsanstalt SolothurnJurastrasse 1, 4543 Deitingen
Prison
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DeitingenSolothurn | — |
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GE GefängnisNeugasse 5, 9000 St. Gallen
Prison
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St. GallenSt. Gallen |
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— |
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KA Kantonale Strafanstalt ZugAn der Aa 2, 6300 Zug
Prison
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ZugZug |
— |
— |
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KA KantonsgefängnisSicherheitsstützpunkt Biberbrugg, Einsiedlerstrasse 55, 8836 Bennau
Prison
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BennauSchwyz |
— |
— |
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ST Straf- und MassnahmenvollzugEnetriederstrasse 1, 6060 Sarnen
Prison
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SarnenObwalden |
— |
— |
Prisons by canton
Active records of the category in each canton and per 100,000 inhabitants. Click a column to sort.
| Canton ↕ | Records ↓ | Share ↕ | Per 100,000 inh. ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZurichZurich region | 13 | 18% |
0.8 |
| VaudLake Geneva region | 10 | 14% |
1.2 |
| GenevaLake Geneva region | 8 | 11% |
1.5 |
| BernEspace Mittelland | 7 | 10% |
0.7 |
| NeuchâtelEspace Mittelland | 6 | 8% |
3.3 |
| GrisonsEastern Switzerland | 4 | 6% |
1.9 |
| ValaisLake Geneva region | 3 | 4% |
0.8 |
| Basel-StadtNorthwestern Switzerland | 3 | 4% |
1.5 |
| LucerneCentral Switzerland | 2 | 3% |
0.5 |
| St. GallenEastern Switzerland | 2 | 3% |
0.4 |
| Basel-LandschaftNorthwestern Switzerland | 2 | 3% |
0.7 |
| FribourgEspace Mittelland | 2 | 3% |
0.6 |
| ThurgauEastern Switzerland | 2 | 3% |
0.7 |
| SolothurnEspace Mittelland | 1 | 1% |
0.3 |
| NidwaldenCentral Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
2.2 |
| SchwyzCentral Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
0.6 |
| ObwaldenCentral Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
2.5 |
| ZugCentral Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
0.7 |
| TicinoTicino region | 1 | 1% |
0.3 |
| AargauNorthwestern Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
0.1 |
Where there are the most
Cities with the most records in this category.
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Questions about the “Prison” category
As of November 8, 2026, our database contains 71 prisons in Switzerland. 0 (0%) belong to chains; the rest are independent.
All prisons in Switzerland cost 20 € — one file for the whole country. The price depends on the number of records; a canton or a city is available separately, at the corresponding share of this price (from 10 €). The complete database of all sectors costs 620 €.
89% of the records have a phone number (0 with a mobile number), 70% a website, 3% social media and 46% published opening hours. 1% have an email address — it comes from the company’s own website. All rows have an address and coordinates.
XLSX and CSV (UTF-8, semicolon as separator), one row per company: name, sector, category and other categories, chain, canton, major region, city, postal code, address, coordinates, phone numbers, website, email, social media, published opening hours and the date the listing was added. The files appear in your account after payment.
Each update adds new listings and removes companies that the source marks as closed. The date of the data is shown at the top of every page.