Aachen Prison

{{Short description|Penal facility}} right|thumb|Prison entrance right|thumb|Police headquarters and prison '''Aachen Prison''' is a penal facility located in the Soers in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. As of 2007, 800 criminals were serving their sentences in the prison.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-11-27 |title=Two dangerous criminals escape Aachen prison |url=https://www.thelocal.de/20091127/23551/ |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=The Local Germany |language=en-US}}</ref> Brigitte Kerzl serves as the director of the prison.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rahayel |first=Oliver |date=2007-08-03 |title=Doing Thyme: Gourmet Cooking Lessons for German Convicts |language=en |work=Der Spiegel |url=https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/doing-thyme-gourmet-cooking-lessons-for-german-convicts-a-498063.html |access-date=2022-03-30 |issn=2195-1349}}</ref>

On 26 November 2009, two dangerous prisoners escaped from the prison<ref name="Ausbruch">{{cite web|url= http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/0,1518,663748,00.html|title=Bewaffnete Schwerverbrecher fliehen per Taxi|work=Der Spiegel|date=27 November 2009|accessdate=1 July 2010|language=German}}</ref> but were later caught.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Welle (www.dw.com) |first=Deutsche |title=Escaped German criminals recaptured by police {{!}} DW {{!}} 01.12.2009 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/escaped-german-criminals-recaptured-by-police/a-4953831 |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=DW.COM |language=en-GB}}</ref>

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== External links == * [http://www.jva-aachen.nrw.de/ Aachen Prison's website] {{in lang|de}}

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