Two sites, one ministry
Schrassig is the closed prison most remand and sentenced people pass through. Givenich is a different regime. Call the number on the ministry page; do not turn up at the other gate.
How Luxembourg is carved up on this site
Luxembourg (Lëtzebuerg) is a separate country folder — not a tab on a mixed European roster, and not a US state code. The analogue of a US state here is the first-level unit: Cantons. Twelve cantons of the Grand Duchy — Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Diekirch and the rest. This is not Belgium’s Luxembourg province (that URL lives under /belgium/luxembourg). Capellen is not a Belgian town for custody purposes. Open a canton page when you already know the slice of Luxembourg; stay on this hub when you need the national rules, the official locator, and the list of those units.
Tiny estate: CPL Schrassig (closed) and Givenich (semi-open). Two sites, one ministry, no public inmate list, not interchangeable. Facility articles under /luxembourg/ are building guides (address, operator, how a visit is booked). They are not who-is-inside tables. If a canton has few prison guides, that is coverage on this site, not an empty prison system. Opening /belgium/luxembourg or a French Grand Est page because the plate was similar. The Grand Duchy is this hub.
Finding someone held in Luxembourg
Luxembourg does not publish a Google-style inmate spreadsheet. CPL / Administration pénitentiaire is the named official route (mj.gouvernement.lu/). Administration pénitentiaire. A Luxembourg city court does not mean you may choose Givenich. Luxembourg does not publish prisoner names. Confirm visits with the administration pénitentiaire.
A US reader used to sheriff websites will type “Luxembourg inmate search” and find nothing of the kind. That is the law. Court lists, Facebook groups and paid “worldwide jail” products are not CPL / Administration pénitentiaire. If the person was remanded overnight, reception can lag; if they were transferred out of the canton you had in mind, the old desk is the wrong door. Use the canton pages below to stop treating Luxembourg as a synonym for the whole country.
Visits, money and staying in touch
Visiting in Luxembourg is not a US-style walk-up. Call the ministry number; do not turn up at the other gate. ID. French, Belgian and German papers are still subject to Luxembourg process. Where a facility guide on this site quotes hours, they were taken from that establishment’s official page — re-check the day before you travel. This country hub will not invent a national timetable.
Dress codes, dog searches and what you may carry are house rules. Money and remote contact, where they exist, go through the official national channel — not a personal transfer to a cellmate. LUX airport. Schrassig is an east-of-city road, not the Gare. Givenich is another commune. Metz, Trier and Arlon are other countries.
Travel, borders and the wrong-gate problem
LUX airport. Schrassig is an east-of-city road, not the Gare. Givenich is another commune. Metz, Trier and Arlon are other countries. Print the gate address from the official prison page, not from a maps pin that only names Luxembourg or “Luxembourgish prison”. Neighbouring countries on this site have their own URLs; a cheaper flight into the next capital is not a visiting permit.
Opening /belgium/luxembourg or a French Grand Est page because the plate was similar. The Grand Duchy is this hub. If you only know a town name, match it to a canton first, then to a facility guide. Confusing one canton of Luxembourg with another is the most common way to book the wrong visit.
Cantons of Luxembourg — each on its own URL
Luxembourg is not mixed with the United States or with other European countries. Below is this country’s own first-level map (Cantons). Open a unit for a longer article on how custody, visits and travel actually work there. US readers looking for a county inmate spreadsheet will not find one: Luxembourg does not publish that, and neither do we.