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Vaud canton: Lausanne custody, Bochuz and visits

Vaud is the large French-speaking canton on Lake Geneva, seated in Lausanne, with Montreux, Yverdon and the Jura foothills. Bochuz, near Orbe, is the closed prison associated with the canton. It is not in Lausanne’s old town, and it is not Champ-Dollon in Geneva. Custody is cantonal, French-speaking, and unpublished. A Geneva crime and a Vaud sentence are different gates. Ask which canton holds the person.

Vaud: how this area actually works

Lausanne is the capital and the court city. Geneva is another canton further along the lake. The cantonal authority in Vaud will not answer for Champ-Dollon, and Geneva will not answer for Bochuz. German names such as Waadt appear on some maps and confuse drivers. Use Vaud and the French establishment name. kkjpd.ch will not search.

Bochuz is the name to match for many long male sentences, and it is still only correct if the letter says so. Remand may be in a Lausanne-area unit. A concordat placement can put someone in Geneva or in another Romandy canton. Women’s placement may be in a different house. Do not walk the lakefront looking for a prison the Olympics once made you picture. Read the town: Orbe is not Lausanne. Orbe is the Bochuz side of the canton. Lausanne is the court city. Geneva is another canton. Write which of the three you need before you touch the lake, because the pretty shore is how Vaud visits are missed.

Lake hotels in Montreux are a classic wrong base for an Orbe gate. Probation in Lausanne is not a cell. If the person is at Champ-Dollon, go to Geneva. Recheck. Summer festival traffic and winter fog on the motorway both punish a guessed city. Orbe is not Lausanne, and Bochuz is not on the lake. If the letter says Bochuz, sleep on that side of the canton. If it says Champ-Dollon, stay in Geneva and do not tour Lausanne on the way.

Finding someone held in Vaud

Confirm through the lawyer or the holding canton. Police will not read a list. Bring the date of birth and case number. Embassies need Vaud, not “French Switzerland” as a blob. A news item from Montreux goes stale after a transfer.

Write Bochuz, Lausanne, or Geneva in the first line. Foreign visitors should choose Geneva Airport or a Lausanne train only after that line is filled. If the person is in Bern or Zürich, the language and the lake both change. Do not stay in Vevey because it is pretty. Montreux and Vevey are the pretty wrong hotels. Festival weeks fill them without creating a visit. Book the establishment’s town first.

Visits and family practicalities

Book in French-language procedures if the holder is Vaud. No hours are printed here. A Geneva timetable is the wrong canton. Check the live page for the named establishment.

Bring a passport. Children need permission and consent. Ask for an interpreter if you do not work in French. German is not the default here. Read the property sheet. Pack for Bochuz if that is the gate, not for a lake terrace. Geneva Airport is in another canton. The train is right only when you get off at the correct Vaud station, not at Cornavin out of habit.

Getting around Vaud

Lausanne station and the motorway serve the city. Orbe and Bochuz are a regional journey north of the lake, using official directions. Geneva Airport is the international field, then a train you should not abandon in Geneva if the gate is in Vaud. A pin on the cathedral or the lake is not the entrance.

Add identification time. A Geneva morning and an Orbe afternoon need slack. Stay near the establishment. If the person is in Geneva canton, do not force a Lausanne base. The lake is one landscape and two authorities. German maps say Waadt. Use Vaud with a French-speaking driver, and use the French name of the establishment from the letter.

Prison guides in Vaud

Facility articles for houses we have sourced in this canton. Empty coverage here is this site’s map, not proof that nobody is held in Vaud.

No named prison article for Vaud yet. Use Cantonal prison administrations / KKJPD on the official site, then come back when we add the house.

Questions families actually ask

Is Bochuz in Lausanne?
Bochuz is near Orbe, in Vaud, not in central Lausanne. Use the canton’s directions. A lake hotel is not the visit.
Is Bochuz the same as Champ-Dollon?
No. Champ-Dollon is in Geneva canton. Bochuz is in Vaud. French-speaking Switzerland is more than one canton.
Does Vaud publish inmate names?
No. Ask the lawyer or the holding canton.

Other Cantons in Switzerland

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Sometimes they place the person in Aargau, Solothurn or Bern. Liestal is the capital you should be able to say aloud before you book.Open this area →canton · BaselBasel-StadtBasel-StadtBasel-Stadt is the city canton, a few square kilometres on the Rhine, seated in Basel. Basel-Landschaft is the other half, a different canton with its capital in Liestal. Families merge them, and they merge both with Germany and France because the tram crosses borders. Prisons do not merge. There is no national Swiss roster, and a German or French police desk will not read you a Swiss one. Ask which canton holds the person: the city, the countryside canton, or somewhere else entirely.Open this area →canton · BernBernBernBern is a bilingual canton and the federal city, which makes foreigners ask the federal government where a prisoner is. The federal government does not run a national inmate index. Prisons are cantonal. 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Families who look for a prison in Porrentruy or Delémont because the canton is small may be aimed at Neuchâtel, Vaud or Geneva instead.Open this area →canton · LucerneLucerneLuzernLucerne is a central Swiss canton, seated in the city of the same name, with Emmen, Kriens and the rural districts around the lake. Prisons are cantonal. There is no national roster, and a postcard of the chapel bridge is not a gate. People held on Lucerne cases may be in a local establishment or, under the central Swiss concordat, in another canton’s facility. The reverse is also true. Ask which canton holds the person this week, not which canton issued the charge.Open this area →

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Confirm location, visits and hours on the official service. This site does not list who is in custody.

Official locatorCantonal prison administrations / KKJPDOpen official site →