Spandau Prison was a prison situated in the borough of Spandau in the British Sector of West Berlin . Spandau Prison was a prison situated in the borough of Spandau in western Berlin , constructed in 1876 and demolished in 1987 after the death of its last prisoner , Rudolf Hess , to prevent it from becoming a neo-Nazi shrine . The prison was near , though not part of , the Renaissance-era Spandau Citadel fortress .