List of prisons

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This article provides a list of prisons by country.

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A[]

 Afghanistan[]

For prisons in Afghanistan, see List of prisons in Afghanistan.

 Algeria[]

 Australia[]

For prisons in Australia, see List of prisons in Australia.

Australian Capital Territory[]

  • Alexander Maconochie Centre
  • Periodic Detention Centre

New South Wales[]

Northern Territory[]

Queensland[]

South Australia[]

Tasmania[]

Victoria[]

Western Australia[]

 Argentina[]

  • Devoto Federal Prison

B[]

 Belgium[]

  • Lantin Prison

 Bolivia[]

 Botswana[]

  • (Kanye)
  • (Letlhakane)
  • (Lobatse)
  • (Machaneng)
  • (Mahalapye)
  • (Mochudi)
  • (Molepolole)
  • (Selebi-Phikwe)
  • (Serowe)
  • (Tsabong)
  • (Thamaga)
  • (Maun)
  • (Ghanzi)
  • (Moshupa)

 Brazil[]

  • Carandiru Penitentiary (closed and demolished) - In 1992, the prison was the site of the Carandiru massacre.
  • (Presidente Bernardes, São Paulo, Brazil) - inspired by the Supermax standards, although prisoners can only stay there for a maximum of 2 years.
  • (Catanduvas, Paraná, Brazil) - also based on the Supermax standards. It is the first federal prison in Brazil, designed to receive prisoners deemed too dangerous to be kept in the states' prison systems.
  • (Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil) - It houses the most dangerous prisoners in the country, as , the Colombian trafficker Juan Carlos Ramírez Abadía and bicheiro João Arcanjo.

C[]

 Cameroon[]

  • Maroua Prison[1]
  • , Douala
  • , Adamaoua

 Canada[]

For prisons in Canada, see List of prisons in Canada.

 Chile[]

Bío Bío Region[]

Los Ríos Region[]

  • (closed), Valdivia
  • , Valdivia

Santiago Metropolitan Region[]

  • , Santiago
  • , Santiago
  • (closed), Santiago

 China[]

Macau[]

  • Coloane Prison - opened 1990
  • Central Prison - closed 1990
  • Ka Ho Prison - opened 2014

 Croatia[]

Court and prison in Rijeka (est.1904).

County prisons[]

  • Zagreb
  • Gospić
  • Pula
  • Šibenik
  • Osijek
  • Rijeka
  • Split
  • Varaždin
  • Bjelovar
  • Dubrovnik
  • Karlovac
  • Požega
  • Sisak
  • Zadar

State prisons, penitentiaries and prison hospitals[]

  • Glina
  • Lepoglava
  • Lipovica-Popovača
  • Požega
  • Turopolja
  • Valtura
  • Zagreb prison hospital

Former regime prisons and penal colonies[]

  • Goli otok (defunct) (males)
  • Sv. Grgur (defunct) (females)

 Czech Republic[]

For prisons in the Czech Republic, see List of prisons in the Czech Republic.

D[]

 Denmark[]

E[]

 Ecuador[]

  • Isla Isabela (historical, as penal colony)
  • ,[2] Quito

 Egypt[]

  • Scorpion Prison
  • Tora Prison
  • Wadi el-Natrun Prison

 Eritrea[]

 Estonia[]

  • Ämari Prison, Ämari (closed 2007)
  • Fat Margaret (Paks Margareeta), Tallinn (1830s–1917)
  • Haapsalu Castle (historic)
  • Harju Gate, Tallinn (historic, demolished)
  • Harku Prison, Harku (for women; founded 1920s)
  • Jägala concentration camp, Jägala (1942–1943, during German occupation)
  • Klooga concentration camp, Klooga (1943–1944, during German occupation)
  • Lasnamäe Prison, Tallinn (19th century)
  • Maardu Prison, Maardu (closed)
  • Murru Prison, Rummu (maximum; founded 1938)
  • Pagari street, Tallinn (1941, 1944–1991, during Soviet occupation)
  • Pärnu Prison, Pärnu (closed)
  • Patarei Prison (Tallinn Central Prison), Tallinn (closed, now Museum)
  • Tallinn Prison, Tallinn (maximum; founded 1919)
  • Tartu Prison, Tartu (maximum; founded 2000)
  • Toompea Castle, Tallinn (in the beginning of 20th century)
  • Vaivara concentration camp, Vaivara (1943–1944, during German occupation)
  • Viljandi Prison, Viljandi (closed 2008)
  • Viru Prison, Jõhvi (maximum; founded 2006)
  • Võru Prison, Võru (defunct)

External links[]

F[]

 Finland[]

The prison in Kuopio, Northern Savonia

Best known prisons (mostly from 19th century or older, mainly still in function except the Katajanokka Prison and Kakola):

External links[]

 France[]

Listing from official website: http://www.justice.gouv.fr/minister/DAP/etablissement.htm (in French)

G[]

 Germany[]

For a longer list of prisons in Germany see Liste der Justizvollzugsanstalten in Deutschland (in German)

  • Brandenburg-Görden Prison (now part of a larger complex called Justizvollzugsanstalt Brandenburg an der Havel)
  • Ebrach Abbey
  • Hohenasperg
  • Hoheneck women's prison
  • Landsberg Prison
  • Spandau Prison, Berlin (demolished; had only one prisoner during its final 11 years)
  • Stammheim Prison
  • Werl Prison, Werl

 Ghana[]

There are 45 Prisons in Ghana which are managed by the Ghana Prisons Service. In all there are 14,324 prisoners of which 14,125 are males and 199 are females.[3]

 Greece[]

For prisons in Greece, see List of prisons in Greece.
  • Korydallos Prison, Korydallos
  • ,
  • , Komotini
  • , Corinth
  • , Thessaloniki
  • , Larissa
  • , Nafplio
  • , Neapolis
  • , Tripoli
  • , Chania
  • , Chios
  • , Kos
  • , Amfissa

H[]

 Hungary[]

I[]

 Iceland[]

Main article: List of prisons in Iceland

 India[]

For prisons in India, see List of prisons in India.

 Indonesia[]

  • Banceuy Prison, Bandung (defunct)
  • Kambangan Island
  • Kerobokan Prison, Bali
  • , Denpasar
  • Cipinang Penitentiary Institution, Jakarta

 Iran[]

See also: Human rights in Iran § Notable prisons
  • Ahvaz
    • (Sheyban AKA Shiban prison)
    • Karun (closed)
    • (Detention Center operated by Ministry of Intelligence)
  • Bandar Abbas: , Hormozgan Province
  • Fashafoyeh: See below: Tehran, Central Prison of Tehran
  • Kahrizak: Kahrizak Prison
  • Karaj
    • "Kachoei prison"
    • Ghezel Hesar Prison
    • Rajayi-shahr Prison, AKA Gohardasht prison
  • Kashan:
  • Kerman:
  • Kermanshah
    • (operated by Ministry of Intelligence)
  • Khorramabad
    • Falak-ol-Aflak Castle (historic)
  • Khoy: , West Azerbaijan Province
  • Mahabad:
  • Mashhad: Vakil-Abad (Central) Prison
  • Qarchak: Qarchak Women's Prison (Shahr-e Rey prison, also known as “Gharchak Women’s Prison“ or Varamin prison)
  • Rasht: , Gilan Province
  • Sanandaj
    • detention center (operated by Ministry of Intelligence)
  • Sari: , Mazandaran Province
  • Shiraz:
  • Tabriz: , East Azerbaijan Province
  • Tehran
  • Urmia: , Darya prison
  • Zabol:
  • Zahedan:

 Iraq[]

  • Baghdad Central Prison, Baghdad

 Ireland[]

 Israel[]

 Italy[]

  • , Sassari
  • Regina Coeli, Rome
  • , Rome
  • , Rome
  • , Palermo
  • San Vittore, Milan
  • , Milan
  • , Venice
  • , Fossano
  • , Genoa
  • , Eboli
  • , Turin
  • , Empoli
  • , Rimini
  • , Forlì
  • , Orvieto
  • , Pistoia
  • , Catania
  • , Cagliari
  • , Bari
  • , Florence
  • , Torino
  • Uta, Cagliari

J[]

 Jamaica[]

For prisons in Jamaica, see List of prisons in Jamaica.

 Japan[]

Sapporo Correctional Precinct[]

Sendai Correctional Precinct[]

Tokyo Correctional Precinct[]

Nagoya Correctional Precinct[]

Osaka Correctional Precinct[]

Hiroshima Correctional Precinct[]

Takamatsu Correctional Precinct[]

Fukuoka Correctional Precinct[]

Medical Prison[]

Social Rehabilitation Program Center（Private Finance Initiative, PFI system）[]

K[]

 Kuwait[]

  • Sulaibiya Central Prison

L[]

 Laos[]

 Lithuania[]

M[]

 Madagascar[]

  • Antanimora Prison, Antananarivo
  • Farafangana prison, Farafangana

 Malawi[]

  • , Zomba
  • , Lilongwe
  • , Blantyre
  • , Mzimba

 Malaysia[]

 Malta[]

Many of the fortifications, such as Fort Saint Elmo and Fort Ricasoli, were also used as prisons at some point.

 Mexico[]

  • Cefereso No. 9, Ciudad Juarez[4]
  • Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1, Almoloya de Juarez
  • Palacio de Lecumberri, Mexico City (defunct)
  • Penal del Altiplano, Almoloya de Juarez
  • Islas Marías Federal Prison, Marías Islands
  • La Mesa Prison, Tijuana

 Monaco[]

  • Remand Prison of Monaco

 Morocco[]

  • Tazmamart, Atlas Mountains (defunct)

N[]

 Netherlands[]

  • Zaanstad
  • Rotterdam
  • Veenhuizen
  • Esserheem
  • Zwolle

 New Zealand[]

For prisons in New Zealand, see List of prisons in New Zealand.

 North Korea[]

Operating political prison camps[]

Former political prison camps[]

Operating reeducation camps[]

Former reeducation camps[]

 Norway[]

Oslo Prison (est.1851).
Hamar Prison (est.1864).
Ålesund Prison (est.1864/1906)

P[]

 Pakistan[]

For prisons in Pakistan, see Prisons in Pakistan.

Sindh[]

  • Karachi Central Jail, Karachi
  • Hyderabad Jail, Hyderabad
  • Sukkar Jail (old), Sukkar
  • Sukkar Jail (new), Sukkar
  • Larkana Jail, Larkana
  • Khairpur Jail, Khairpur
  • Malir Jail, Karachi
  • Nawabshah Jail, Nawabshah
  • Mirpurkhas Jail, Mirpurkhas
  • Sanghar Jail, Sanghar
  • Jacobabad Jail, Jacobabad
  • Dadu Jail, Dadu
  • Badin Jail, Badin
  • Shikarpur Jail, Shikarpur
  • Nara Jail, Hyderabad
  • Women's Jail, Karachi
  • Women's Jail, Hyderabad

Punjab[]

  • Central Jail Lahore (at Kot Lakhpat)
  • Central Jail Gujranwala
  • Central Jail Sahiwal
  • District Jail Lahore
  • District Jail Sheikhupura
  • District Jail Kasur
  • District Jail Sialkot
  • New Central Jail Multan
  • New Central Jail Bahawalpur
  • Borstal Institution and Juvenile Jail Bahawalpur
  • Central Jail Dera Ghazi Khan
  • District Jail Multan
  • District Jail Rajanpur
  • District Jail Vehari
  • Women Jail Multan
  • District Jail Rahim Yar Khan
  • District Jail Bahawalnagar
  • District Jail Muzaffar Garh
  • Central Jail Rawalpindi
  • District Jail Attock
  • District Jail Jhelum
  • District Jail Mandi Bahauddin
  • District Jail Gujrat
  • Sub Jail Chakwal
  • Central Jail Faisalabad
  • Central Jail Mianwali
  • Borstal Institution and Juvenile Jail Faisalabad
  • District Jail Faisalabad
  • District Jail Jhang
  • District Jail Toba Tek Singh
  • District Jail Sargodha
  • District Jail Shahpur

 Peru[]

  • Miguel Castro Castro prison[5]

R[]

 Romania[]

For prisons in Romania, see List of prisons in Romania.

 Russia[]

Remand prisons[]

  • Butyrka Prison, Moscow
  • Matrosskaya Tishina, Moscow
  • Kresty Prison, Saint Petersburg
  • Biysk Prison, Biysk
  • Yekaterinburg Remand Prison, Yekaterinburg
  • Makhachkala Prison, Makhachkala
  • Simferpol Prison, Simferopol

Former KGB remand prisons[]

  • Lubyanka Prison, Moscow
  • Lefortovo Prison, Moscow
  • Bolshoy Dom, Saint Petersburg

Maximum security prisons[]

  • Pyatak Prison, Ognenny Ostrov
  • Vladimir Central Prison, Vladimir
  • Samara Penitentiary, Samara
  • Black Dolphin Prison, Sol-Iletsk
  • White Swan (prison), Solikamsk
  • Black Eagle Prison, Ivdel
  • Snowy Owl Prison, Kharp
  • Saransk Prison, Saransk
  • Sosnovka Prison, Sosnovka
  • Saratov Prison, Saratov
  • Petek Island Prison
  • Mordovia Prison, Mordovia
  • Minusinskaya Prison, Minusinsk
  • Tomsk Prison, Tomsk
  • Volgograd Prison, Volgograd
  • Kopeysk Prison, Kopeysk
  • Ryazan Prison, Ryazan
  • Krasnodar Prison, Krasnodar
  • Petrozavodsk Prison, Petrozavodsk
  • Yekaterinburg Prison, Yekaterinburg
  • Tula Prison, Shchyokino (town), Tula Oblast
  • Priuralsky Prison, Priuralsky District

S[]

 Saudi Arabia[]

 Singapore[]

Prisons
  • Changi Prison Complex
Drug Rehabilitation Centres
Former prisons and detention centres
  • Changi Prison

 Slovakia[]

  • , Ilava
  • Leopoldov Prison, Leopoldov

 Spain[]

Operational prisons[]

Reference[6]

Former prisons[]

Prisons planned and under construction[]

  • , Tàrrega, Lleida
  • , el Catllar, Tarragona
  • , Barcelona

 Sudan[]

  • Kobar Prison

 Sweden[]

  Switzerland[]

For prisons in Switzerland, see List of prisons in Switzerland.

 Syria[]

T[]

 Taiwan[]

  • Taipei Prison

 Thailand[]

  • Buddha Monthon Temporary Prison, Dhaveevatthana Palace (part of Klong Prem Central Prison)[9]
  • Bang Kwang Central Prison, Nonthaburi Province
  • , Phetchabun Province
  • , Nong Khai Province

Remand prisons[]

Thailand has four remand prisons:[10]

  • Bangkok Remand Prison[11]
  • Minburi Remand Prison
  • Pattaya Remand Prison (Chonburi Province)
  • Thonburi Remand Prison

 Turkey[]

For prisons in Turkey, see List of prisons in Turkey.

U[]

 United Arab Emirates[]

  • Dubai Central Jail, Al Aweer, Dubai[12][13]
    • Dubai Women's Central Jail
  • Sharjah Reformatory and Punitive Establishment (SRPE)[14][15]

 United Kingdom[]

For prisons in the UK, see List of prisons in the United Kingdom.

 United States[]

For prisons in the United States, see List of U.S. federal prisons, Lists of United States state prisons, and List of U.S. military prisons.

V[]

 Vietnam[]

Y[]

 Yemen

Others[]

  • Abu Ghraib, Iraq
  • Bangkwang, Nonthaburi Province, Thailand, nicknamed the "Big Tiger"
  • Camp Boiro, Conakry, Guinea
  • Camp Crame, Manila, Philippines
  • , Zimbabwe
  • Devil's Island, French Guiana
  • , Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Hanoi Hilton, Hanoi, Vietnam (POW prison; historical)
  • Insein Prison, Myanmar
  • Palacio de Lecumberri, Mexico City, Mexico
  • Penal del Altiplano, Almoloya de Juárez, Mexico
  • Playa Negra (Black Beach), Equatorial Guinea
  • Robben Island, South Africa

References[]

  1. ^ Freymeyer, Christian (September 20, 2018). "The United States Can Stop Cameroon's Brutal Crackdown". Foreign Policy. The investigation alleged that more than 1,000 people, many of whom were arrested arbitrarily, were held in horrific conditions in Maroua Prison, located in the north of the country.
  2. ^ Solano, Gonzalo; Karmanau, Yuras; Bajak, Frank (2012-08-20). "Belarus dissident fighting extradition by Ecuador". San Jose Mercury News. AP. Archived from the original on 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
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  4. ^ "Transfer of 'El Chapo' to less-secure Mexican prison near US makes no sense, says former DEA head". Associated Press. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  5. ^ Aquino, Marco; Garrison, Cassandra (April 28, 2020). Bell, Alistair; Reese, Chris (eds.). "Death toll in Peru prison riot over coronavirus demands rises to nine". Reuters. The protest by inmates, who were also calling for pardons, began Monday afternoon at the Miguel Castro Castro prison, located in the San Juan de Lurigancho district, according to the National Penitentiary Institute (INPE).
  6. ^ Prisiones
  7. ^ David L. Phillips (5 July 2017). The Kurdish Spring: A New Map of the Middle East. Taylor & Francis. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-351-48036-9.
  8. ^ Perry, Tom (October 10, 2019). Kasolowsky, Raissa (ed.). "Turkey shelled prison holding IS foreign fighters Kurdish-led administration". Reuters. The shelling on Wednesday night targeted part of Chirkin prison in the city of Qamishli, the Kurdish-led authorities said in a statement.
  9. ^ Chachavalpongpun, Pavin (June 2, 2017). "Dhaveevatthana prison: hell on Earth in Thailand". The Japan Times. Retrieved June 13, 2020. Inside the sprawling Dhaveevatthana Palace in Bangkok is a prison built to lock up those betraying the trust of the new Thai king, Vajiralongkorn. On March 27, 2012, during the Yingluck Shinawatra administration, the Ministry of Justice issued an order regarding the construction of a prison within Dhaveevatthana Palace on a 60-sq.-meter plot of land. Named Buddha Monthon Temporary Prison, it is under the authority of the Klong Prem Central Prison. The Dhaveevatthana prison has been officially legalized, therefore permitting King Vajiralongkorn to imprison anyone under its roof legally. Some of his close confidants have been imprisoned there, from Suriyan Sucharitpolwong (better known as Moh Yong) to police Maj. Prakrom Warunprapha and Maj. Gen. Phisitsak Seniwongse na Ayutthaya. They were behind Vajiralongkorn’s “Bike for Mom” campaign in 2015, but were later found guilty of embezzling the project’s funds. All died in the Dhaveevatthana prison under mysterious circumstances.
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