Koror Jail is a
prison
A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, corre ...
located in
Palau
Palau,, officially the Republic of Palau and historically ''Belau'', ''Palaos'' or ''Pelew'', is an island country and microstate in the western Pacific. The nation has approximately 340 islands and connects the western chain of the ...
. It is the only prison in Palau, and it is located on the island of
Koror in a governmental centre between federal office buildings and the Palau National Congress. The 1 600 m
2 prison consists of two structures built in the 1970s and one constructed in the 1990s, and it is surrounded by an 2.4 m wire mesh fence and an 2.4 m concrete wall; a wall from the neighboring Ministry of Justice building also serves as a jail barrier.
By 2001, Koror Jail has become a tourist destination thanks to inmates who create and sell elaborate wooden
storyboards
A storyboard is a graphic organizer that consists of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence. The storyboarding process, in th ...
at a retail facility located on the jail's grounds.
References
Government buildings in Palau
Koror
Law of Palau
Buildings and structures in Koror
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