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Australian Capital Territory

Alexander Maconochie Centre The Alexander Maconochie Centre is an Australian prison, prison in the Australian Capital Territory, which detains maximum security, minimum security and Remand (detention), remand prisoner, inmates, both male and female. It is located in Hume, ...

* Periodic Detention Centre

New South Wales

Bathurst Correctional Centre Bathurst Correctional Centre, originally built as Bathurst Gaol in 1888, is a prison for men and women located in the city of Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, and operated by the Department of Communities and Justice. Bathurst holds inmates ...

Berrima Correctional Centre The Berrima Correctional Centre is an Australian prison, located at Berrima, New South Wales. The Centre was operational between 1839 and 2011 with a number of breaks in between, and was re-opened in September 2016. Initially established as Ber ...

* Brewarrina (Yetta Dhinnakkal) Centre *

Broken Hill Correctional Centre Broken Hill Correctional Centre, formerly Broken Hill Gaol, is an Australian punishment in Australia, minimum and medium security prison for men and women located in Broken Hill, New South Wales, around from Sydney. Opened in 1892, it is the f ...

Cessnock Correctional Centre Cessnock Correctional Centre, an Australian prison, minimum and maximum security prison for males, is located in Cessnock, New South Wales, Cessnock, New South Wales. The centre is operated by Corrective Services NSW an government agency, agency ...

* Cooma Correctional Centre * Defence Force Correctional Establishment *

Dillwynia Women's Correctional Centre Dillwynia Correctional Centre is a prison for women located on the grounds of the Francis Greenway Correctional Complex in Berkshire Park, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. The centre is operated by the Corrective Services division of the New S ...

Emu Plains Correctional Centre Emu Plains Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum security prison for females, is located on Old Bathurst Rd, Emu Plains, New South Wales. The centre is operated by Corrective Services NSW an agency of the Department of Attorney General and ...

Glen Innes Correctional Centre The Glen Innes Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum security prison for males, is located on the Gwydir Highway, near Glen Innes, New South Wales. The centre is operated by Corrective Services NSW an agency of the Department of Attorney ...

Goulburn Correctional Centre The Goulburn Correctional Centre, (also known as The Circle) is an Australian supermaximum security prison for males. It is located in Goulburn, New South Wales, three kilometres north-east of the central business district. The facility is operat ...

Grafton Correctional Centre The former Grafton Gaol, later called the Grafton Correctional Centre and then Grafton Intake and Transient Centre is a heritage-listed former medium security prison for males and females, located in , Clarence Valley Council, New South Wales, A ...

Ivanhoe (Warakirri) Correctional Centre The Ivanhoe (Warakirri) Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum security prison for males, is located in Ivanhoe, New South Wales. The centre is operated by Corrective Services NSW an agency of the Department of Attorney General and Justice o ...

John Morony Correctional Complex Francis Greenway Correctional Complex, formerly John Morony Correctional Complex is an Australian minimum security prison complex for males and females located in Berkshire Park, south of Windsor in New South Wales, Australia. The complex is o ...

Junee Correctional Centre Junee Correctional Centre is a prison in Junee, Australia, operated by GEO Group Australia under a contract with the New South Wales state government. The prison houses sentenced male inmates with a maximum, medium or minimum security classifica ...

Kirkconnell Correctional Centre Kirkconnell Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum security prison for males, is located east of Bathurst, New South Wales. The Centre is located in the Sunny Corner State Forest and has a fully trained bushfire fighting team comprising b ...

Lithgow Correctional Centre Lithgow Correctional Centre is a prison near Lithgow, Australia, operated by Corrective Services NSW, an agency of the New South Wales state government. The prison houses sentenced male inmates with a maximum security classification. History D ...

Long Bay Correctional Centre The Long Bay Correctional Complex, commonly called Long Bay, is a correctional facility comprising a heritage-listed maximum and minimum security prison for males and females and a hospital to treat prisoners, psychiatric cases and remandees, loc ...

Mannus Correctional Centre Mannus Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum security prison for males, is located south of Tumbarumba, New South Wales. The centre is operated by Corrective Services NSW an agency of the Department of Attorney General and Justice of the ...

Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre The Silverwater Correctional Complex, an Australian prison, maximum and minimum security prison complex for males and females, is located in Silverwater, New South Wales, Silverwater, west of the Sydney central business district in New South Wa ...

Mid North Coast Correctional Centre The Mid North Coast Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum to maximum security prison for males and females, is located in Aldavilla, West Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, north of Sydney. The facility is operated by Corrective Service ...

Mulawa Correctional Centre The Silverwater Correctional Complex, an Australian maximum and minimum security prison complex for males and females, is located in Silverwater, west of the Sydney central business district in New South Wales, Australia. The complex is operat ...

Oberon Correctional Centre Oberon Correctional Centre is an Australian minimum security prison for young male offenders located in Gurnang, from Oberon, New South Wales. The centre is operated by Corrective Services NSW an agency of the Department of Attorney General an ...

Parklea Correctional Centre Parklea Correctional Centre, a privately managed Australian maximum and minimum security prison for males, is located at Parklea, in the north-western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. The facility is operated by MTC Ventia and has a current ...

Parramatta Correctional Centre The Parramatta Correctional Centre is a heritage-listed former medium security prison for males on the corner of O'Connell and Dunlop Streets, North Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was in operation between 1798 and 2011. The ...

Silverwater Correctional Centre The Silverwater Correctional Complex, an Australian maximum and minimum security prison complex for males and females, is located in Silverwater, west of the Sydney central business district in New South Wales, Australia. The complex is operat ...

St Heliers Correctional Centre St Heliers Correctional Centre is a prison farm for men located outside the town of Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia, and operated by the Corrective Services division of the State Department of Justice. St Heliers generally holds offende ...

Tamworth Correctional Centre Tamworth Correctional Centre, an Australian medium security prison for males, is located in Tamworth, New South Wales, north of Sydney. The facility is operated by Corrective Services NSW, an agency of the Department of Attorney General and Ju ...

Wellington Correctional Centre Wellington Correctional Centre, an Australian maximum security prison for males and females, is located in Wellington, New South Wales, Australia, west of Sydney. The facility is operated by Corrective Services NSW, an agency of the Departm ...

Northern Territory

Alice Springs Correctional Centre The Alice Springs Correctional Centre, an Australian medium to maximum security prison for males and females, is located outside Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. The centre is managed by Northern Territory Correctional Services, an ...

Alice Springs Juvenile Holding Centre The Alice Springs Youth Detention Centre formerly known as Alice Springs Juvenile Holding Centre is an Australian medium to maximum security prison for juvenile males and females located in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. Facili ...

Berrimah Prison Berrimah may refer to: * Berrimah, Northern Territory, suburb * Electoral division of Berrimah * Berrimah Power Station * Berrimah Prison Berrimah may refer to: * Berrimah, Northern Territory, suburb * Electoral division of Berrimah * Berrimah Pow ...

Darwin Correctional Centre The Darwin Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum to maximum security prison for males and females, is approximately by road from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The centre is managed by Northern Territory Department of Correction ...

Don Dale Youth Detention Centre The Don Dale Youth Detention Centre is a facility for juvenile detention in the Northern Territory, Australia, located in Berrimah, east of Darwin. It is a detention centre for male and female juvenile delinquents. The facility is named after D ...

Wildman River Wilderness Work Camp Wildman River Wilderness Work Camp was an Australian minimum security prison for juvenile males located in the Northern Territory of Australia in the Mary River National Park about from the territory capital of Darwin. Facilities Establi ...

Queensland

Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre is a high security Remand Centre for males, primarily accommodating individuals who a Judge or Magistrate has ordered must be held in custody as they await, and during, trial. The centre is located on the Ipswic ...

Brisbane Correctional Centre Brisbane Correctional Centre, formerly the Sir David Longland Correctional Centre, is a prison facility located at Wacol (near Brisbane), Queensland, Australia, which was renovated and re-opened in June 2008. The complex houses a water conservati ...

Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre is an Australian prison, located at Wacol, Brisbane. It was commissioned on 28 May 1999. Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre replaced the old Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre, located at Wacol. The centr ...

Capricornia Correctional Centre The Capricornia Correctional Centre is located in Central Queensland, Australia, and services mainly the Rockhampton and Central Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location o ...

Lotus Glen Correctional Centre Lotus Glen Correctional Centre is an Australian prison facility located 14 km south of Mareeba and 20 km north of Atherton in the locality of Arriga in Far North Queensland. Lotus Glen provides a correctional service for high, mediu ...

Maryborough Correctional Centre Maryborough Correctional Centre is a prison located at Stein Road, Aldershot, Queensland, Australia, approximately north-west of Maryborough. The Maryborough Correctional Centre is a multi-purpose, secure custody facility which accommodates ...

Numinbah Correctional Centre Numinbah Correctional Centre is an open prison on a reserve 100 km south of Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, ...

Palen Creek Correctional Centre Palen Creek Correctional Centre is situated about 100 km south west of Brisbane in the rural community of Rathdowney. HM Prison Palen Creek was established in 1934. This was the first prison in the Commonwealth to have absolutely no securit ...

Southern Queensland Correctional Centre The Southern Queensland Correctional Centre (SQCC) is an Australian prison facility located in the Lockyer Valley, 15 km north from Gatton, and 94 km west from Brisbane, Queensland. The 300-bed minimum to maximum security prison for females wa ...

Toowoomba Prison Toowoomba Gaol is a historic prison site in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. History of site The original Toowoomba Gaol opened in 1864. William Murphy (who served in the Crimean War) became first Governor of the Toowoomba Gaol. Female prisone ...

Townsville Correctional Centre Townsville Correctional Centre is an Australian prison facility in Stuart, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. The facility has been known in the past as "Her Majesty's Penal Establishment Stewart's Creek", "H.M. Prison Townsville", "Stuart Priso ...

Wolston Correctional Centre Wolston Correctional Centre is an Australian high-security prison facility in Wacol, Queensland, Australia. Wolston is a 'protection' prison, and as such houses many paedophiles, sex offenders and high-profile prisoners. In addition to those cl ...

Woodford Correctional Centre Woodford Correctional Centre is an Australian prison facility located on Neurum Road, Woodford, City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, approximately 80 kilometres north from Brisbane and 30 kilometres from Caboolture. It is a hi ...

South Australia

Adelaide Pre-Release Centre The Adelaide Pre-Release Centre is a minimum security Australian prison in the Adelaide suburb of Northfield. It is the main pre-release facility in South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern cent ...

Adelaide Remand Centre The Adelaide Remand Centre is a maximum-security prison facility located in Adelaide, South Australia, used to hold prisoners on remand pending trial. It is located in Currie Street in the Adelaide central business district. it has a capacity ...

* Adelaide Women's Prison *

Cadell Training Centre Cadell Training Centre is an Australian minimum security prison located in Cadell, South Australia, approximately 180 km north-east of Adelaide and 10 km from the town of Morgan. Named for the town of Cadell which is itself named afte ...

Mobilong Prison Mobilong Prison is an Australian low and medium security prison for men located at Murray Bridge, South Australia Murray Bridge (formerly Mobilong and Edwards Crossing) is a city in the Australian state of South Australia, located east-south ...

Mount Gambier Prison Mount Gambier Prison is an Australian prison located in Moorak immediately south of Mount Gambier. It is managed and operated by G4S. Prison life The prison accommodates medium and low security male sentenced and remand prisoners. Short-term ...

Port Augusta Prison Port Augusta Prison is a prison located in Stirling North just south of Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia. The prison has facilities for high, medium and low security prisoners including protectees and special needs prisoners. With a cap ...

* Port Lincoln Prison *

Yatala Labour Prison Yatala Labour Prison is a high-security men's prison located in the north-eastern part of the northern Adelaide suburb Northfield, South Australia. It was built in 1854 to enable prisoners to work at Dry Creek, quarrying rock for roads and con ...

Tasmania

Ashley Youth Detention Centre The Ashley Youth Detention Centre is a Youth detention centre outside Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia. It is the only such centre in Tasmania and has a capacity of 51 beds for 10 to 18 year old offenders. The site was originally an experimental agr ...

Hobart Remand Centre The Hobart Reception Centre, formerly the Hobart Remand Centre, an Australian maximum security prison for male and female inmates held on remand, is located in Hobart, Tasmania. The facility is operated by the Tasmanian Prison Service, an ag ...

Launceston Remand Centre Launceston Reception Centre, formerly the Launceston Remand Centre, an Australian maximum security prison for male and female inmates held on remand, is located in Launceston, Tasmania. The facility is operated by the Tasmanian Prison Service, ...

Mary Hutchinson Women's Prison Mary Hutchinson Women's Prison, formerly Risdon Women's Prison, an Australian minimum to maximum security prison for females, is located in Risdon Vale, Tasmania. The facility is operated by the Tasmanian Prison Service, an agency of the Depa ...

Risdon Prison Complex Risdon Prison Complex is an Australian medium to maximum security prison for males located in Risdon Vale near Hobart, Tasmania. The facility is operated by the Tasmanian Prison Service, an agency of the Department of Justice of the Governme ...

Victoria

* Acheron Boys Home *

Beechworth Correctional Centre The Beechworth Correctional Centre is a minimum security prison, located in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia. It was opened in January 2005 as a replacement for the now-closed HM Prison Beechworth. Accommodation in the prison is made up of seve ...

Dame Phyllis Frost Centre Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, formerly the Deer Park Metropolitan Women's Correctional Centre (MWCC) is a maximum security women's prison located at Deer Park, Victoria, Australia. Built in 1996, it was the first privately-owned prison in Victoria, ...

Fulham Correctional Centre Fulham Correctional Centre is a medium security Australian prison located in Hopkins Road, Sale, Victoria, Australia. The prison consists of mainstream medium and minimum (fenced and unfenced) security cell blocks, management (solitary), and a ...

HM Prison Barwon HM Prison Barwon or informally Barwon Prison, an Australian high risk and maximum security prison for males, is located from the township of Lara, near Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The facility is operated by Corrections Victoria, part of t ...

HM Prison Dhurringile HM Prison Dhurringile is a minimum security prison located in Dhurringile, Victoria, Dhurringile, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. Situated 160 km north of Melbourne near Murchison, Victoria, Murchison, it is based around the hist ...

* HM Prison Langi Kal Kal *

HM Prison Loddon HM Prison Loddon is an Australian low-medium security prison, located in Central Victoria, Australia, approximately four kilometres from the centre of Castlemaine and 128 km north-west of Melbourne. Loddon is a campus style prison, withi ...

HM Prison Tarrengower HM Prison Tarrengower is a women's prison located in Maldon, Victoria, Australia. It focuses on release preparation for the women, and provides them with programs and employment opportunities, also allowing them to build confidence and skill s ...

Hopkins Correctional Centre (Ararat) Hopkins Correctional Centre is an Australian medium security protection prison for males, located in Ararat, Victoria, approximately west of Melbourne. The centre is operated by Corrections Victoria, part of the Department of Justice of the ...

Marngoneet Correctional Centre Marngoneet Correctional Centre is a 559-bed medium security Australian prison in Lara, Victoria, Australia, located adjacent to maximum security HM Prison Barwon. Marngoneet Correctional Centre officially opened on 3 March 2006. The Marngone ...

Melbourne Youth Justice Centre Melbourne Youth Justice Centre (formerly Melbourne Juvenile Justice Centre and Turana Youth Training Centre) is a youth corrections facility located in Parkville, Victoria, Australia. The facility is designed to accommodate 15- to 17-year-ol ...

Metropolitan Remand Centre The Metropolitan Remand Centre (abbreviated and commonly referred to as MRC) is an Australian prison located at Ravenhall, Victoria, approximately 20 kilometres from the Melbourne CBD on the Western Freeway (Deer Park Bypass). The prison is a ma ...

Port Phillip Prison Port Phillip Prison is a maximum security prison located at Truganina, Victoria, Australia. It is Victoria's largest maximum security prison, able to accommodate up to 1117 prisoners. The prison is privately operated on behalf of the Governme ...

* Turana Youth Training Centre * Ravenhall Prison

Western Australia

Acacia Prison Acacia Prison is a medium security prison facility located in Wooroloo, Western Australia. The prison was opened in May 2001. Acacia was the first privately managed prison in Western Australia and was managed by Australian Integration Managemen ...

* Albany Regional Prison *

Bandyup Women's Prison Bandyup Women's Prison is located in the northeastern rural Perth suburb of West Swan, Western Australia. Prior to its construction, the female prisoners were at Fremantle Prison, which was overcrowded and offered women limited opportunities. B ...

Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre is an Australian juvenile prison facility for offenders aged 10–17 years, located at Canning Vale, Western Australia. It was opened in September 1997 to replace Longmore Detention Centre in Bentley. ...

* Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women *

Broome Regional Prison Broome Regional Prison is an Australian prison in Broome, Western Australia. It is one of two prisons in Western Australia's Kimberley region. In 2012 it was announced that the prison would be closed in 2015 following the opening of the West ...

Bunbury Regional Prison Bunbury Regional Prison is a multi-security prison located in College Grove, a southern suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia. It opened in February 1971, and the minimum-security block was commissioned in 1982. Self-care units were added in 19 ...

Casuarina Prison Casuarina Prison is the main maximum-security prison for Western Australia, located in the Perth, Western Australia suburb of Casuarina. The prison accommodates minimum-, medium- and maximum-security prisoners. It was opened in 1991 to replace ...

Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison is an Australian 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 ...

Greenough Regional Prison Greenough Regional Prison is an Australian prison located in Narngulu, a suburb of Geraldton, Western Australia. The prison was opened in 1984 and had an operational capacity of 328 as of November 2012. The prison houses prisoners from around t ...

Hakea Prison Hakea Prison is a maximum security prison for males, located in Canning Vale, Western Australia. The facility is managed by the Department of Justice on behalf of the Government of Western Australia The Government of Western Australia, form ...

Karnet Prison Farm Karnet Prison Farm is a minimum-security Western Australian prison located in Keysbrook State Forest, south of Perth, in the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale. The prison farm is located on a property and produces most of the vegetables, meat, ...

* Melaleuca Remand and Reintegration Facility *

Pardelup Prison Farm Pardelup Prison Farm is an Australian minimum-security prison located on a mixed farming operation west of Mount Barker, Western Australia. The prison is unique to the region, with its focus on providing constructive work for prisoners to he ...

Roebourne Regional Prison Roebourne Regional Prison is an Australian prison near Roebourne in the City of Karratha in the Pilbara region of Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of th ...

Wandoo Reintegration Facility Wandoo Rehabilitation Prison, formerly Wandoo Reintegration Facility, is an Australian minimum and medium security prison for women located in Murdoch, Western Australia, Murdoch, Western Australia. The prison commenced operation in August 2018 ...

West Kimberley Regional Prison West Kimberley Regional Prison is an Australian prison near Derby in the Kimberley region of north-western Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land ...

Wooroloo Prison Farm Wooroloo Prison Farm is an Australian minimum-security prison located in Wooroloo, Western Australia. It was established in 1972 under an arrangement that it would offer some of its amenities to the community of Wooroloo. It was previously the si ...

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Carandiru Penitentiary Carandiru Penitentiary, officially São Paulo House of Detention (Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Casa de Detenção de São Paulo'') was a prison located in São Paulo, Brazil. The prison was designed and built by Samuel das Neves in 1920, wh ...

(closed and demolished) - In 1992, the prison was the site of the

Carandiru massacre The Carandiru massacre ( pt, Massacre do Carandiru, ) occurred on Friday, 2 October 1992, in Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil, when military police stormed the penitentiary following a prison riot. The massacre, which left 111 prison ...

. * Presidente Bernardes Provisional Readaptation Center (

Presidente Bernardes, São Paulo Presidente Bernardes is a municipality in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo in Brazil. The town was named after former president Arthur Bernardes. The population is 13,023 (2020 est.) in an area of 749 km2. The elevation is 429 m. R ...

, Brazil) - inspired by the Supermax standards, although prisoners can only stay there for a maximum of 2 years. * Catanduvas Federal Penitentiary ( 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 Federal Penitentiary (

Campo Grande Campo Grande (, ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul in the Center-West region of the country. The city is nicknamed ''Cidade Morena'' ("Swarthy City" in Portuguese) because of the reddish-brown colour ...

Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul () is one of the Midwestern states of Brazil. Neighboring Brazilian states are (from north clockwise) Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Paraná. It also borders the countries of Paraguay, to the southwest, and ...

, Brazil) - It houses the most dangerous prisoners in the country, as Fernandinho Beira-Mar, the

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* Maroua Prison *

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* Yoko Prison, Adamaoua

Bío Bío Region

* Chillán Public Prison,

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* El Manzano, Concepción

Los Ríos Region

* Isla Teja Prison (closed),

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* Complejo Penitenciario de Valdivia,

Santiago Metropolitan Region

* Ex Penitenciaría de Santiago,

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* San Miguel Prison,

* Santiago Public Prison (closed),

List of prisons in Anhui This is a list of prisons within Anhui province of the People's Republic of China. References {{Reflist Anhui Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China re ...

List of prisons in Beijing This is a list of prisons within Beijing municipality of the People's Republic of China. Many are operated by the Beijing Municipal Administration of Prisons. Sources

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* List of prisons in Chongqing * List of prisons in Fujian * List of prisons in Gansu * List of prisons in Guangdong * List of prisons in Guangxi * List of prisons in Guizhou *

List of prisons in Hainan Sources * {{cite web, url=http://www.laogai.it/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/laogai-handbook.pdf , title=Laogai Handbook 2007-2008 , date=October 2008 , isbn=978-1-931550-25-3 , format=PDF , language=Chinese, English , publisher=Laogai Research F ...

List of prisons in Hebei This is a list of prisons within Hebei province of the People's Republic of China. Sources * {{cite web, url=http://www.laogai.it/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/laogai-handbook.pdf , title=Laogai Handbook 2007-2008 , date=October 2008 , isbn=978- ...

* List of prisons in Heilongjiang *

List of prisons in Henan This is a list of prisons within Henan province of the People's Republic of China. Sources * {{cite web, url=http://www.laogai.it/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/laogai-handbook.pdf , title=Laogai Handbook 2007-2008 , date=October 2008 , isbn=978- ...

List of prisons in Hong Kong This is a list of prisons in Hong Kong managed (or previously managed) by the Correctional Services Department. ; Hong Kong Island *Cape Collinson Correctional Institution, Cape Collinson, Hong Kong Island :(Male young offenders undergoing tra ...

List of prisons in Hubei This is a list of prisons within Hubei province of the People's Republic of China. Sources

* {{cite web, url=http://www.laogai.it/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/laogai-handbook.pdf , title=Laogai Handbook 2007-2008 , date=October 2008 , isbn= ...

* List of prisons in Hunan * List of prisons in Inner Mongolia *

List of prisons in Jiangsu This is a list of prisons in Jiangsu. Sources

* {{cite web, url=http://www.laogai.it/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/laogai-handbook.pdf , title=Laogai Handbook 2007-2008 , date=October 2008 , isbn=978-1-931550-25-3 , format=PDF , language=Chine ...

* List of prisons in Jiangxi province * List of prisons in Jilin * List of prisons in Liaoning * List of prisons in Ningxia *

List of prisons in Qinghai This is a list of prisons within Qinghai province of the People's Republic of China. Sources *{{cite web, url=http://www.laogai.it/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/laogai-handbook.pdf , title=Laogai Handbook 2007-2008 , date=October 2008 , isbn=978 ...

List of prisons in Shaanxi This is a list of prisons within Shaanxi province of the People's Republic of China. Sources *{{cite web, url=http://www.laogai.it/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/laogai-handbook.pdf , title=Laogai Handbook 2007-2008 , date=October 2008 , isbn=978 ...

* List of prisons in Shandong *

List of prisons in Shanghai Below is a list of prisons within Shanghai in the People's Republic of China. References

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List of prisons in Shanxi province This is a list of prisons within Shanxi province of the People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1 ...

List of prisons in Sichuan This is a list of prisons within Sichuan province of the People's Republic of China. Sources *{{cite web, url=http://www.laogai.it/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/laogai-handbook.pdf , title=Laogai Handbook 2007-2008 , date=October 2008 , isbn=978 ...

* List of prisons in Tianjin *

List of prisons in the Tibet Autonomous Region This is a list of prisons within Tibet Autonomous Region province of the People's Republic of China. This list does not include detention centres, which are not classed as prisons in China. References * {{refend Buildings and structures ...

* List of prisons in Xinjiang * List of prisons in Yunnan * List of prisons in Zhejiang

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

County prisons

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

State prisons, penitentiaries and prison hospitals

* Glina *

Lepoglava Lepoglava is a town in Varaždin County, northern Croatia, located southwest of Varaždin, west of Ivanec, and northeast of Krapina. Demographics A total of 8,283 residents in the municipality (2011 census) live in the following settlements: * ...

* Lipovica-Popovača * Požega * Turopolja * Valtura * Zagreb prison hospital

Former regime prisons and penal colonies

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

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Blegdamsvej Prison Blegdamsvej Prison (Danish: Blegdamsvejens Fængsel) is a prison operated by Københavns Fængsler on Blegdamsvej in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. Established in 1848, it is the oldest prison building still in use in Denmark. His ...

Copenhagen Police Headquarters The Copenhagen Police Headquarters building ( da, Københavns Politigård) is located on Polititorvet southwest of the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark. Designed by Hack Kampmann and Aage Rafn in 1924 in the Neoclassical style, often referred to as ...

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Horsens Statsfængsel Horsens Statsfængsel (Horsens State Prison), formerly called Horsens Straffeanstalt (Horsens Correctional Institution), is a former prison in Horsens, Denmark. Today it is a crime and prison museum under the name Horsens Prison Museum (Fængsel ...

(''closed 2006, now a prison museum'') *

Horserød camp Horserød Camp (also Horserød State Prison, Danish: ''Horserødlejren'' or ''Horserød Statsfængsel'') is an open state prison at Horserød, Denmark located in North Zealand, approximately seven kilometers from Helsingør. Built in 1917, Hor ...

Institution of Herstedvester Herstedvester Prison ( da, Herstedvester Fængsel) is a prison in Herstedvester, Greater Copenhagen, Denmark, for treatment by the Danish Prison and Probation Service. It houses convicted felons and in some cases also people with custody rulings ...

* Nytorv Prison (for short-term imprisonment, a few hours or less, in between transport to/from another prison and sentencing at Copenhagen City Court) * State Prison in Jyderup * State Prison in Møgelkær (''closed 2018, facilities maintained and can open again if necessary'') * State Prison in Nyborg * State Prison in Renbæk *

State Prison in Ringe State Prison in Ringe was built in 1976 and is a closed prison near the town of Ringe in the country of Denmark. The prison's seven departments have a total capacity of 86 and receives both men and women from across the country from the age of ...

* State Prison at Sdr. Omme * State Prison at Søbysøgård * State Prison in Vridsløselille (''closed 2016'') * State Prison of Central Jutland *

State Prison of East Jutland Enner Mark Prison ( Danish: Enner Mark Fængsel), until February 2016 the State Prison of East Jutland ( Danish: Statsfængslet Østjylland), is a modern and purpose-built closed prison in Denmark. It is the first since the establishment of the St ...

* State Prison of Kragskovhede *

Vestre Prison Vestre Prison ( da, Vestre Fængsel) is the main jail of the Danish capital, Copenhagen. Erected in 1895, it is Denmark's largest prison with a total capacity of 530 inmates. It primarily houses pretrial detainees, not convicted felons. History ...

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* Isla Isabela (historical, as penal colony) * Prison 1,

Quito Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley o ...

Scorpion Prison The Al-Aqrab Prison ( ar, سجن العقرب, lit=The Scorpion Prison; official name Tora Prison 992 Maximum-Security) is a supermax prison in Helwan, Egypt, south of Cairo. It is used for political prisoners and opponents of the Egyptian governm ...

Tora Prison Tora Prison ( arz, سجن طره '; ) is an Egyptian prison complex for criminal and political detainees, located in Tora, Egypt. The complex is situated in front of the Tora El Balad metro station. The main buildings in the Tora Prison complex ar ...

Wadi el-Natrun Prison Wadi el-Natrun Prison ( ar, سجن وادي النطرون) is an Egyptian prison complex in the Beheira Governorate, north of Cairo. It consists of two separate facilities 5 kilometers apart.Ali Abdel MohsenLocal recounts prisoners' tales of force ...

* Nakura, Dahlak Archipelago

*Ämari Prison,

Ämari Ämari is a Populated places in Estonia, small borough ( et, alevik) in Lääne-Harju Parish, Harju County, northern Estonia. As of 2011 Estonia Census, 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 542, of which the Estonians were 190 (35.1%). ...

(''closed 2007'') *

Fat Margaret Fat Margaret (, ) is a tower in Tallinn, Estonia. Nowadays, the tower is home to Estonian Maritime Museum. The tower was built in the early 16th century (from 1511 to 1530) during the reconstruction of the medieval city gate system. The etymology ...

(),

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

(''1830s–1917'') *

Haapsalu Castle Haapsalu Castle (also Haapsalu Episcopal Castle, et, Haapsalu piiskopilinnus, or more simply ''Bishop's Castle'') is a castle with cathedral in Haapsalu, Estonia, founded in the thirteenth century as the seat of the Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek. Ac ...

(''historic'') *Harju Gate,

(''historic, demolished'') *

Harku Prison Harku Prison ( et, Harku vangla) was an Estonian prison. The prison was located in Harku, Harju County. The prison was established in 1926. 1965 the prison was adapted to women's prison. 2011 Harku Prison was merged to Murru Prison. 2016 Har ...

Harku Harku (german: Hark) is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Harku Parish, Harju County, northern Estonia. As of 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 868, of which the Estonians were 539 (62.1%). Harku was first mentioned probably in 12 ...

(''for women; founded 1920s'') *

Jägala concentration camp Jägala concentration camp was a labour camp of the Estonian Security Police and SD during the German occupation of Estonia during World War II. The camp was established in August 1942 on a former artillery range of the Estonian Army near the vi ...

, Jägala (''1942–1943, during

German occupation German-occupied Europe refers to the sovereign countries of Europe which were wholly or partly occupied and civil-occupied (including puppet governments) by the military forces and the government of Nazi Germany at various times between 1939 an ...

'') *

Klooga concentration camp Klooga concentration camp was a Nazi forced labor subcamp of the Vaivara concentration camp complex established in September 1943 in Harju County, during World War II, in German-occupied Estonia near the village of Klooga. The Vaivara camp comple ...

, Klooga (''1943–1944, during

'') *Lasnamäe Prison,

(''19th century'') *Maardu Prison,

Maardu Maardu (german: Maart) is a town and a municipality in Harju County, Estonia. It is part of Tallinn metropolitan area. The town covers an area of 22.76 km² and has a population of 16,170 (as of 1 January 2021). The Port of Muuga, the l ...

(''closed'') *

Murru Prison Murru Prison ( et, Murru vangla) was an Estonian prison. It was located in Rummu, Harju County. The prison was established in 1938. Until 1970s, at the prison there operated stone industry. Industry's workers were mainly prisoners. In 1961, pa ...

Rummu Rummu is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Lääne-Harju Parish, Harju County, northern Estonia. As of the 2011 census, the settlement's population was 1,088, of which the Estonians Estonians or Estonian people ( et, eestlased) are a Fin ...

(''maximum; founded 1938'') *Pagari street,

(''1941, 1944–1991, during

Soviet occupation During World War II, the Soviet Union occupied and annexed several countries effectively handed over by Nazi Germany in the secret Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact of 1939. These included the eastern regions of Poland (incorporated into two different ...

'') *Pärnu Prison,

Pärnu Pärnu () is the fourth largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet o ...

(''closed'') *

Patarei Prison Patarei Prison ( Estonian: ''Patarei vangla''), also known as Patarei Sea Fortress and Tallinn Central Prison (''Tallinna Keskvangla''), commonly known as The Battery (''Patarei''), is a building complex in Kalamaja district of Tallinn, Estonia. ...

(Tallinn Central Prison),

(''closed, now Museum'') *

Tallinn Prison Tallinn Prison ( et, Tallinna vangla) is an Estonian prison, which is located at Soodevahe, Rae Parish, Harju County. Previously the prison was located at Magasini Street, Tallinn. The history of Tallinn Prison began in 1919 when Patarei Sea F ...

(''maximum; founded 1919'') *

Tartu Prison Tartu prison (Estonian: ''Tartu vangla'') is a prison located in the Ropka industrial district suburb of Tartu in Estonia. The prison was designed by architect Kalle Glad, EstKONSULT and constructed by Skanska EMV. The prison was founded in 2000 ...

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...

(''maximum; founded 2000'') *

Toompea Castle Toompea castle ( et, Toompea loss) is a medieval castle on Toompea hill in the central part of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. In modern times, it houses the Parliament of Estonia. History The Toompea castle's predecessor, an ancient Estonian ...

(''in the beginning of 20th century'') *

Vaivara concentration camp Vaivara was the largest of the 22 concentration and labor camps established in occupied Estonia by the Nazi regime during World War II. It had 20,000 Jewish prisoners pass through its gates, mostly from the Vilna and Kovno Ghettos, but also ...

, Vaivara (''1943–1944, during

'') *Viljandi Prison,

Viljandi Viljandi (, german: Fellin, sv, Fellin) is a town and municipality in southern Estonia with a population of 17,407 in 2019. It is the capital of Viljandi County and is geographically located between two major Estonian cities, Pärnu and Tartu ...

(''closed 2008'') *

Viru Prison Viru Prison ( et, Viru Vangla) is a regional prison in Jõhvi, Estonia. Estonian Ministry of Justice started preparations for establishment of Viru Prison in 2001, and the prison was officially established on July 13, 2006. Viru Prison complex ...

Jõhvi Jõhvi is a town in northeastern Estonia, and the administrative centre of the Ida-Viru County. The town is also an administrative centre of Jõhvi Parish. It is situated about 50 km west of the Estonia–Russia international border. ...

(''maximum; founded 2006'') *Võru Prison,

Võru Võru (; vro, Võro; german: Werro) is a town and a municipality in south-eastern Estonia. It is the capital of Võru County and the centre of Võru Parish. History Võru was founded on 21 August 1784, according to the wish of the Empress Cather ...

(''defunct'')

External links

Official Website of Estonian Prison Service
(in English)
Official Website of Patarei Prison - Culture Park

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

Helsinki County Prison The Helsinki County Prison ("Helsingin lääninvankila" in Finnish) in the Helsinki city quarters of Katajanokka was a prison that operated from 1837 to 2002. It was established in 1837 by Tsar Nikolai I by the side of the Helsinki Crown Prison, w ...

or Katajanokka Prison, so called "Nokka" or "Skatta" (1749–2002) * Sörnäinen Prison, so called "Sörkka",

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

Turku Prison Turku Prison (Finnish: ''Turun vankila'', Swedish: ''Åbo fängelse'') is the main correctional facility in southwestern Finland, located in the Saramäki district of Turku. It was formed in 2003 by the merger of the earlier Turku Central Priso ...

(formerly 'Kakola', 1853–2007) * Hämeenlinna Prison,

Hämeenlinna Hämeenlinna (; sv, Tavastehus; krl, Hämienlinna; la, Tavastum or ''Croneburgum'') is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Tavastia and the modern province of Kanta-Häme in the south of F ...

(situated in

Häme Castle Tavastia Castle or Häme Castle ( fi, Hämeen linna, sv, Tavastehus slott) is a medieval castle in Tavastia Proper, Finland. It is located in Hämeenlinna, the city between Helsinki and Tampere. Originally located on an island, the castle now sit ...

until 1953) *

Oulu Prison The Oulu Prison (earlier known as Oulu Provincial Prison) is a prison located in the Myllytulli neighbourhood in Oulu, Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in North ...

Oulu Oulu ( , ; sv, Uleåborg ) is a city, municipality and a seaside resort of about 210,000 inhabitants in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in northern Finland and the fifth most populous in the country after: ...

Riihimäki Prison Riihimäki Prison (Finnish: ''Riihimäen vankila'') is the main correctional facility in southern Finland, located in Riihimäki. It is a closed prison, with capacity for 223 inmates. Along with Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and ...

Riihimäki Riihimäki (literally "Drying barn hill") is a town and municipality in the south of Finland, about north of Helsinki and southeast of Tampere. An important railway junction is located in Riihimäki, since railway tracks from Riihimäki lead to ...

* Sukeva Prison,

Sonkajärvi Sonkajärvi (; formerly known as ''Rutakko'') is a municipality of Finland. It is located in Northern Savonia region, north of Kuopio. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . ...

* Konnunsuo Prison, Konnunsuo,

Lappeenranta Lappeenranta (; sv, Villmanstrand) is a city and municipality in the region of South Karelia, about from the Russian border and from the town of Vyborg (''Viipuri''). It is situated on the shore of the Lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland, and ...

(to be closed 2012) * Pelso Prison,

Vaala Vaala is a municipality in Finland. It is located in the North Ostrobothnia region. Established in 1954 (predecessor municipality ''Säräisniemi'', established in 1867), the municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which ...

External links

Official Website of Finnish Prison Service
(in English)

:''Listing from official website: http://www.justice.gouv.fr/minister/DAP/etablissement.htm'' *

The Bastille The Bastille (, ) was a fortress in Paris, known formally as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most of its history was used as a state prison by the kings of France. It was stor ...

, Paris ''(historic)'' *

Château d'If The Château d'If () is a fortress located on the Île d'If, the smallest island in the Frioul archipelago, situated about offshore from Marseille in southeastern France. Built in the 16th century, it later served as a prison until the end o ...

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

''(historic)'' *

Bagne of Toulon The Bagne of Toulon was the notorious prison in Toulon, France, made famous as the place of imprisonment of the fictional Jean Valjean, the hero of Victor Hugo's novel ''Les Misérables''. It was opened in 1748 and closed in 1873. Origins: the ...

''(historic)'' *

Clairvaux Prison Clairvaux Prison is a high-security prison in France, on the grounds of the former Clairvaux Abbey History Clairvaux Abbey was founded in 1115 by Bernard of Clairvaux. During the French Revolution, it became property of the State. In 1808, Napole ...

Fleury-Mérogis Prison Fleury-Mérogis Prison (''Maison d'arrêt de Fleury-Mérogis'') is a prison in France, located in the town of Fleury-Mérogis, in the southern suburbs of Paris. With more than 4,100 prisoners, it is the largest prison in France. It is operated b ...

Fresnes Prison Fresnes Prison ('' French Centre pénitentiaire de Fresnes'') is the second largest prison in France, located in the town of Fresnes, Val-de-Marne, south of Paris. It comprises a large men's prison (''maison d'arrêt'') of about 1200 cells, a smal ...

Fresnes, Val-de-Marne Fresnes () is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris, next to Antony, Sceaux and Rungis. It is drained by the River Bièvre. The Fresnes Prison, where Jean ...

, near Paris *

La Santé Prison La Santé Prison (named after its location on the Rue de la Santé) (french: Maison d'arrêt de la Santé or ) is a prison operated by the French Prison Service of the Ministry of Justice located in the east of the Montparnasse district of the ...

, Paris * Leandro Prison, Montpellier

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For a longer list of prisons in Germany see Liste der Justizvollzugsanstalten in Deutschland *

Brandenburg-Görden Prison Brandenburg-Görden Prison is located on Anton-Saefkow-Allee in the Görden quarter of Brandenburg an der Havel. Erected between 1927 and 1935, it was built to be the most secure and modern prison in Europe. Both criminal and political prisoners we ...

(now part of a larger complex called Justizvollzugsanstalt

Brandenburg an der Havel Brandenburg an der Havel () is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, which served as the capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg until it was replaced by Berlin in 1417. With a population of 72,040 (as of 2020), it is located on the banks of the H ...

) *

Ebrach Abbey Ebrach Abbey (german: Kloster Ebrach) is a former Cistercian monastery in Ebrach in Oberfranken, Bavaria, Germany, now used as a young offenders' institution. History Abbey The abbey, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist ...

Hohenasperg Hohenasperg, located in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg near Stuttgart, Germany, of which it is administratively part, is an ancient fortress and prison overlooking the town of Asperg. It was an important Celtic oppidum, and a number of ...

Hoheneck women's prison Hoheneck Women's Prison (German: ''Frauengefängnis Hoheneck'') was a women's correctional facility in operation between 1862 and 2001 in Stollberg, Germany. It became most notable as a detention facility for female political prisoners in East Ger ...

Landsberg Prison Landsberg Prison is a penal facility in the town of Landsberg am Lech in the southwest of the German state of Bavaria, about west-southwest of Munich and south of Augsburg. It is best known as the prison where Adolf Hitler was held in 1924, a ...

Spandau Prison Spandau Prison was located in the borough of Spandau in West Berlin. It was originally a military prison, built in 1876, but became a proto-concentration camp under the Nazis. After the war, it held seven top Nazi leaders convicted in the Nurem ...

, Berlin ''(demolished; had only one prisoner during its final 11 years)'' *

Stammheim Prison Stammheim Prison (german: Justizvollzugsanstalt Stuttgart-Stammheim) is a prison in Stuttgart, Baden Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the northern boundaries of Stuttgart in the city district of Stuttgart-Stammheim, right between fields a ...

Werl Prison Werl Prison has about 900 inmates, and is one of the largest prisons in Germany. It is located in the town of Werl in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, east of Dortmund. In April 1945, the 95th Infantry Division (United States) "Victory" divis ...

Werl Werl (; Westphalian: ''Wiärl'') is a town located in the district of Soest in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Werl is easily accessible because it is located between the Sauerland, Münsterland, and the Ruhr Area. The Hellweg road ...

There are 45 Prisons in Ghana which are managed by the

Ghana Prisons Service The Ghana Prisons Service is responsible for the safe custody of prisoners in Ghana, as well as their welfare, reformation and rehabilitation. It is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Interior. Administration The prisons service is go ...

. In all there are 14,324 prisoners of which 14,125 are males and 199 are females. * Nsawam Prison * Kumasi Prison * Ho Prison * Sunyani Prison

Korydallos Prison Korydallos Prison Complex is Greece's largest jail and contains the country's main maximum-security prison (Type B), housing both maximum-security men and women. It is located in Korydallos, Piraeus. Famous detainees include members of the anarc ...

Korydallos Korydallos ( el, Κορυδαλλός; Latin: ''Corydallus'') is a municipality in the Piraeus regional unit, Greece. It is a suburb of Piraeus. Geography Korydallos is situated southeast of the mountain Aegaleo. It is located 7 km west of c ...

* Ioannia Prison, Ioannia * Komotini Prison,

Komotini Komotini ( el, Κομοτηνή, tr, Gümülcine, bg, Комотини) is a city in the region of East Macedonia and Thrace, northeastern Greece. It is the capital of the Rhodope. It was the administrative centre of the Rhodope-Evros super-pr ...

* Corinth Prison,

Corinth Corinth ( ; el, Κόρινθος, Kórinthos, ) is the successor to an ancient city, and is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, which is located in south-central Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part o ...

* Thessaloniki Prison,

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...

Larissa Prison Larissa (; el, Λάρισα, , ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 144,651 according to the 2011 census. It is also capital of the Larissa regiona ...

Larissa Larissa (; el, Λάρισα, , ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 144,651 according to the 2011 census. It is also capital of the Larissa regiona ...

Nafplio Prison Nafplio ( ell, Ναύπλιο) is a coastal city located in the Peloponnese in Greece and it is the capital of the regional unit of Argolis and an important touristic destination. Founded in antiquity, the city became an important seaport in the ...

Nafplio Nafplio ( ell, Ναύπλιο) is a coastal city located in the Peloponnese in Greece and it is the capital of the regional unit of Argolis and an important touristic destination. Founded in antiquity, the city became an important seaport in the ...

* Neapolis Prison, Neapolis *

Tripoli Prison Tripoli or Tripolis may refer to: Cities and other geographic units Greece *Tripoli, Greece, the capital of Arcadia, Greece * Tripolis (region of Arcadia), a district in ancient Arcadia, Greece * Tripolis (Larisaia), an ancient Greek city in ...

Tripoli Tripoli or Tripolis may refer to: Cities and other geographic units Greece *Tripoli, Greece, the capital of Arcadia, Greece * Tripolis (region of Arcadia), a district in ancient Arcadia, Greece * Tripolis (Larisaia), an ancient Greek city in ...

* Chania Prison,

Chania Chania ( el, Χανιά ; vec, La Canea), also spelled Hania, is a city in Greece and the capital of the Chania regional unit. It lies along the north west coast of the island Crete, about west of Rethymno and west of Heraklion. The muni ...

* Chios Prison,

Chios Chios (; el, Χίος, Chíos , traditionally known as Scio in English) is the fifth largest Greek island, situated in the northern Aegean Sea. The island is separated from Turkey by the Chios Strait. Chios is notable for its exports of mastic ...

* Kos Prison,

Kos Kos or Cos (; el, Κως ) is a Greek island, part of the Dodecanese island chain in the southeastern Aegean Sea. Kos is the third largest island of the Dodecanese by area, after Rhodes and Karpathos; it has a population of 36,986 (2021 census), ...

* Amfissa Preventorium For Prisoners,

Amfissa Amfissa ( el, Άμφισσα , also mentioned in classical sources as Amphissa) is a town in Phocis, Greece, part of the municipality of Delphi, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 315.174 km2. It l ...

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* Állampusztai Országos Büntetés-végrehajtási Intézet, Állampuszta * Balassagyarmati Fegyház és Börtön,

Balassagyarmat Balassagyarmat (Hungarian: ; formerly ''Balassa-Gyarmath''; german: Jahrmarkt; sk, Balážske Ďarmoty or ) is a town in northern Hungary. It was the seat of the Nógrád comitatus. Balassagyarmat is the capital city of Palóc country as the promi ...

* Budapesti Fegyház és Börtön,

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

* Fiatalkorúak Büntetés-végrehajtási Intézete,

Tököl Tököl ( sh, Tukulja) is a town in Pest County, Hungary. Demography The majority of residents are Hungarians, with a minority of Bunjevci. Hungarian Uprising An Budapest-Tököl airfield (47 20 35 N / 18 59 20 E) was built during World War ...

Szirmabesenyő Szirmabesenyő ( sk, Bešeňovo) is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slov ...

Kecskemét Kecskemét ( , sk, Kečkemét) is a city with county rights central part Hungary. It is the eighth-largest city in the country, and the county seat of Bács-Kiskun. Kecskemét lies halfway between the capital Budapest and the country's third ...

* Kalocsai Börtön,

Kalocsa Kalocsa (; hr, Kaloča or ''Kalača''; sr, Kaloča or Калоча; german: Kollotschau) is a town in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary. It lies south of Budapest. It is situated in a marshy but highly productive district, near the left bank of the ...

* Márianosztrai Fegyház és Börtön,

Márianosztra Márianosztra is a village in Pest county, Hungary. Background Márianosztra is home to the Pauline monastery of Márianosztra. The monastery was founded by Louis the Great Louis I, also Louis the Great ( hu, Nagy Lajos; hr, Ludovik Velik ...

* Nagyfai Országos Büntetés-végrehajtási Intézet, Algyő-nagyfa * Pálhalmai Országos Büntetés-végrehajtási Intézet, Dunaújváros-pálhalma * Sátoraljaújhelyi Fegyház és Börtön,

Sátoraljaújhely Sátoraljaújhely (; archaic german: Neustadt am Zeltberg ; sk, Nové Mesto pod Šiatrom; yi, איהעל, Ihel, or ) is a town located in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county in northern Hungary along the Slovak border. It is east from the county ...

* Sopronkőhidai Fegyház és Börtön,

Sopronkőhida Sopronkőhida is a village in northwestern Hungary, 4 km north of the city Sopron and 5 km south of the border with Austria. Significance The village is the location of an infamous Hungarian military prison. Its notoriety stems from ...

* Szegedi Fegyház és Börtön,

Szeged Szeged ( , ; see also #Etymology, other alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat ...

'' Csillagbörtön / Star Prison'' * Tiszalöki Országos Büntetés-végrehajtási Intézet,

Tiszalök Tiszalök is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and, in 2015, had a population of 5,395. Notable people * Miklós Kocsis, sport shooter * Countess A ...

* Váci Fegyház és Börtön,

Vác Vác (; german: Waitzen; sk, Vacov; yi, ווייצען) is a town in Pest county in Hungary with approximately 35,000 inhabitants. The archaic spelling of the name is ''Vácz''. Location Vác is located north of Budapest on the eastern bank o ...

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* Banceuy Prison,

Bandung Bandung ( su, ᮘᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮀ, Bandung, ; ) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of West Java. It has a population of 2,452,943 within its city limits according to the official estimates as at mid 2021, making it the fourth most ...

(defunct) *

Kambangan Island Nusa Kambangan (also Nusakambangan, Kambangan island, or Nusa Kambangan Island) island is located in Indonesia, separated by a narrow strait from the south coast of Java; the closest port is Cilacap in Central Java province. It known as the place ...

Kerobokan Prison Kerobokan Penitentiary Institution ( id, Lembaga Pemasyarakatan Kerobokan, also known as LP Kerobokan, Kerobokan Prison or Hotel K) is a prison located in Kerobokan, Badung Regency, on the Indonesian island of Bali. Located 4 km (2.49 mil ...

Bali Bali () is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nu ...

* Denpasar Prison,

Denpasar Denpasar (; Balinese script, Balinese: ᬤᬾᬦ᭄ᬧᬲᬃ) is the capital of Bali and the main gateway to the island. The city is also a hub for other cities in the Lesser Sunda Islands. With the rapid growth of the tourism industry in Bali ...

Cipinang Penitentiary Institution Cipinang Penitentiary Institution ( id, Lembaga Pemasyarakatan Cipinang) is a top-security prison in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is exactly located in Cipinang Muara, Jatinegara, East Jakarta. History The prison was built by the Dutch colonial adminis ...

Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...

*Ahvaz ** Ahvaz Central Prison (Sheyban AKA Shiban prison) ** Ahvaz Sepidar Prison ** Karun (closed) ** Sepah Yekkom (Detention Center operated by Ministry of Intelligence) *Bandar Abbas: Bandar Abbas Prison, Hormozgan Province *Fashafoyeh: See below: Tehran, Central Prison of Tehran *Kahrizak: Kahrizak Prison *Karaj ** Fardis Prison "Kachoei prison" ** Ghezel Hesar Prison **

Rajayi-shahr Prison Gohardasht Prison ( fa, زندان گوهردشت) is a prison in Gohardasht, a town in the northern outskirt of Karaj, approximately 20 km (12 miles) west of Tehran. Sometimes spelled Gohar Dasht Prison, it is also known as ''"Rajai Shahr" ...

, AKA Gohardasht prison *Kashan: Kashan Prison *Kerman: Shahab prison *Kermanshah ** Dizel Abad Prison ** Naft Square Detention Center (operated by Ministry of Intelligence) * Khorramabad **

Khorramabad Central Prison Khorramabad ( fa, خرم‌آباد, Khorramâbâd ), alternatively romanized as Khorramābād, Khoramabad, Khurramabad, Khorram Abad, or Khur Ramābād, is a city and the capital of Lorestan Province, Iran. At the time of the 2016 census, its po ...

Falak-ol-Aflak Castle Falak-ol-Aflak ( fa, فلک الافلاک, lit=the sky of the skies) or Shapur Khast Castle ( fa, دژ شاپورخواست) is a castle situated on the top of a large hill with the same name within the city of Khorramabad, the regional capita ...

(historic) *Khoy: Khoy Prison, West Azerbaijan Province *Mahabad: Mahabad Prison *Mashhad: Vakil-Abad (Central) Prison *Qarchak: Qarchak Women's Prison (

Shahr-e Rey Shahr-e Ray ( fa, شهر ری, ) or simply Ray (Shar e Ray; ) is the capital of Ray County in Tehran Province, Iran. Formerly a distinct city, it has now been absorbed into the metropolitan area of Greater Tehran as the 20th district of municip ...

prison, also known as “Gharchak Women’s Prison“ or

Varamin Varamin (; fa, ورامين, also Romanized as Varāmīn and Verāmin) is a city and capital of Varamin County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 218,991, and at the 2006 census, its population was 208,569, in 53,63 ...

prison) *Rasht: Rasht Central Prison, Gilan Province *Sanandaj ** Sanandaj Central Prison ** Sanandaj Intelligence Office detention center (operated by Ministry of Intelligence) *Sari: Sari Central Prison, Mazandaran Province *Shiraz: Adel Abad Prison *Tabriz: Tabriz Prison, East Azerbaijan Province *Tehran ** Ghezel Ghale Prison ** Central Prison of Tehran, Fashafoyeh ** Evin Prison *** Prison 209 or "section 209 of the Evin Prison" (operated by Ministry of Intelligence) *** Prison 59 (operated by Sepah-e Pasdaran IRGC) *** Ward 2A, or Section 2A of Evin prison (operated by Sepah-e Pasdaran IRGC) **

Heshmatiyeh Prison Heshmatiyeh Prison ( fa, زندان حشمتیه ''Zendān Heshmatiyeh'') is a prison in Iran, located on a Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) base, in the North-East of Tehran. It is noted for its political prisoners' wing. In 2011 it was suggested tha ...

(operated by Sepah-e Pasdaran IRGC) **

Qasr Prison The Museum of the Qasr Prison ( fa, موزه‌ زندان قصر ''muze-ye zendān-e qasr'') is a historical complex in Tehran, Iran. Formerly referred to as the Qasr Prison ( ''zendān-e qasr'', "Mansion prison"), it was one of the oldest poli ...

(historic) ** Shapour detention centre operated by Iranian Police Criminal Investigation Department (Agahi) **

Towhid Prison Anti-sabotage Joint Committee, or Komiteh Moshtarak, was built in the 1930s. It has been used by all Iranian regimes against political opponents. It reportedly was shut down by the Islamic Republic in August 2000. Currently it is Ebrat Museum ("E ...

(historic) ** Vozara Detention Center *Urmia: Orumiyeh Central Prison, Darya prison *Zabol:

Zabol Central Prison Zabol ( fa, , also transliterated as Zâbol or Zābul) is a city and capital of Zabol County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. Zabol is near the border with Afghanistan. Referred to as Sistan until the late 1920s, the city was renamed Zabo ...

*Zahedan: Zahedan Prison

Baghdad Central Prison Abu Ghraib prison ( ar, سجن أبو غريب, ''Sijn Abū Ghurayb'') was a prison complex in Abu Ghraib, Iraq, located west of Baghdad. Abu Ghraib prison was opened in the 1950s and served as a maximum-security prison with torture, weekly exec ...

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...

Arbour Hill Prison Arbour Hill Prison () is a prison located in the Arbour Hill area near Heuston Station in the centre of Dublin, Ireland. The prison is the national centre for male sex offenders. Adjacent to the prison are the Church of the Sacred Heart, the ...

Dublin 7 Dublin postal districts have been used by Ireland's postal service, known as ''An Post'', to sort mail in Dublin. The system is similar to that used in cities in Europe and North America until they adopted national postal code systems in the 19 ...

Castlerea Prison Castlerea Prison () is a closed category, medium security prison in Castlerea, County Roscommon, Ireland. It houses men over 17 years of age. As of 2009, it had a bed capacity of 351 and the daily average number of resident inmates was 306. Hi ...

Castlerea Castlerea (; ) is the third largest town in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is located in the west of the county and had a population of 1,992 at the 2016 Census. Roughly translated from Irish, Castlerea is generally thought to mean 'brindled ca ...

County Roscommon "Steadfast Irish heart" , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Roscommon.svg , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = Connacht , subdi ...

Cloverhill Prison Cloverhill Remand Prison ( ga, Príosún Chnoc na Seamar) is located on Cloverhill Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. It has a bed capacity of 431 and its average daily number of inmates resident in 2009 was 438. History Adjacent to Wheatfield Pris ...

Dublin 22 Dublin postal districts have been used by Ireland's postal service, known as '' An Post'', to sort mail in Dublin. The system is similar to that used in cities in Europe and North America until they adopted national postal code systems in the 1 ...

Cork Prison Cork Prison () is an Irish penal institution on Rathmore Road, Cork City, Ireland. It is a closed, medium security prison for males over 17 years of age, with capacity for 275 prisoners. It is immediately adjacent to Collins Barracks and near t ...

Cork Cork or CORK may refer to: Materials * Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product ** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container ***Wine cork Places Ireland * Cork (city) ** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...

Dóchas Centre The Dóchas Centre (Irish: ''lárionad le Dóchas'') is a closed, medium security prison, for females aged 18 years and over, located in Mountjoy Prison in Dublin, Ireland. It is also the committal prison for females committed on remand or sente ...

, Mountjoy Campus,

Kilmainham Gaol Kilmainham Gaol ( ga, Príosún Chill Mhaighneann) is a former prison in Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland. It is now a museum run by the Office of Public Works, an agency of the Government of Ireland. Many Irish revolutionaries, including the leade ...

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Limerick Prison Limerick Prison in Limerick is an Irish penal institution. It is a closed, medium security prison, and has an official capacity of 290 male beds and 20 female beds. The average daily number of male inmates in 2009 was 298 and of female inmates ...

Limerick Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2016 ...

Loughan House Loughan House Open Centre (; ) is a low-security, open detention centre in Blacklion, County Cavan, Ireland. It was purchased by the Department of Justice in 1972 to be converted to a prison facility. It is low security, and caters for male inma ...

County Cavan County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is base ...

Midlands Prison The Midlands Prison () is a medium security prison in Portlaoise, County Laois. It receives prisoners who are aged 17 years and over. It has a bed capacity of 870 and its daily average number of inmates resident in 2009 was 512. History The ...

, Co. Laois *

Mountjoy Prison Mountjoy Prison ( ga, Príosún Mhuinseo), founded as Mountjoy Gaol and nicknamed ''The Joy'', is a medium security men's prison located in Phibsborough in the centre of Dublin, Ireland. The current prison Governor is Edward Mullins. History ...

, Mountjoy Campus, Dublin 7 *

Newgate Prison, Dublin Newgate Prison () was a place of detention in Dublin, Ireland. It was initially located at Cornmarket, near Christ Church Cathedral, on the south side of the Liffey and was originally one of the city gates before being moved to a new purpose ...

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Portlaoise Prison Portlaoise Prison ( ga, Príosún Phort Laoise) is a maximum security prison in Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland. Until 1929 it was called the Maryborough Gaol. It should not be confused with the Midlands Prison, which is a newer, medium secur ...

Portlaoise Portlaoise ( ), or Port Laoise (), is the county town of County Laois, Ireland. It is located in the Midland Region, Ireland, South Midlands in the province of Leinster. The 2016 census shows that the town's population increased by 9.5% to 22,050 ...

, Co. Laois *

Richmond General Penitentiary The Richmond General Penitentiary was a prison established in 1820 in Grangegorman, Dublin, Ireland as an alternative to transportation. It was part of an experiment into a penitentiary system which also involved Millbank Penitentiary, London. Ri ...

Grangegorman Grangegorman () is an inner suburb on the northside of Dublin city, Ireland. The area is administered by Dublin City Council. It was best known for decades as the location of St Brendan's Hospital, which was the main psychiatric hospital ser ...

, Dublin 7 ''(closed)'' * Shelton Abbey,

Arklow Arklow (; ; , ) is a town in County Wicklow on the southeast coast of Ireland. The town is overlooked by Ballymoyle Hill. It was founded by the Vikings in the ninth century. Arklow was the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the 1798 re ...

County Wicklow County Wicklow ( ; ga, Contae Chill Mhantáin ) is a county in Ireland. The last of the traditional 32 counties, having been formed as late as 1606, it is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is bordered by t ...

* St. Patrick's Institution, Mountjoy Campus, Dublin 7 *

Training Unit The Training Unit () is a semi-open, low security prison located on the grounds of the Mountjoy campus in Dublin 7. It receives prisoners eighteen years of age and over and is designed to provide industrial training to inmates prior to the relea ...

, Mountjoy Campus, Dublin 7 *

Wheatfield Prison Wheatfield Place of Detention () is a closed, medium security prison located on Cloverhill Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. It receives male prisoners of 17 years of age and older from the counties of Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Wexford and Wicklow. It ...

Maasiyahu Prison Maasiyahu Prison is a minimum-security prison in Ramle, Israel, run by the Israel Prison Service. History Prisoners who have proven responsible have access to various places of employment and education programs, the right to take vacations from pr ...

Megiddo prison Megiddo may refer to: Places and sites in Israel * Tel Megiddo, site of an ancient city in Israel's Jezreel valley * Megiddo Airport, a domestic airport in Israel * Megiddo church (Israel) * Megiddo, Israel, a kibbutz in Israel * Megiddo Junctio ...

Nitzan Detention Center Nitzan ( he, ניצן, lit. ''Flower bud'') is a religiously observant community settlement in southern Israel. Located within the Nitzanim Sand Dune Reserve north of Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. ...

* Hadarim Detention Center *

Ktzi'ot Prison Ktzi'ot Prison (, ) is an Israeli detention facility located in the Negev desert south-west of Beersheba. It is Israel's largest detention facility in terms of land area, encompassing . It is also the largest detention camp in the world. During t ...

Ramot Prison Ramot ( he, רָמוֹת, ''lit.'' Heights), also known as Ramot Alon ( he, רמות אלון), is an Israeli settlement and a Jewish neighborhood in the northern part of East Jerusalem. Ramot is one of Jerusalem's so-called "Ring Neighborhoods ...

Magen Prison Magen ( he, מָגֵן, ''lit.'' Shield) may refer to: *Star of David, known in Hebrew as the ''Magen David'' *Magen, Israel, a kibbutz in southern Israel *Magen David Adom, Israel's emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service *Ha ...

* Be'er Sheva Prison * Eshel Prison *

Prison Four Prison Four ( he, כלא ארבע, ''Kele Arba''), officially Confinement Base 394 ( he, בסיס כליאה 394, ''Bsis Kli'a 394'') is an Israeli military prison for Israeli soldiers, located in the military police compound in Tzrifin (Camp Yad ...

* Dekel Prison *

Kishon Detention Center Al-Jalama ( ar, الجلمة) was a Palestinian village about 14 kilometres south-east of Haifa. It was depopulated in 1948. History The village was situated just above Khirbat Asafna. Excavations between 1964 and 1971 showed that the site had b ...

Shikma Prison Shikma Prison ( he, בית סוהר שקמה) is an Israeli prison located in Ashkelon. There are many Palestinian prisoners there including the engineer Dirar Abu Sisi who was kidnapped in Ukraine in February 2011. Among the former prisoners is ...

* Maskoveieh * Ketziot Military Prison/

Prison Six Prison Six ( he, כלא שש ''Kele Shesh''), officially Confinement Base 396 ( he, בסיס כליאה 396 ''Bsis Kli'a 396'') is an Israeli military prison located near Atlit, Israel, on Oren Junction. It is the second military prison for IDF ...

* Nafha Prison * Neve Tirtza Prison *

Ayalon Prison Ayalon Prison (), formerly known as Ramla Prison, is a maximum-security prison located in Ramla, Israel. It is managed by the Israel Prison Service. The prison was opened in 1950, and was built in the style of the Tegart forts from the Briti ...

Ofer Prison Ofer Prison ( he, כלא עופר, ''Kele Ofer''), formerly officially known as Incarceration Facility 385 (), is an Israeli incarceration facility ( ''mitkan kli'a'', abbr. ''Matak'') located in the West Bank, between Ramallah/ Beituniya and Giv' ...

Giv'on Prison Gibeon ( he, גִּבְעוֹן ''giḇʻôn, giv'ôn'') may refer to: * Gibeon (ancient city), a Canaanite city north of Jerusalem that was conquered by Joshua * Gibeon Constituency, the constituency whose administrative centre is the Namibian vil ...

* Rimonim Prison * Damun Prison *

Gilboa Prison Gilboa Prison () is a high security prison in northern Israel, less than from the West Bank. It was built in 2004. History On 6 September 2021 it was the scene of the Gilboa Prison break Guard tower Heth (ח׳) in the Gilboa prison, under wh ...

* Tzalmon Prison * Hermon Prison * Shata Prison *

HaSharon Prison HaSharon may refer to: *HaSharon Junction, commonly known as Beit Lid Junction, an important road junction in the Sharon region, Israel * HaSharon Park, an Israeli national park See also *Havatzelet HaSharon, a moshav in central Israel *Hod HaSha ...

* Ashmoret Prison * Carmel Prison

Asinara Prison Asinara is an Italian island of in area. The name is Italian for "donkey-inhabited", but it is thought to derive from the Latin "sinuaria", and meaning sinus-shaped. The island is virtually uninhabited. The census of population of 2001 lists o ...

Sassari Sassari (, ; sdc, Sàssari ; sc, Tàtari, ) is an Italian city and the second-largest of Sardinia in terms of population with 127,525 inhabitants, and a Functional Urban Area of about 260,000 inhabitants. One of the oldest cities on the island, ...

Regina Coeli "Regina caeli" (; Queen of Heaven) is a musical antiphon addressed to the Blessed Virgin Mary that is used in the liturgy of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church during the Easter season, from Easter Sunday until Pentecost. During this sea ...

, Rome * Rebbibia, Rome * Forte Boccea, Rome * Ucciardone,

Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...

* San Vittore,

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

* Carcere di Opera,

Giudecca Giudecca (; vec, Zueca) is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, in northern Italy. It is part of the ''sestiere'' of Dorsoduro and is a locality of the ''comune'' of Venice. Geography Giudecca lies immediately south of the central islands of Ven ...

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

* Casa di reclusione,

Fossano Fossano ( pms, Fossan) is a town and ''comune'' of Piedmont, northern Italy. It is the fourth largest town of the Province of Cuneo, after Cuneo, Alba and Bra. It lies on the main railway line from Turin to Cuneo and to Savona, and has a branch li ...

* Casa circondariale di Marassi,

Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian ce ...

* Casa di reclusione,

Eboli Eboli ( Ebolitano: ) is a town and ''comune'' of Campania, southern Italy, in the province of Salerno. An agricultural centre, Eboli is known mainly for olive oil and for its dairy products, among which the famous buffalo mozzarella from the ...

* Istituto a custodia attenuata per madri,

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...

* Istituto a custodia attenuata,

Empoli Empoli () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy, about southwest of Florence, to the south of the Arno in a plain formed by the river. The plain has been usable for agriculture since Roman times. The comm ...

* Casa circondariale di Rimini,

Rimini Rimini ( , ; rgn, Rémin; la, Ariminum) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It sprawls along the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia (the ancient ''Ariminu ...

* Casa circondariale di Forlì,

Forlì Forlì ( , ; rgn, Furlè ; la, Forum Livii) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and city in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, and is the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena. It is the central city of Romagna. The city is situated along the Via E ...

* Casa di reclusione,

Orvieto Orvieto () is a city and ''comune'' in the Province of Terni, southwestern Umbria, Italy, situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff. The city rises dramatically above the almost-vertical faces of tuff cliffs that are compl ...

* Casa circondariale di Pistoia,

Pistoia Pistoia (, is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a typi ...

* Casa circondariale di Giarre,

Catania Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by ...

* Istituto a custodia attenuata per madri,

Cagliari Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...

* Casa di reclusione di Altamura,

Bari Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...

* Sollicciano,

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...

* Lorusso Cotugno,

Torino Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. T ...

* Uta,

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Sapporo Correctional Precinct

Sapporo Prison ( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city ...

札幌刑務所 -

Higashi-ku, Sapporo is one of the 10 wards in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is directly translated as "east ward", and is neighboured to Kita-ku, Chūō-ku, Shiroishi-ku, Ebetsu, Tōbetsu. Overview According to the 2008 registry of residential addresses, ...

Sapporo Prison Sapporo Branch ( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the List of cities in Japan, ...

札幌刑務所札幌刑務支所 - Higashi-ku, Sapporo * Asahikawa Prison 旭川刑務所 -

Asahikawa, Hokkaidō is a city in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital of the subprefecture, and the second-largest city in Hokkaido, after Sapporo. It has been a core city since April 1, 2000. The city is currently well known for the Asahiyam ...

* Obihiro Prison 帯広刑務所 -

Obihiro, Hokkaidō is a Cities of Japan, city in Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Obihiro is the only designated city in the Tokachi Subprefecture, Tokachi area. As of February 29, 2020, the city has an estimated population of 165,851. The next most popu ...

** Obihiro Prison Kushiro Branch 帯広刑務所釧路刑務支所 -

Kushiro, Hokkaidō is a city in Kushiro Subprefecture on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. It serves as the subprefecture's capital and it is the most populated city in the eastern part of the island. Geography Mountains * Mount Oakan * Mount Meakan * Mount Akan- ...

Abashiri Prison is a prison in Abashiri, Hokkaido Prefecture that opened in 1890. The northernmost prison in Japan, it is located near the Abashiri River and east of Mount Tento. It holds inmates with sentences of less than ten years. Older parts of the prison ...

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Abashiri, Hokkaidō is a city located in Okhotsk Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Abashiri is known as the site of the Abashiri Prison, a Meiji-era facility used for the incarceration of political prisoners. The old prison has been turned into a museum, but the city ...

* Tsukigata Prison 月形刑務所 -

Tsukigata, Hokkaidō is a List of towns in Japan, town located in Sorachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of September 2016, the town has an estimated population of 3,429. The total area is 151.05 km2. History The town's name originates from the first wa ...

Hakodate Juvenile Prison is a city and port located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital city of Oshima Subprefecture. As of July 31, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 279,851 with 143,221 households, and a population density of 412.83 ...

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Hakodate, Hokkaidō is a Cities of Japan, city and seaports of Japan, port located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital city of Oshima Subprefecture. As of July 31, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 279,851 with 143,221 households ...

Sendai Correctional Precinct

Aomori Prison is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 278,964 in 136,457 households, and a population density of 340 people per square kilometer spread over the city's total area of ...

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Aomori, Aomori is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 278,964 in 136,457 households, and a population density of 340 people per square kilometer spread over the city's total area of ...

* Miyagi Prison 宮城刑務所 -

Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai is the eastern ward of the city Sendai, in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. , the ward had a population of 138,102 and a population density of 2715 persons per km² in 63583 households. The total area of the ward was . Geography Wakabayashi-ku is locat ...

Akita Prison is a Japanese name and may refer to: Places * 8182 Akita, a main-belt asteroid * Akita Castle, a Nara period fortified settlement in Akita, Japan * Akita Domain, also known as Kubota Domain, feudal domain in Edo period Japan * Akita, Kumamoto, ...

秋田刑務所 -

Akita City 'Autumn field' is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Akita Prefecture, Japan, and has been designated a Core cities of Japan, core city since 1 April 1997. , the city has an estimated population of 305,625, 136,628 households and a population d ...

* Yamagata Prison 山形刑務所 -

Yamagata, Yamagata is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Yamagata Prefecture located in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 248,772 in 103,165 households, and a population density of 650 persons per km2. The total a ...

Fukushima Prison may refer to: Japan * Fukushima Prefecture, Japanese prefecture **Fukushima, Fukushima, capital city of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan *** Fukushima University, national university in Japan ***Fukushima Station (Fukushima) in Fukushima, Fukushima ...

福島刑務所 -

Fukushima, Fukushima is the capital city of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It is located in the northern part of the Nakadōri, central region of the prefecture. , the city has an estimated population of 283,742 in 122,130 households and a population density of . The ...

** Fukushima Prison Fukushima Branch 福島刑務所福島刑務支所 - Morioka, Iwate * Morioka Juvenile Prison 盛岡少年刑務所 -

Morioka, Iwate is the capital city of Iwate Prefecture located in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. On 1 February 2021, the city had an estimated population of 290,700 in 132,719 households, and a population density of . The total area of the city is . G ...

Tokyo Correctional Precinct

* Mito Prison 水戸刑務所 -

Hitachinaka, Ibaraki 250px, Hitachinaka city hall is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 154,663 in 64,900 households and a population density of 1547 persons per km2. The percentage of the population aged over 65 w ...

* Tochigi Prison 栃木刑務所 -

Tochigi, Tochigi is a city located in Tochigi Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 159,056 in 66,018 households, and a population density of 480 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Because t ...

* Kurobane Prison 黒羽刑務所 - Ōtawara, Tochigi *

Maebashi Prison is the capital city of Gunma Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 335,352 in 151,171 households, and a population density of 1100 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . It wa ...

前橋刑務所 -

Maebashi, Gunma is the capital city, capital Cities of Japan, city of Gunma Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 335,352 in 151,171 households, and a population density of 1100 persons per km2. The tot ...

Chiba Prison Chiba may refer to: Places China * (), town in Jianli County, Jingzhou, Hubei Japan * Chiba (city), capital of Chiba Prefecture ** Chiba Station, a train station * Chiba Prefecture, a sub-national jurisdiction in the Greater Tokyo Area on t ...

千葉刑務所 -

Wakaba-ku, Chiba is one of the six wards of the city of Chiba in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of April 2012, the ward had an estimated population of 151,593 and a population density of 1,800 persons per km². The total area was 84.21 km², making it the larg ...

Ichihara Prison Ichihara may refer to: * Ichihara (surname), a Japanese surname * Ichihara, Chiba, a city in Japan ** JEF United Ichihara Chiba , full name and also known as , is a Japanese professional football club that plays in the J2 League. On 1 Februar ...

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Ichihara, Chiba is a city, located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 274,117 in 128,316 households and a population density of 240 persons per km². The total area of the city is . The city is home, together with the city of ...

Fuchu Prison Fuchu, King of Chu (), clan name Xiong, () was from 227 to 223 BC the last king of the state of Chu during the late Warring States period of ancient China (though sources argue that Lord Changping was the last king of Chu). Fuchu was his give ...

府中刑務所 -

Fuchū, Tokyo 260px, Fuchū City Hall is a city located in western Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. Fuchū serves as a regional commercial center and a commuter town for workers in central Tokyo. The city hosts large scale manufacturing facilities for Toshiba, NEC a ...

* Yokohama Prison 横浜刑務所 -

Kōnan-ku, Yokohama is one of the 18 Wards of Japan, wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 221,536 and a population density, density of 11,150 persons per km2. The total area was 19.87 k ...

Yokohama Prison Yokosuka Branch is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of To ...

横浜刑務所横須賀刑務支所 -

Yokosuka, Kanagawa is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city has a population of 409,478, and a population density of . The total area is . Yokosuka is the 11th most populous city in the Greater Tokyo Area, and the 12th in the Kantō region. The city ...

Niigata Prison may refer to: * Niigata Prefecture, Japan **Niigata (city), the capital of the prefecture * Albirex Niigata, the city's professional football club * Niigata Transys, a Japanese railway vehicle manufacturer * Niigata Stadium, an athletic stadium in ...

新潟刑務所 -

Kōnan-ku, Niigata is one of the eight wards of Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. , the ward had an estimated population of 68,413 in 27,027 households and a population density of 913 persons per km². The total area of the ward wa ...

* Kofu Prison 甲府刑務所 - Kōfu, Yamanashi * Nagano Prison 長野刑務所 -

Suzaka, Nagano is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 50,828 in 19,979 households, and a population density of 334 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Suzaka is located in northern Na ...

Shizuoka Prison Shizuoka can refer to: * Shizuoka Prefecture, a Japanese prefecture * Shizuoka (city), the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture * Shizuoka Airport * Shizuoka Domain, the name from 1868 to 1871 for Sunpu Domain, a predecessor of Shizuoka Prefecture ...

静岡刑務所 -

Aoi-ku, Shizuoka is one of three wards of the city of Shizuoka in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, located in the northern part of the city. Aoi-ku borders Suruga-ku in the south and Shimizu-ku to the southeast; the west faces Shimada, Fujieda and Kawanehon an ...

Kawagoe Juvenile Prison Kawagoe may refer to: Places *Kawagoe, Saitama, a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan *Kawagoe, Mie, a town in Mie Prefecture, Japan *Kawagoe Domain Kawagoe Castle daimyō residence, administrative headquarters of Kawagoe Domain was a feudal doma ...

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Kawagoe, Saitama is a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 353,214 in 162,210 households and a population density of 3200 persons per km². The total area of the city is . The city is known locally as after the old name ...

* Matsumoto Juvenile Prison 松本少年刑務所 -

Matsumoto, Nagano is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Matsumoto is designated as a core city since 1 April 2021. , the city had a population of 239,466 in 105,207 households and a population density of 240 persons per km2. The total area of the city ...

Nagoya Correctional Precinct

Toyama Prison Toyama may refer to: Places and organizations * Toyama Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan located in the Hokuriku region on the main Honshu island * Toyama, Toyama, the capital city of Toyama Prefecture * Toyama Station, the main station of Toyama, ...

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Toyama City Toyama may refer to: Places and organizations * Toyama Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan located in the Hokuriku region on the main Honshu island * Toyama, Toyama, the capital city of Toyama Prefecture * Toyama Station, the main station of Toyama, ...

Kanazawa Prison is the capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 466,029 in 203,271 households, and a population density of 990 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Overview Cityscape File:もてな� ...

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Kanazawa, Ishikawa is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 466,029 in 203,271 households, and a population density of 990 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Overview Cityscape ...

Fukui Prison is a Japanese name meaning "fortunate" or sometimes "one who is from the Fukui prefecture". It may refer to: Places * Fukui Domain, a part of the Japanese han system during the Edo period * Fukui Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan located in ...

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Fukui, Fukui is the capital city of Fukui Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 264,217, and a population density of 69.2 persons per km2, in 102,935 households. Its total area is . Most of the population lives in a small central area; ...

* Gifu Prison 岐阜刑務所 -

Gifu, Gifu is a city located in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and serves as the prefectural capital. The city has played an important role in Japan's history because of its location in the middle of the country. During the Sengoku p ...

Kasamatsu Prison Kasamatsu may refer to: * Kasamatsu, Gifu (笠松), a town in Hashima District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan **Kasamatsu Station (Gifu) (笠松駅), a railway station located in Kasamatsu, Hashima District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan ** Nishi-Kasamatsu Stati ...

笠松刑務所 -

Kasamatsu, Gifu is a town located in Hashima District, Gifu, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 22,273 and a population density of 2200 persons per km2, in 8944 households. The total area of the town was . Geography Kasamatsu is located in the ...

* Nagoya Prison 名古屋刑務所 -

Miyoshi, Aichi is a city located in central Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 62,782 in 24,260 households, and a population density of 1,950 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Geography Miysohi is situated in ce ...

Nagoya Prison Toyohashi Branch is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most popu ...

名古屋刑務所豊橋刑務支所 -

Toyohashi, Aichi is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 377,453 in 160,516 households and a population density of 1,400 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . By area, Toyohashi was Aichi Prefecture's second-lar ...

Mie Prison Mie may refer to: Places * Mie, Ōita (), a former town in Ōita Prefecture, Japan * Mie District, Mie (), a district in Mie Prefecture, Japan * Mie Prefecture (), a prefecture of Japan * Mie University (), a national university in Tsu, Mie Prefec ...

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Tsu, Mie is a city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 274,879 in 127,273 households and a population density of 390 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Although the second largest city in the p ...

Osaka Correctional Precinct

* Shiga Prison 滋賀刑務所 - Ōtsu, Shiga *

Kyoto Prison Kyoto (; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin, Keihanshin metropolitan area along wi ...

京都刑務所 -

Yamashina-ku, Kyoto is one of the eleven Wards of Kyoto, wards in the Municipalities of Japan, city of Kyoto, Kyoto, Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It lies in the southeastern part of the city, and Yamashina Station is one stop away from Kyoto Station on the T ...

* Osaka Prison 大阪刑務所 -

Sakai-ku, Sakai is a ward of the city of Sakai in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The ward has an area of 23.69 km² and a population of 147,413. The population density is 6,223 per square kilometer.

Kobe Prison Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, which ...

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Akashi, Hyōgo 260px, Akashi City Hall 260px, Akashi fromAkashi Castle is a city in southern Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 304,274 in 135,323 households and a population density of 6,200 people per km². The total area ...

* Kakogawa Prison 加古川刑務所 -

Kakogawa, Hyōgo 260px, Kakogawa City Hall 260px, Kobe Steel Kakogawa Works is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 258,497 in 108,688 households and a population density of 1,900 persons per km². The total area ...

* Wakayama Prison 和歌山刑務所 -

Wakayama, Wakayama Wakayama City Hall is the capital city of Wakayama Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 351,391 in 157066 households and a population density of 1700 persons per km². The total area of the city is ...

* Himeji Prison 姫路少年刑務所 -

Himeji, Hyōgo 260px, Himeji City Hall is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 525,682 in 227,099 households and a population density of 980 persons per km². The total area of the city is ...

* Nara Juvenile Prison 奈良少年刑務所 -

Nara, Nara is the capital city of Nara Prefecture, Japan. As of 2022, Nara has an estimated population of 367,353 according to World Population Review, making it the largest city in Nara Prefecture and sixth-largest in the Kansai region of Honshu. Nara is ...

Hiroshima Correctional Precinct

* Tottori Prison 鳥取刑務所 -

Tottori, Tottori is the capital and the largest city of Tottori Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. Within Japan the city is best known for its sand dunes which are a popular tourist attraction, drawing visitors from outside the prefecture. The sand du ...

* Matsue Prison 松江刑務所 -

Matsue, Shimane is the capital city of Shimane Prefecture, Japan, located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. The city has an estimated population of 202,008 (February 1, 2021) following the merger with Higashiizumo from Yatsuka District. Matsue is located at t ...

* Okayama Prison 岡山刑務所 -

Kita-ku, Okayama is one of four wards of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The ward has an area of 451.03 km² and a population of 295,312. The population density is 655 per square kilometer. The name means "North Ward." The wards of Okayama were establi ...

Hiroshima Prison is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui h ...

広島刑務所 -

Naka-ku, Hiroshima is the heart of Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Naka-ku is home to Hiroshima's central business district and Peace Memorial Park. Major attractions include the Hondori shopping arcade, a covered mall-like street of shops extending east ...

** Hiroshima Prison Onomichi Branch 広島刑務所尾道刑務支所 -

Onomichi, Hiroshima is a city located in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, facing the Inland Sea. The city was founded on April 1, 1898. As of April 30, 2016, the city has an estimated population of 141,811 and a population density of 497.8 persons per km2. The total are ...

Yamaguchi Prison Yamaguchi may refer to: People * Yamaguchi (surname), the 14th most popular Japanese surname. Places *Yamaguchi Prefecture, the westernmost prefecture of Honshū island of Japan ** Yamaguchi (city), capital of Yamaguchi Prefecture *** Yamaguchi ...

山口刑務所 -

Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi is the capital city of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on April 10, 1929. As of February 1, 2010, the city had an estimated population of 198,971 and a population density of 194.44 persons per km². The total area is 1,023.31 ...

Iwakuni Prison is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. History Iwakuni was formerly the castle town of the Iwakuni han, which was formed by Lord Hiroie Kikkawa after he was banished there for supporting the defeated shōgun. The Kikkawa clan rule ...

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Iwakuni, Yamaguchi is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. History Iwakuni was formerly the castle town of the Iwakuni han, which was formed by Lord Hiroie Kikkawa after he was banished there for supporting the defeated shōgun. The Kikkawa clan rule ...

Takamatsu Correctional Precinct

* Tokuchima Prison 徳島刑務所 -

Tokushima, Tokushima is the capital city of Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku island in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 249,865 in 122085 households and a population density of 1305 persons per km².The total area of the city is . Geography The city ...

Takamatsu Prison file:Takamatsu City Hall.jpg, 270px, Takamatsu City Hall file:Takamatsu city center area Aerial photograph.2007.jpg, 270px, Aerial view of Takamatsu city center file:Takamatsu200910cut.JPG, 270px, View from Yashima to Takashima port is a Cities o ...

:ja:高松刑務所, 高松刑務所 - Takamatsu, Kagawa * Matsuyama Prison :ja:松山刑務所, 松山刑務所 - Tōon, Ehime ** Matsuyama Prison Saijo Branch :ja:松山刑務所西条刑務支所, 松山刑務所西条刑務支所 - Saijō, Ehime * Kochi Prison :ja:高知刑務所, 高知刑務所 - Kōchi, Kōchi

Fukuoka Correctional Precinct

* Fukuoka Prison :ja:福岡刑務所, 福岡刑務所 - Umi, Fukuoka * Fumoto Prison :ja:麓刑務所, 麓刑務所 - Tosu, Saga * Sasebo Prison :ja:佐世保刑務所, 佐世保刑務所 - Sasebo, Nagasaki * Nagasaki Prison :ja:長崎刑務所, 長崎刑務所 - Isahaya, Nagasaki * Kumamoto Prison :ja:熊本刑務所, 熊本刑務所 - Kumamoto, Kumamoto * Oita Prison :ja:大分刑務所, 大分刑務所 - Ōita, Ōita * Miyazaki Prison :ja:宮崎刑務所, 宮崎刑務所 - Miyazaki, Miyazaki * Kagoshima Prison :ja:鹿児島刑務所, 鹿児島刑務所 - Yūsui, Kagoshima * Okinawa Prison :ja:沖縄刑務所, 沖縄刑務所 - Nanjō, Okinawa ** Okinawa Prison Yaeyama Branch :ja:沖縄刑務所八重山刑務支所, 沖縄刑務所八重山刑務支所 - Ishigaki, Okinawa * Saga Juvenile Prison :ja:佐賀少年刑務所, 佐賀少年刑務所 - Saga, Saga

Medical Prison

* Hachioji Medical Prison :ja:八王子医療刑務所, 八王子医療刑務所 - Hachiōji, Tokyo * Okazaki Medical Prison :ja:岡崎医療刑務所, 岡崎医療刑務所 - Okazaki, Aichi * Osaka Medical Prison :ja:大阪医療刑務所, 大阪医療刑務所 -

Sakai-ku, Sakai is a ward of the city of Sakai in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The ward has an area of 23.69 km² and a population of 147,413. The population density is 6,223 per square kilometer.

* Kitakyushu Medical Prison :ja:北九州医療刑務所, 北九州医療刑務所 - Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū

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

* Mine Rehabilitation Program Center :ja:美祢社会復帰促進センター, 美祢社会復帰促進センター - Mine, Yamaguchi * Kitsuregawa Rehabilitation Program Center :ja:喜連川社会復帰促進センター, 喜連川社会復帰促進センター - Sakura, Tochigi * Harima Rehabilitation Program Center -:ja:播磨社会復帰促進センター, 播磨社会復帰促進センター -

* Shimane Asahi Rehabilitation Program Center　:ja:島根あさひ社会復帰促進センター, 島根あさひ社会復帰促進センター - Hamada, Shimane

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* Sulaibiya Central Prison

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*Phonthong Prison, near Vientiane *Samkhe Prison, near Vientiane

*Lukiškės Prison, Vilnius *Kaunas Prison, Kaunas

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*Antanimora Prison, Antananarivo *Farafangana prison, Farafangana

*Zomba Central Prison, Zomba, Malawi, Zomba *Maula Prison, Lilongwe *Chichiri Prison, Blantyre, Malawi, Blantyre *Mzimba Prison, Mzimba

*Perlis Correctional Centre *Pokok Sena Prison *Alor Setar Prison *Sungai Petani Prison *Penang Remand Prison *Seberang Perai Prison *Kamunting Detention Centre *Taiping Prison *Batu Gajah Correctional Centre *Tapah Prison *Sungai Buloh Prison *Kajang Prison *Kajang Women's Prison *Seremban Prison *Jelebu Drug Rehabilitation Institution *Bandar Hilir Prison *Sungai Udang Prison *Dusun Dato' Murad Pre-Release Prison *Henry Gurney School Telok Mas *Johor Bahru Remand Prison *Muar Correctional Centre *Simpang Renggam Prison *Kluang Prison *Penor Prison *Bentong Prison *Marang Prison *Machang Correctional Centre *Pengkalan Chepa Prison *Puncak Borneo Prison *Sri Aman Central Prison *Sibu Central Prison *Miri Central Prison *Limbang Central Prison *Kota Kinabalu Central Prison *Kota Kinabalu Women's Prison *Sandakan Prison *Tawau Central Prison *Henry Gurney School Keningau

*Corradino Correctional Facility, Paola, Malta, Paola *Old Prison, Gozo Prison, Victoria, Gozo, Victoria (defunct) *Slaves' Prison, Gran Prigione (Slaves' Prison), Valletta (defunct) Many of the fortifications, such as Fort Saint Elmo and Fort Ricasoli, were also used as prisons at some point.

* Cefereso No. 9, Ciudad Juarez *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

* Remand Prison of Monaco

*Tazmamart, Atlas Mountains (defunct)

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*Zaanstad *Rotterdam *Veenhuizen *Esserheem *Zwolle

Operating political prison camps

* Kaechon internment camp, Kwan-li-so No. 14 Kaechon * Yodok concentration camp, Kwan-li-so No. 15 Yodok * Hwasong concentration camp, Kwan-li-so No. 16 Hwasong * Bukchang concentration camp, Kwan-li-so No. 18 Bukchang * Camp 22, Kwan-li-so No. 22 Haengyong * Chongjin concentration camp, Kwan-li-so No. 25 Chongjin

Former political prison camps

* Onsong concentration camp, Kwan-li-so No. 12 Onsong

Operating reeducation camps

* Kaechon concentration camp, Kyo-hwa-so No. 1 Kaechon * Sinuiju concentration camp, Kyo-hwa-so No. 3 Sinuiju * Kangdong concentration camp, Kyo-hwa-so No. 4 Kangdong * Yongdam concentration camp, Kyo-hwa-so No. 8 Yongdam * Chungsan concentration camp, Kyo-hwa-so No. 11 Chungsan * Chongori concentration camp, Kyo-hwa-so No. 12 Chongori * Hamhung concentration camp, Kyo-hwa-so No. 15 Hamhung * Oro concentration camp, Kyo-hwa-so No. 22 Oro * Danchun concentration camp, Kyo-hwa-so No. 77 Danchun * Hoeryong reeducation camp, Kyo-hwa-so Hoeryong

Former reeducation camps

* Sunghori concentration camp, Kyo-hwa-so Sŭnghori

* Arendal Prison * Bastøy Prison * Berg Prison * Bergen Prison * Bjørgvin Prison * Bodø Prison * Bredtveit Detention and Security Prison * Bruvoll Prison * Drammen Prison * Fredrikstad Prison * Gjøvik Prison * Halden Prison (New 2010) * Hamar Prison * Hassel Prison * Haugesund Prison * Hof Prison * Horten Prison * Hustad Prison * Ila Detention and Security Prison * Ilseng Prison * Indre Østfold Prison * Kongsvinger Prison * Kragerø Prison * Kristiansand Prison * Larvik Prison * Mosjøen Prison * Moss Prison * Oslo Prison * Ravneberget Prison * Ringerike Prison * Sandefjord Prison * Sandeid Prison * Sarpsborg Prison * Sem Prison * Skien Prison * Stavanger Prison * Tromsø Prison * Trondheim Prison * Ullersmo Prison * Vadsø Prison * Verdal Prison * Vestre Slidre Prison * Vik Prison * Ålesund Prison * Åna Prison

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

* Kraków-Podgórze Detention Centre * Mokotów Prison * Montelupich Prison * Wronki Prison

* Miguel Castro Castro prison

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*Aiud Prison, Aiud *Gherla Prison, Gherla *Pitești Prison, Pitești

Remand prisons

*Butyrka Prison, Moscow *Corrective colony No. 2, Mordovia *Corrective colony No. 2, Vladimir Oblast *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, Russia, Vladimir *Samara Penitentiary, Samara, Russia, 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

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*al-Ha'ir Prison, near Riyadh *Jeddah Prison, Jeddah *Rafha Prison, Rafha *ʽUlaysha Prison, Mabahith prison in Riyadh

;Prisons *Admiralty West Prison *Changi Prison Complex *Changi Women's Prison and Drug Rehabilitation Centre *Selarang Park Community Supervision Centre *Tanah Merah Prison ;Drug Rehabilitation Centres *Changi Women's Prison and Drug Rehabilitation Centre ;Former prisons and detention centres *Outram Prison *Changi Prison *Moon Crescent Prison *Queenstown Remand Prison *Portsdown Prison *Tampines Prison *Sembawang Drug Rehabilitation Centre *Khalsa Crescent Prison *Kaki Bukit Centre *Bedok Reformative Centre *Lloyd Leas Work Release Camp

* Ilava Prison, Ilava * Leopoldov Prison, Leopoldov

Operational prisons

Reference *A Lama Prison, A Lama, Province of Pontevedra, Pontevedra *Alhaurín de la Torre Prison, Alhaurín de la Torre, Province of Málaga, Málaga *Albacete Prison, Albacete *Albocàsser Prison, Albocàsser, Province of Castellón, Castellón *Albolote Prison, Albolote, Province of Granada, Granada *Alcalá de Guadaira Prison, Alcalá de Guadaira, Province of Seville, Seville *Alcalá-Meco Prison, Alcalá de Henares, Community of Madrid *Alcázar de San Juan Prison, Alcázar de San Juan, Province of Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real *Alicante Prison, Alicante *Alicante II Prison, Villena, Province of Alicante, Alicante *Almería Prison, Almería *Aranjuez Prison, Aranjuez, Community of Madrid *Arrecife de Lanzarote Prison, Teguise (municipality), Teguise, Province of Las Palmas, Las Palmas *Ávila Prison, Brieva, Province of Ávila, Ávila *Badajoz Prison, Badajoz *Barcelona Model Prison, Barcelona *Bilbao Prison, Basauri, Biscay *Botafuegos Prison, Algeciras, Province of Cádiz, Cádiz *Bonxe Prison, Outeiro de Rei, Province of Lugo, Lugo *Burgos Prison, Burgos *Cáceres Prison, Province of Cáceres, Cáceres *Can Brians Prison, Sant Esteve Sesrovires, Province of Barcelona, Barcelona *Castellón Prison, Castellón de la Plana *Centro Penitenciario de Valencia Prison, Picassent, Valencia *Ceuta Prison, Ceuta *Córdoba Prison, Córdoba, Spain, Córdoba *Daroca Prison, Daroca, Province of Zaragoza, Zaragoza *El Dueso Prison, Dueso, Santoña, Cantabria *Figueres Prison, Figueres, Province of Girona, Girona *Girona Prison, Girona *Estremera Prison, Estremera, Community of Madrid *Herrera de la Mancha Prison, Manzanares, Ciudad Real, Manzanares, Province of Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real *Huelva Prison, Huelva *Ibiza Prison, Ibiza, Balearic Islands *Jaén Prison, Jaén, Spain, Jaén *La Moraleja Prison, Dueñas, Palencia, Dueñas, Province of Palencia, Palencia *Lledoners Prison, Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, Province of Barcelona, Barcelona *Lleida Prison, Lleida *Las Palmas Prison, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria *Logroño Prison, Logroño, La Rioja (Spain), La Rioja *Mansilla de las Mulas Prison, Mansilla de las Mulas, Province of León, Léon *Melilla Prison, Melilla *Monterroso Prison, Monterroso, Province of Lugo, Lugo *Morón de la Frontera Prison, Morón de la Frontera, Province of Seville, Seville *Murcia Prison, Murcia *Nanclares de la Oca Prison, Langraiz-Oka, Álava *Navalcarnero Prison, Navalcarnero, Community of Madrid *Ocaña Prison, Ocaña, Spain, Ocaña, Province of Toledo, Toledo *Palma Prison, Palma, Majorca, Palma, Balearic Islands *Pamplona Prison, Pamplona, Navarre *Pereiro de Aguiar Prison, Pereiro de Aguiar, Province of Ourense, Ourense *Puerto Prison, Puerto de Santa María, Province of Cádiz, Cádiz *Quatre Camins Prison, la Roca del Vallès, Province of Barcelona, Barcelona *San Sebastián Prison, San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa *Santa Cruz de la Palma Prison, Santa Cruz de la Palma, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife *Santa Cruz de Tenerife Prison, El Rosario, Tenerife, El Rosario, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife *Segovia Prison, Segovia *Seville Prison, Seville *Soria Prison, Soria *Soto del Real Prison, Soto del Real, Community of Madrid *Tarragona Prison, Tarragona *Teixeiro Prison, Curtis, Galicia, Curtis, Province of A Coruña, A Coruña *Teruel Prison, Teruel *Topas Prison, Topas, Province of Salamanca, Salamanca *Valdemoro Prison, Valdemoro, Community of Madrid *Valladolid Prison, Villanubla, Province of Valladolid, Valladolid *Villabona Prison, Llanera, Asturias *Zuera Prison, Zuera, Province of Zaragoza, Zaragoza *Wad-Ras Prison, Barcelona

Former prisons

*Carabanchel Prison, Madrid *Cárcel Modelo (Madrid), Cárcel Modelo, Madrid *Cárcel Real (Cádiz), Cárcel Real of Cádiz, Cádiz *Madrid Model Prison, Madrid *Málaga Prison, Málaga *Les Corts Prison, Barcelona *Porlier Prison, Madrid *Ranilla Prison, Seville *Trinitat Prison, Barcelona

Prisons planned and under construction

*Tàrrega prison, Tàrrega, Province of Lleida, Lleida *El Catllar prison, el Catllar, Province of Tarragona, Tarragona *Zona Franca prison, Barcelona

*Kobar Prison

*Långholmen prison, Stockholm (defunct, now operating as a hotel and museum) *Kumla prison, Kumla *Hall Prison, Hall prison, Södertälje *Norrtälje prison, Norrtälje

*Far'Falastin *Hesekê Hasakah Central Prison *Tadmor Prison *Mezze Prison (''closed'') *Chirkin prison, Qamishli *Sednaya Prison

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*Taipei Prison

* Buddha Monthon Temporary Prison, Dhaveevatthana Palace (part of Klong Prem Central Prison) *Bang Kwang Central Prison, Nonthaburi Province *Khao Kho District Jail, Phetchabun Province *Nong Khai Immigration Detention Center, Nong Khai Province

Remand prisons

Thailand has four remand prisons: *Bangkok Remand Prison *Minburi Remand Prison *Pattaya Remand Prison (Chonburi Province) *Thonburi Remand Prison

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*Dubai Central Jail, Al Aweer, Dubai **Dubai Women's Central Jail *Sharjah Reformatory and Punitive Establishment (SRPE)

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*Chí Hòa Prison *Phú Quốc Prison

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*Beir Ahmed

Others

*Abu Ghraib (prison), Abu Ghraib, Iraq *Bangkwang, Nonthaburi Province, Thailand, nicknamed the "Big Tiger" *Camp Boiro, Conakry, Guinea *Camp Crame, Manila, Philippines * Chikurubi, Zimbabwe *Devil's Island, French Guiana *Ezeiza Women's Prison, 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

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