The following is a list of prisons in Sierra Leone according to the Sierra Leone Encyclopedia:
The Prison headquarters is in
Freetown
Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and p ...
. The Prison Officers Training School is in
Waterloo.
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Freetown Central Prison
Freetown Central Prison, commonly known as Pademba Road Prison, is a prison on Pademba Road in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The prison was built to house 220 prisoners in the pre-independence era and now holds around 2,000 prisoners. Many prisoners wer ...
, Freetown,
Western Region
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Waterloo Oil Palm Plantation, Waterloo, Western Region
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Masanki Prison,
Masanki,
Southern Region
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Moyamba Prison,
Moyamba
Moyamba is the capital and largest city of Moyamba District, in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone. There has been a recorded population of 11,485 in the 2004 census. The city is ethnically diverse, although the Mende people make up the majo ...
, Southern Region
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Bo Prison,
Bo, Southern Region
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Bonthe Prison,
Bonthe
Bonthe is a coastal town located on Sherbro Island in Bonthe District in the southern Province of Sierra Leone. The town lies on the eastern shore of Sherbro Island, on the Sherbro River estuary. Bonthe is about 60 miles south-west of Bo and 187 ...
, Southern Region
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Pujehun Prison,
Pujehun
Pujehun is the capital of Pujehun District in the Southern Province. The current estimate of the population of Pujehun is 20,121 people.
Pujehun is a rural town and is the commercial and administrative center of Pujehun District. Pujehun lies a ...
, Southern Region
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Makeni Prison,
Makeni
Makeni is the largest city in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. The city is the capital of Bombali District, and is the economic center of the Northern Province. Makeni is the fifth largest city in Sierra Leone by population. The city of M ...
,
Northern Region
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Port Loko Prison,
Port Loko
Port Loko is the capital of Port Loko District and since 2017 the North West Province of Sierra Leone. The city had a population of 21,961 in the 2004 census and current estimate of 44,900. Port Loko lies approximately 36 miles north-east of Fr ...
, Northern Region
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Kambia Prison,
Kambia, Northern Region
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Kabala Prison,
Kabala, Northern Region
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Magburaka Prison,
Magburaka
Magburaka is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Tonkolili District in the Northern Province, Sierra Leone, Northern Province of Sierra Leone. Its population was 16,313 in the 2004 census. and a current estimate of 40,313. It is ...
, Northern Region
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Mafanta Prison, Magburaka, Northern Region
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Kenema Prison,
Kenema
Kenema is the third largest city in Sierra Leone (after Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone, Bo), and the largest city in the country's Eastern Province, Sierra Leone, Eastern Province. It is the capital of Kenema District and a major economic center of ...
,
Eastern Region
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Kono Prison,
Sefadu
Koidu Town (or Sefadu) is the capital and largest city of the diamond-rich Kono District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. The population of Koidu Town is 124,6based on the 2015 Sierra Leone national census. Koidu Town is the fifth larg ...
, Eastern Region
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Kailahun Prison,
Kailahun
Kailahun is the capital of Kailahun District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. Kailahun is a major business and commercial center of Kailahun District. The population was 13,108 in the 2004 census, a 2006 estimate of 18,41and a current est ...
, Eastern Region
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Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...
Lists of buildings and structures in Sierra Leone, Prisons