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New South Wales
- Bathurst Correctional Centre
- Berrima Correctional CentreBerrima Correctional CentreBerrima Correctional Centre is an Australian female prison located at Berrima, New South Wales, Australia. Berrima Gaol is the oldest gaol still in operation in Australia....
- Brewarrina (Yetta Dhinnakkal) CentreBrewarrina (Yetta Dhinnakkal) CentreBrewarrina Centre is a minimum security Australian prison for Aboriginal males located in Gongolgon, near Brewarrina, New South Wales, Australia.- References :...
- Broken Hill Correctional CentreBroken Hill Correctional CentreBroken Hill Correctional Centre is a medium security Australian prison housing males and females, located in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia....
- Cessnock Correctional CentreCessnock Correctional CentreCessnock Correctional Centre is a minimum and maximum security Australian prison for males, located in Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia. It is the reception prison for the Newcastle and Hunter Region.-Notable prisoners:*William MacDonald...
- Cooma Correctional CentreCooma Correctional CentreCooma Correctional Centre is an Australian prison facility located in Vale St, Cooma, New South Wales, Australia.Construction of the Cooma Correctional Centre commenced in 1870 from local granite which was quarried from the hill where the Centre now stands. The Centre commenced operations on 1...
- Darlinghurst GaolDarlinghurst GaolDarlinghurst Gaol was an Australian prison located in Darlinghurst, New South Wales. The site is bordered by Victoria, Burton and Forbes streets, with entrances on Forbes and Burton Streets.-History:...
(Closed) - Dillwynia Women's Correctional CentreDillwynia Women's Correctional CentreDillwynia Women's Correctional Centre is an Australian women's prison located in Berkshire Park, New South Wales, Australia.Dillwynia Women's Correctional Centre is not maximum security jail however some inmates have been found guilty of serious crimes, including murder. Prisoners wear green...
- Emu Plains Correctional CentreEmu Plains Correctional CentreEmu Plains Correctional Centre is a minimum security institution for females located on Old Bathurst Rd, Emu Plains, New South Wales, Australia....
- Glen Innes Correctional CentreGlen Innes Correctional CentreThe Glen Innes Correctional Centre is a minimum security Australian male prison located 45 km from Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia.*http://www.correctiveservices.nsw.gov.au/offender-management/correctional-centres/glen_innes...
- Goulburn Correctional CentreGoulburn Correctional CentreThe Goulburn Correctional Centre is an Australian maximum and 'Super Maximum' security male prison located in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia....
- Grafton Correctional CentreGrafton Correctional CentreGrafton Correctional Centre is a medium security prison for both men and women in Grafton, New South Wales, Australia. As well as housing sentenced offenders, the Centre serves as a reception prison for northern NSW....
- Ivanhoe (Warakirri) Correctional CentreIvanhoe (Warakirri) Correctional CentreIvanhoe Correctional Centre is a minimum security Australian prison at Ivanhoe, New South Wales, Australia.The Ivanhoe Warakirri Centre has accommodation for 55 prisoners, the majority of whom are Aboriginal. Inmates perform cleaning and maintenance tasks, as well as participating in...
- John Morony Correctional CentreJohn Morony Correctional CentreJohn Morony Correctional Centre is an Australian male prison located in Berkshire Park, New South Wales, Australia.The John Morony Correctional Complex is located 5 km south of Windsor,...
- Junee Correctional CentreJunee Correctional CentreJunee Correctional Centre is a medium security Australian male prison located at Junee, 40 km from Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.The prison was opened on 19 March 1993...
- Kirkconnell Correctional CentreKirkconnell Correctional CentreKirkconnell Correctional Centre is a minimum security Australian male prison located 30 km east of Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.It is located in the Sunny Corner State Forest and has a fully trained bushfire fighting team comprising both prison staff and inmates.-References:...
- Lithgow Correctional CentreLithgow Correctional CentreLithgow Correctional Centre is a maximum security Australian prison located on the Great Western Highway at Marrangaroo, New South Wales, Australia....
- Long Bay Correctional CentreLong Bay Correctional CentreLong Bay Correctional Complex is located in the suburb of Malabar in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Long Bay comprises six institutions, four maximum security and two minimum security.-History:...
- Maitland Gaol (closed)
- Mannus Correctional CentreMannus Correctional CentreMannus Correctional Centre is a minimum security Australian prison located 10 km south of Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia. Mannus also serves as a periodic detention centre for both male and female inmates....
- Metropolitan Remand and Reception CentreMetropolitan Remand and Reception CentreThe Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre is an Australian prison located in Silverwater, from Sydney's CBD, Australia. The prison opened in 1997, and has a capacity of 900 inmates. It is the largest single correctional centre in Australia...
(MRRC) - Mulawa Correctional CentreMulawa Correctional CentreThe Silverwater Women's Correctional Centre is an Australian female prison facility located in Holker Street Silverwater, a suburb from the Sydney city center. It is located within the Silverwater Correctional Centre which houses male prisoners and other facilities...
- Oberon Correctional CentreOberon Correctional CentreOberon Correctional Centre is a minimum security Australian prison located 40 km from Oberon, New South Wales, Australia.- References :* http://www.correctiveservices.nsw.gov.au/offender-management/correctional-centres/oberon...
- Parklea Correctional CentreParklea Correctional CentreParklea Correctional Centre is a privately managed maximum security remand prison for male inmates with a current capacity for 823 inmates. The prison is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and is managed by the GEO group Australia. The centre incorporates a minimum security work release...
- Parramatta Correctional CentreParramatta Correctional CentreParramatta Correctional Centre is a medium security short term Remand Centre, Transient Centre and Metropolitan Periodic Detention Centre. It houses unsentenced and sentenced B and C classification male inmates, including Drug Court Sanctions and male periodic detainees...
- Silverwater Correctional CentreSilverwater Correctional CentreSilverwater Correctional Centre is a minimum security Australian male prison facility, located in Holker St, Silverwater, west of the Sydney central business district in New South Wales, Australia.-Notable prisoners:...
- St Heliers Correctional CentreSt Heliers Correctional CentreSt Heliers Correctional Centre is an Australian prison located in Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia. St Heliers is also responsible for the State's first mobile prison.-History:...
- Tamworth Correctional CentreTamworth Correctional CentreTamworth Correctional Centre is a medium security institution for males and is located in the Northern Tablelands, 397km north of Sydney. Theinstitution serves as a reception correctional centre for Tamworth and surrounding districts....
- Wellington Correctional Centre
Northern Territory
- Alice Springs Correctional CentreAlice Springs Correctional CentreAlice Springs Correctional Centre is a medium and maximum security Australian prison located 25 km outside Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.- Capability :Classification Maximum/Medium/Minimum...
- Alice Springs Juvenile Holding CentreAlice Springs Juvenile Holding CentreAlice Springs Juvenile Holding Centre is a medium to high maximum security prison in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.- Capability :...
- Darwin Correctional CentreDarwin Correctional CentreDarwin Correctional Centre is an Australian prison located in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.The prison is the main reception prison in the Northern Territory, and holds inmates from most of the northern parts of the Territory...
- Don Dale Juvenile Detention CentreDon Dale Juvenile Detention CentreDon Dale Juvenile Detention Centre is a detention centre for youth aged 10–17 located in Berrimah, Northern Territory, Australia.-References:*Adlam, Nigel . "No Hope Left for Boot Camp." Northern Territory News. 26 December....
- Wildman River Wilderness Work CampWildman River Wilderness Work CampWildman River Wilderness Work Camp is a minimum security Australian prison located in the Mary River National Park at Wildman River, approximately 170 kilometres from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.-References:*...
- Fannie Bay Gaol (closed)
Queensland
- Arthur Gorrie Correctional CentreArthur Gorrie Correctional CentreArthur Gorrie Correctional Centre is a prison located on the Ipswich Motorway at Wacol in the western suburbs of Brisbane, Australia. It is a high security prison that is used for remand prisoners, and also for the temporary detention of prisoners while their 'security level' is ascertained.The...
- Boggo Road GaolBoggo Road GaolBoggo Road Gaol was a notorious Australian prison located on Annerley Road in Dutton Park, an inner southern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The site is the only surviving intact gaol in Queensland that reflects penological principles of the 19th century...
(Closed) - Borallon Correctional CentreBorallon Correctional CentreBorallon Correctional Centre is an Australian prison located on Ivan Lane, Borallon, Queensland, Australia, approximately 15 minutes from Ipswich....
- Brisbane Women's Correctional CentreBrisbane Women's Correctional CentreBrisbane 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 Woolloongabba. The centre has a capacity of 264 cells and is divided...
- Capricornia Correctional CentreCapricornia Correctional CentreThe Capricornia Correctional Centre is located in Central Queensland, Australia, and services mainly the Rockhampton and Central Queensland areas. It is a medium security facility and can hold up to 400 inmates....
- Darling Downs Correctional CentreDarling Downs Correctional CentreDarling Downs Correctional Centre is an Australian prison facility located in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.-References:*http://www.aic.gov.au/research/corrections/facilities/qld.html#darlingdowns...
- Lotus Glen Correctional CentreLotus Glen Correctional CentreLotus Glen Correctional Centre is an Australian prison facility located 25 km south of Mareeba and 20 km north of Atherton in Far North Queensland. Lotus Glen provides a correctional service for high, medium, low and open classification inmates...
- Maryborough Correctional CentreMaryborough Correctional CentreMaryborough Correctional Centre is an Australian prison located in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia.The Maryborough Correctional Centre is a multi-purpose, secure custody facility which accommodates 320 male prisoners in secure accommodation and 180 male prisoners in residential accommodation...
- Numinbah Correctional CentreNuminbah Correctional CentreNuminbah Correctional Centre is an open prison on a reserve 100 km south of Brisbane in the Numinbah Valley.The centre houses 104 male prisoners in separate rooms and in an annex 25 female prisoners, a mix of short and long-term.-References:...
- Palen Creek Correctional CentrePalen Creek Correctional CentrePalen 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 security measures except the honour of prisoners selected to...
- Sir David Longland Correctional CentreSir David Longland Correctional CentreBrisbane Correctional Centre, formerly the Sir David Longland Correctional Centre, is a prison facility located at Wacol , Queensland, Australia...
- Toowoomba PrisonToowoomba PrisonToowoomba Gaol is a historic Australian prison site in Toowoomba, Queensland.-History of site:The original Toowoomba Gaol was closed after the prisoners were transferred to Boggo Road Gaol and demolition commenced in 1903....
- Townsville Correctional CentreTownsville Correctional CentreTownsville Correctional Centre is an Australian prison facility located in Townsville, Queensland, Australia.The Facility is widely known by many in the Townsville region as "Stuart Prison". Currently, it is the only correctional centre in Queensland to hold mainstream males, females and protection...
- Wolston Correctional CentreWolston Correctional CentreWolston Correctional Centre is an Australian prison facility located in Richlands, Queensland, Australia. Wolston is a 'protection' prison, and as such houses many paedophiles, sex offenders and high profile prisoners.-Notable prisoners:* Mohamed Haneef...
- Woodford Correctional CentreWoodford Correctional CentreWoodford Correctional Centre is an Australian prison facility located in Woodford, Queensland, Australia.The prison is the highest security facility in Queensland as mentioned located in Woodford Queensland, approximately 80 kilometres from Brisbane and 30 minutes from Caboolture.On 1 April 1997,...
Victoria
- Dame Phyllis Frost CentreDame Phyllis Frost CentreDame Phyllis Frost Centre is a maximum security women's prison located at Deer Park, Victoria, Australia. It was designed by Guymer Bailey Architects Pty. Ltd. and built in 1996 as the first privately designed, financed and operated prison in Victoria...
- Fulham Correctional CentreFulham Correctional CentreFulham Correctional Centre is a medium security Australian prison located in Hopkins Road, Sale, Victoria, Australia. The prison consists of mainstream medium security cell blocks, a drug and alcohol treatment unit and a protection unit....
- HM Prison AraratHM Prison AraratHM Prison Ararat is located in Ararat, Victoria, Australia. HM Prison Ararat is located 200 km west of Melbourne. It provides accommodation for prisoners with low to medium security protection requirements, including a high proportion of sex offenders and protection or special needs prisoners...
- Old Ararat Gaol (closed)
- HM Prison BarwonHM Prison BarwonHM Prison Barwon is a maximum security Australian prison located at 1140 Bacchus Marsh Road, 6 km from the township of Lara, , Victoria, Australia. Barwon provides accommodation and services for maximum security mainstream prisoners including a 20-bed facility for high security prisoners and a...
- HM Prison BeechworthHM Prison BeechworthHM Prison Beechworth was a medium security Australian prison located in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia.Construction of the current structure was begun in 1859 and completed in 1864 at a cost of 47,000 pounds. The prison closed in 2004 and the site has been purchased by private contractors...
(closed) - HM Prison BendigoHM Prison BendigoHM Prison Bendigo was a medium security prison facility located in Bendigo, Victoria, Victoria, Australia.The prison provided accommodation for prisoners assessed as suitable for treatment in the area of substance abuse and addictive/compulsive behaviours....
(closed) - HM Melbourne Assessment PrisonHM Melbourne Assessment PrisonHM Melbourne Assessment Prison is an Australian remand and reception prison located in Spencer Street, Melbourne, Victoria. The prison is also known by the nickname 'The Map'...
- HM Prison DhurringileHM Prison DhurringileHM Prison Dhurringile is a minimum security prison located on Murchison Road, Murchison, Victoria, Australia.Situated 160 km north of Melbourne, the 68-room mansion, completed in 1877, was originally a homestead for a large farm. The house was completed for the Winter-Irving family, who were...
- HM Prison FairleaHM Prison FairleaHM Prison Fairlea was an Australian female prison located on Yarra Bend Road in the suburb of Fairfield, Victoria, Australia. The first all-female prison in Victoria, it was built on the site of the Yarra Bend Asylum, with remnants of the walls and gates being used in the layout of the prison. In...
(closed) - HM Prison GeelongHM Prison GeelongHM Prison Geelong was a maximum security Australia prison located on the corner of Myers Street and Swanston Street in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The prison was built in stages from 1849 to 1864. Its panopticon design is based on Pentonville Prison in England...
(closed) - HM Prison Langi Kal KalHM Prison Langi Kal KalHM Prison Langi Kal Kal is an Australian prison located at Trawalla, near Beaufort, Victoria, Australia. The prison is a minimum security prison farm and all inmates are required to work during their stay unless over retirement age...
- HM Prison LoddonHM Prison LoddonHM Prison Loddon is an Australian medium security prison, located in Central Victoria, Australia, approximately four kilometres from the centre of Castlemaine and about one and a half hours from Melbourne....
- HM Prison Morwell RiverHM Prison Morwell RiverHM Prison Morwell River, opened in 1951, was an open prison located near Morwell, Victoria. Inmates and prison officers called a truce while working on the project. Prisoners were taken to shopping centers in Morwell and left unattended, at total liberty and on trust, to rattle their tins...
(closed) - HM Prison PentridgeHM Prison PentridgeHM Prison Pentridge was an Australian prison built in 1850 in Coburg, Victoria. The first prisoners arrived in 1851. The prison officially closed on 1 May 1997....
(closed) - HM Prison SaleHM Prison SaleHM Prison Sale is located in Sale, Victoria, Australia. As of September 2006 it is in the process of demolition.Demolition halted for several months due to a legal battle, but resumed soon after. It is almost completely demolished as of April 2007....
(closed) - HM Prison TarrengowerHM Prison TarrengowerHM Prison Tarrengower is a women's prison located in Maldon, Victoria, Australia.-History:Originally a farm, the prison was opened in January 1988 after the property was purchased and accommodation units were built. Tarrengower is the only minimum security female prison in Victoria...
- HM Prison Won WronHM Prison Won WronHM Prison Won Wron was a minimum security Australian prison located in Won Wron, Victoria. It was closed in late 2004, and the subsequent proposal to set up an Indigenous rehabilitation facility on the site was opposed by the local community of Yarram....
(closure pending) - Old Castlemaine Gaol (closed)
- Old Wentworth Gaol (closed)
- Marngoneet Correctional CentreMarngoneet Correctional CentreMarngoneet Correctional Centre is a 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.-See also:*HM Prison Barwon...
- Old Melbourne GaolMelbourne GaolThe Old Melbourne Gaol is a museum and former prison located in Russell Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It consists of a bluestone building and courtyard, and is located next to the old City Police Watch House and City Courts buildings...
(closed) - Metropolitan Remand CentreMetropolitan Remand CentreThe Metropolitan Remand Centre is an Australian prison located at Ravenhall, Victoria, approximately 20 kilometres from the Melbourne CBD on the Western Freeway...
- Port Phillip PrisonPort Phillip PrisonPort Phillip Prison is a maximum security prison located at Truganina, Victoria, Australia. It is Victoria's largest prison, able to accommodate up to 824 prisoners. The prison is privately operated on behalf of the Government of Victoria by G4S Australia Pty Ltd.-Construction and...
- Turana Youth Training CentreTurana Youth Training CentreMelbourne Youth Justice Centre , is a youth corrections facility located in Parkville, Victoria, Australia....
South Australia
- Adelaide Gaol (closed)
- Adelaide Pre-Release CentreAdelaide Pre-Release CentreThe Adelaide Pre-Release Centre is a minimum security Australian prison facility located in Regency Park, South Australia, Australia.*...
, AdelaideAdelaideAdelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million... - Adelaide Remand CentreAdelaide Remand CentreThe Adelaide Remand Centre is a maximum-security prison facility located in Adelaide, South Australia, used to hold prisoners on remand pending trial.-External links:*...
, Adelaide - Adelaide Women's PrisonAdelaide Women's PrisonThe Adelaide Women's Prison is a maximum security Australian prison facility located in Northfield, South Australia, Australia.In 2006, the visits faculty was renovated by a community project of Edge Church....
, Adelaide - Cadell Training CentreCadell Training CentreCadell Training Centre is an Australian 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 after Captain Francis Cadell, who was the navigator on Charles Sturt’s...
, MorganMorgan, South AustraliaMorgan is a town in South Australia on the right bank of the Murray River, just downstream of where it turns from flowing roughly westwards to roughly southwards. It is about north east of Adelaide, and about upstream of the Murray Mouth. At the 2006 census, Morgan had a population of 426.The... - Gladstone Gaol (closed)
- Mobilong PrisonMobilong PrisonMobilong Prison is an Australian low and medium security prison located at Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia.*...
, Murray Bridge - Mount Gambier PrisonMount Gambier PrisonMount Gambier Prison is an Australian prison located in Mount Gambier, South Australia.It is the first prison in South Australia to be privately managed by GSL Custodial Services Pty Ltd , the Prison caters principally for medium and low security, male sentenced prisoners; can also accommodate...
, Mount GambierMount Gambier, South AustraliaMount Gambier is the largest regional city in South Australia located approximately 450 kilometres south of the capital Adelaide and just 17 kilometres from the Victorian border.... - Old Mount Gambier Prison (closed)
- Port Augusta PrisonPort Augusta PrisonPort Augusta Prison is a prison located in Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia.The prison has facilities for high, medium and low security prisoners including protectees and special needs prisoners...
, Port AugustaPort Augusta, South Australia-Electricity generation:Electricity is generated at the Playford B and Northern power stations from brown coal mined at Leigh Creek, 250 km to the north... - Port Lincoln PrisonPort Lincoln PrisonPort Lincoln Prison is an Australian prison located in Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia.Sheep and cattle are raised at the prison providing work for low security prisoners involved in running an agricultural business. Located 650km from Adelaide, and up to 90 low- medium prisoners are kept...
, Port Lincoln - Yatala Labour PrisonYatala Labour PrisonYatala Labour Prison is a low- to high-security men's prison in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. It was built in 1854 to enable prisoners to work at the creek, quarrying rock for roads and construction...
, Adelaide
Tasmania
- Campbell Street GaolCampbell Street GaolH.M. Gaol Hobart or Campbell Street Gaol was an Australian prison facility located in Tasmania, Australia.The original portion of the gaol, at first known as the Hobart Town Prisoner's Barracks, was built by convicts in 1821, to accommodate 640 men...
- Cascades Female Factory
- Hayes Prison FarmHayes Prison FarmHayes Prison Farm is a minimum security Australian prison located at Hayes, near New Norfolk, Tasmania. The prison was opened in 1937 and consisted of single wooden huts for 30 persons built by prisoners until the cell and administration buildings were replaced in 1964 with new concrete block...
- HM Prison RisdonHM Prison RisdonHM Prison Risdon is a jail in Risdon Vale, Tasmania, Australia. Dubbed The Pink Palace, it was opened in 1960 when male prisoners moved from the Campbell Street Gaol in central Hobart. Female prisoners were moved to the complex three years later. When built, the buildings were painted pale pink,...
- Hobart Remand CentreHobart Remand CentreThe Hobart Remand Centre is a prison facility located in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The prison was opened in January 1999. All cells contain central heating, a shower, toilet and hand basin. The prison connects directly to the Hobart Police Station and also to the courts reducing prisoner...
- Launceston Remand CentreLaunceston Remand CentreLaunceston Remand Centre is an Australian prison facility located in Cimitiere Street, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.-References:* at aic.gov.au...
- Risdon Women's PrisonRisdon Women's PrisonMary Hutchinson Women's Prison is an Australian female prison located in Risdon Vale, Tasmania, Australia....
- Port Arthur Prison Colony
Western Australia
- Acacia PrisonAcacia PrisonAcacia 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 Management Services Corporation for its first five years of...
- Albany Regional PrisonAlbany Regional PrisonAlbany Regional Prison is a maximum security prison located 8 km West of Albany, Western Australia, Australia. Albany Prison was commissioned in 1966 with a capacity of 72 minimum security cells. In 1979 it was upgraded to maximum security and in 1988 expanded to a capacity of 126. In 1993 it...
- Old Albany Gaol (closed)
- Bandyup Women's PrisonBandyup Women's PrisonBandyup Women's Prison is located in the northeastern rural 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....
- Boronia Pre-release Centre for WomenBoronia Pre-release Centre for WomenBoronia Pre-release Centre for Women, opened in May 2004, is a correctional facility located in Bentley, Western Australia. It aims to offer support to low-security women prisoners preparing for reintegration into the community...
- Broome Regional PrisonBroome Regional PrisonBroome Regional Prison is an Australian prison located in Broome, Western Australia. It is the only prison located in the Kimberley region of Western Australia....
- Bunbury Regional PrisonBunbury Regional PrisonBunbury Regional Prison is an Australian prison located in Davenport, a southern suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia. It opened in 1971, and the minimum-security block was commissioned in 1982...
- Casuarina PrisonCasuarina PrisonCasuarina Prison is the main maximum security prison for Western Australia, located near Perth. The prison accommodates minimum, medium and maximum security prisoners and was opened in 1991 to replace Fremantle Prison...
- Eastern Goldfields Prison
- Fremantle PrisonFremantle PrisonFremantle Prison is a former Australian prison located in The Terrace, Fremantle, in Western Australia. The site includes the prison, gatehouse, perimeter walls, cottages, tunnels, and prisoner art...
(closed) - Old Geraldton Gaol (closed)
- Greenough Regional PrisonGreenough Regional PrisonGreenough Regional Prison is an Australian prison located in Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia.-External links:*...
- Hakea PrisonHakea PrisonHakea Prison is an Australian prison located in Canning Vale, Western Australia. The prison officially opened in June 1982 as Canning Vale Prison, managing 248 prisoners. From September 1991, Canning Vale operated as a maximum-security prison until, in 2000, it merged with the CW Campbell Remand...
- Karnet Prison Farm
- Pardelup PrisonPardelup PrisonPardelup Prison Farm is an Australian minimum security prison located on a mixed-farming operation 27 km west of Mount Barker, Western Australia...
- Roebourne Regional Prison
- Old Roebourne Gaol (closed)
- Wooroloo PrisonWooroloo PrisonWooroloo 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...
- Berkendael Prison
- Lantin PrisonLantin PrisonLantin Prison is a minimum detention centre located in Lantin near Liège in Belgium with a capacity of 694 male prisoners and 61 female prisoners....
- Maison d'Arrêt Prison
- Namur Prison
- Saint-Gilles Prison
- CarandiruCarandiru PenitentiaryCarandiru Penitentiary was a notorious prison located in São Paulo, Brazil. The prison was designed and built by Samuel das Neves in 1920, when it was considered a model-prison to meet the new demands of the 1890 criminal code. It was operational from 1956 to 2002 and, at its peak, was South...
(historical) - Centro de Readaptação Provisória de Presidente Bernardes (Presidente Bernardes, São PauloPresidente Bernardes, São PauloPresidente Bernardes is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2004 was 15,305 and the area is 755.78 km². The elevation is 429 m....
, Brazil) - inspired by the Supermax standards, although prisoners can only stay there for a maximum of 2 years. - Penitenciária Federal de Catanduvas (CatanduvasCatanduvas, ParanáCatanduvas, Paraná is a town and municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.-References:...
, ParanáParaná (state)Paraná is one of the states of Brazil, located in the South of the country, bordered on the north by São Paulo state, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Santa Catarina state and the Misiones Province of Argentina, and on the west by Mato Grosso do Sul and the republic of Paraguay,...
, 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. - Penitenciária Federal de Campo Grande (Campo GrandeCampo Grande-Climate:Campo Grande has a highland tropical climate, semi-humid, hot, and notably seasonal, with a dry winter season from May through September or October. Under the Koppen climate classification Campo Grande features a tropical wet and dry climate, albeit a noticeably cooler version of the...
, Mato Grosso do SulMato Grosso do SulMato Grosso do Sul is one of the states of Brazil.Neighboring Brazilian states are Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Paraná. It also borders the countries of Paraguay and Bolivia to the west. The economy of the state is largely based on agriculture and cattle-raising...
, Brazil) - It houses the most dangerous prisoners in the country, as Fernandinho Beira-Mar, the ColombiaColombiaColombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
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and bicheiro João Arcanjo.
Men's (Federal)
- Port-Cartier Institution (Maximum)
- Kingston PenitentiaryKingston PenitentiaryKingston Penitentiary is a maximum security prison located in Kingston, Ontario between King Street West and Lake Ontario....
(Maximum) - Millhaven InstitutionMillhaven InstitutionMillhaven Institution is a maximum security prison located in Bath, Ontario. Approximately 400 inmates are incarcerated at Millhaven. Opened in 1971, Millhaven was originally built to replace the area's other maximum security prison . A riot at Kingston Penitentiary forced Millhaven to open...
(Maximum) - Regional Treatment Centre (Maximum)
- Collins Bay Institution (Medium)
- Fenbrook InstitutionFenbrook InstitutionThe Fenbrook Institution is a medium security prison located north of Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada.The Canadian government announced plans to build the prison in 1992. A contract for the building's construction was awarded in 1996, and the facility opened in 1998...
(Medium) - Joyceville Institution (Medium)
- Warkworth InstitutionWarkworth InstitutionThe Warkworth Institution is a medium-security prison facility located in the municipality of Trent Hills, Ontario, between the communities of Meyersburg and Warkworth. The prison is the largest federal correctional institution in Canada with a population of approximately 580 housed in five units...
(Medium) - Bath Institution (Minimum)
- Beaver Creek Institution (Minimum)
- Frontenac Institute (Minimum)
- Pittsburgh Institute (Minimum)
Men's (Provincial)
- Algoma Treatment and Remand CentreAlgoma Treatment and Remand CentreThe Algoma Treatment and Remand Centre is a medium/maximum security prison located in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Canada....
- Brantford Jail
- Brockville JailBrockville JailThe Brockville Jail is a jail in Brockville, Ontario.Notable residents have included serial killer Peter Woodcock , who in the summer of 1993, on his first day pass in thirty-five years from his Brockville, Ontario psychiatric hospital, brutally murdered another patient....
- Central East Correctional CentreCentral East Correctional CentreThe Central East Correctional Centre is a medium/maximum security prison located in Lindsay, Ontario....
- Central North Correctional CentreCentral North Correctional CentreThe Central North Correctional Centre is a maximum security prison located in Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada. From 2001 to 2006, it was the only privately run correctional facility in Canada.- History :...
- Chatham Jail
- Elgin-Middlesex Detention CentreElgin-Middlesex Detention CentreThe Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre is a maximum security prison located in London, Ontario.-References:...
- Fort Frances Jail
- Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre
- Kenora Jail
- Maplehurst Correctional ComplexMaplehurst Correctional ComplexMaplehurst Correctional Complex is a correctional facility located in Milton, Ontario for males 18 years of age and older...
- Mimico Correctional CentreMimico Correctional CentreThe Mimico Correctional Centre is a provincial medium-security correctional facility for adult male inmates serving a sentence of 2-years-less-a-day or less in Ontario, Canada. Its history can be traced back to 1887...
- Monteith Correctional ComplexMonteith Correctional ComplexThe Monteith Correctional Complex is a medium/maximum security prison located in Monteith, a community in Iroquois Falls, Ontario....
- Niagara Detention Centre
- North Bay JailNorth Bay JailThe North Bay Jail is a jail located in North Bay, Ontario.The 121-bed maximum-security facility houses male and female offenders awaiting trial, sentencing, transfer to federal and provincial correctional facilities, immigration hearings or deportation, or serving sentences under 60 days....
- Ontario Correctional Institute
- Ottawa-Carleton Detention CentreOttawa-Carleton Detention CentreThe Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre is a correctional facility on Innes Road in Ottawa, Ontario. It opened in 1972.-References:...
- Owen Sound Jail
- Quinte Detention Centre
- St. Lawrence Valley Correctional & Treatment Centre
- Sarnia Jail
- Stratford Jail
- Sudbury Jail
- Thunder Bay Correctional Centre
- Thunder Bay Jail
- Toronto (Don) Jail
- Toronto East Detention CentreToronto East Detention CentreThe Toronto East Detention Centre often referred to as simply The East, is a maximum security remand facility located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the former borough of Scarborough. It is located to the southwest of Eglinton Avenue and Birchmount Road...
- Toronto West Detention CentreToronto West Detention CentreThe Toronto West Detention Centre, often referred to as simply The West, is a maximum security remand facility located in Rexdale, a community located in the north-west corner of Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
- Walkerton Jail
- Windsor Jail
(Note: Some provincial facilities, though predominantly male, may house a small number of remanded female inmates.)
Women's (Federal)
- Grand Valley Institution for WomenGrand Valley Institution for WomenGrand Valley Institution for Women is in a women's federal prison in Kitchener, Ontario, served by the Government of Canada.In Canada, women sentenced to prison terms of greater than two years serve their time in a federal institution operated by the Correctional Service of Canada...
(multi) - Isabel McNeil House (Minimum)
Men's
- Donnacona Institution (Maximum)
- Port-Cartier Institution (Maximum)
- Regional Reception Centre (Maximum)
- Archambault Institution (Medium)
- Cowansville Institution (Medium)
- Drummondville Institution (Medium)
- La Macaza Institution (Medium)
- Leclerc Institution (Medium)
- Bordeaux - (Minimum)
- Federal Training Centre (Minimum)
- Montée Saint-François Institution (Minimum)
- Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Institution (Minimum), also location of super-max Special Handling UnitSpecial Handling UnitThe Special Handling Unit is Canada's highest security prison. It is co-located with the Ste-Anne-des-Plaines Institution and the Regional Reception Centre, at the Correctional Service of Canada complex at Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec . As of 2008, there were 90 prisoners at the SHU...
- Rivière-des-Prairie (RDP) Institution (Minimum)
- Talbot Institution (Minimum)
Men's
- Atlantic InstitutionAtlantic InstitutionThe Atlantic Institution is a Canadian federal corrections facility located in the village of Renous, New Brunswick.It was opened in 1987 on the north bank of the Southwest Miramichi River; the property was formerly used as an ammunition depot by the Canadian Forces.Renous was selected as the site...
(Maximum) - Dorchester PenitentiaryDorchester PenitentiaryThe Dorchester Penitentiary is a Canadian federal corrections facility located in the village of Dorchester, New Brunswick....
(Medium) - Her Majesty's Penitentiary (Medium-Maximum)
- Springhill InstitutionSpringhill InstitutionThe Springhill Institution is a Canadian federal corrections facility located in the town of Springhill, Nova Scotia.It was opened on 15 October 1967 on the southwestern edge of the former coal mining town on the edge of the Cobequid Hills; occupying 167 hectares of land on a plateau overlooking...
(Medium) - Westmorland Institution (Minimum)
- Saint John Correctional Facility (Multi-level)
Women's
- Nova Institution for WomenNova Institution for WomenNova Institution is a Canadian federal prison for women in Truro, Nova Scotia. The facility, which handles different levels of offenders, can accommodate up to 70 inmates...
(Minimum/medium, federal, in Truro, Nova ScotiaTruro, Nova Scotia-Education:Truro has one high school, Cobequid Educational Centre. Post-secondary options include a campus of the Nova Scotia Community College, as well as the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in the neighboring town of Bible Hill.- Sports :...
)
Both sexes
- Central Nova Scotia Correctional FacilityCentral Nova Scotia Correctional FacilityThe Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility is a large prison in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, located in Burnside Industrial Park, Dartmouth.-Facilities:With a capacity of 272 , the prison is the largest in the province...
(Medium, provincial, in Burnside ParkBurnside, Nova ScotiaBurnside is a Canadian urban neighbourhood located along the northeast shore of Bedford Basin in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.Officially still termed a dispersed rural community, Burnside has been the location of a major concentration of industry and commercial development since the...
)- East Coast Forensic Hospital
Men's
- Edmonton InstitutionEdmonton InstitutionThe Edmonton Institution is a maximum security facility north of Edmonton. It is run and operated by Correctional Service of Canada.- Riots :There have been 5 riots since the prison opened.*January 24, 1986*August 31, 1998*November 13, 2001...
(Maximum) - Saskatchewan Federal PenitentiarySaskatchewan Federal PenitentiaryThe Saskatchewan Federal Penitentiary is classified as a Medium Security Facility with Maximum Security areas. It is located on a walled 20-acre parcel of land one kilometre west of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada...
(Medium/Maximum) - Brandon Correctional Centre (Remand/Medium)
- Stony Mountain InstitutionStony Mountain InstitutionStony Mountain Institution is a federal medium-security facility located in Stony Mountain, Manitoba, about from Winnipeg. It opened in 1877 and can accommodate up to 570 inmates.- History :...
(Medium) - Headingley Correctional Centre (Remand/Medium)
- Drumheller InstitutionDrumheller InstitutionThe Drumheller Institution is a medium-security prison operated in Drumheller, Alberta by the Correctional Service of Canada. It was opened in 1967, and also includes a 72-bed minimum-security facility. As of 6 April, 2004, the medium security section had a rated capacity of 598.- References :*...
(Medium/Minimum) - Bowden Institution (Medium/Minimum)
- Grande Cache Institution (Minimum)
- Riverbend Institution (Minimum)
- Rockwood Institution (Minimum)
- Pê Sâkâstêw Centre (Minimum)
- Grierson CentreGrierson CentreThe Grierson Centre is a minimum security institution in Downtown Edmonton. It is run and operated by Correctional Service of Canada.The site of the Grierson Centre was originally the North West Mounted Police's headquarters in Edmonton. One of the buildings in the Grierson Centre, former RCMP...
(Minimum) - Regional Psychiatric Centre (Prairies) (Multi)
- Willow Cree Healing Lodge (Minimum)
Women's
- Edmonton Institution for Women (Multi)
- Okimaw Ochi Healing Lodge (Medium/Minimum)
Men's
- Regional Treatment Centre Centre / Pacific Institution & Regional Reception Centre
- Kent InstitutionKent InstitutionKent Institution is a Correctional Service of Canada facility located in Kent, British Columbia. Opened in 1979, Kent is the only maximum security federal penitentiary in the CSC's Pacific region, which includes the province of British Columbia and the Yukon territory. The majority of prisoners...
(Maximum) - Matsqui InstitutionMatsqui InstitutionMatsqui Institution is a federal medium-security prison facility in Abbotsford, British Columbia, about 70 kilometres east of Vancouver. The Institution is operated by the Correctional Service of Canada and was opened in 1966. Accommodations for the general population are provided in a three-story...
(Medium) - Mountain InstitutionMountain InstitutionMountain Institution is a medium security federal penitentiary operated by the Correctional Service of Canada . It is located in the town of Agassiz, British Columbia, approximately 115 kilometres east of Vancouver.-History:...
(Medium) - Mission InstitutionMission InstitutionMission Institution is a medium security federal institution within the Correctional Service of Canada and is located in Mission, British Columbia. As of March 2007, it currently houses 259 inmates. Mission Institution is broken up into 5 living units, with an additional 10 cell segregation unit...
(Medium) - William Head InstitutionWilliam Head InstitutionWilliam Head Institution is a minimum-security federal correctional institution for men located in Metchosin, British Columbia, about 25 kilometres west of Victoria on the southernmost tip of Vancouver Island. The Institution opened in 1959 and can house 140 inmates. Inmates live in four groups of...
(Minimum) - Kwìkwèxwelhp Healing Village (Minimum)
- Ferndale InstitutionFerndale InstitutionFerndale Institution is a minimum-security federal correctional facility located in Mission, British Columbia, in the central Fraser Valley, about 80 kilometres east of Vancouver...
(Minimum)
Other Canadian correctional facilities
- Saskatoon Correctional CentreSaskatoon Correctional CentreThe Saskatoon Correctional Centre is an adult male, provincial correctional centre located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is one of four provincial correctional centres in the province including the Regina Correctional Centre, the Prince Albert Correctional Centre and the only female...
- Headingley Correctional Centre
- Canadian Forces Service Prison and Detention Barracks http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/1asg_hq/units/cfspdb.htm
- El ManzanoEl Manzano (prison)El Manzano is a prison in the city of Concepción, Chile. After the 2010 Chile earthquake a prison riot began following a failed escape attempt by the inmates...
, ConcepciónConcepción, ChileConcepción is a city in Chile, capital of Concepción Province and of the Biobío Region or Region VIII. Greater Concepción is the second-largest conurbation in the country, with 889,725 inhabitants... - Isla Teja Prison, ValdiviaValdivia, ChileValdivia is a city and commune in southern Chile administered by the Municipality of Valdivia. The city is named after its founder Pedro de Valdivia and is located at the confluence of the Calle-Calle, Valdivia and Cau-Cau Rivers, approximately east of the coastal towns of Corral and Niebla...
- Qincheng PrisonQincheng PrisonQincheng Prison is a maximum-security prison located in the Changping District, Beijing in the People's Republic of China, near Xiaotangshan...
, Beijing Municipality - Jieyang Prison, Guangdong Province
- Shantou Prison, Guangdong Province
- Daqing City Hongweixing Prison, Heilongjiang Province
- Copenhagen Prisons
- Vestre Prison
- Blegdamsvejens Prison
- Police Headquarters Prison
- Nytorv Prison
- The Institution of asylum seekers in detention in Sandholm campThe Institution of asylum seekers in detention in Sandholm campThe Institution of asylum seekers in detention in Sandholm camp also called Center Sandholm or Sandholm is a former military barrack, which also is Denmark's largest reception center. The center is located north of Blovstrød in North Zealand. The center is operated by the Danish Red Cross...
(became independent in 2005) - The Institution of HerstedvesterThe Institution of HerstedvesterThe Institution of Herstedvester is a closed prison in Herstedvester, Denmark, for treatment under the Danish Prison and Probation Service. It houses convicted felons and in some cases also people with custody rulings in need of psychiatric assistance and observation.Herstedvester was built in...
- Horserød campHorserød campHorserød camp is a open state prison at Horserød, in local parlance it is still referred as Horserød camp, located in North Zealand, ca. seven kilometers from Helsingør....
- The State Prison in Jyderup
- The State Prison on Kragskovhede
- The State Prison of Central Jutland
- The State Prison in Møgelkær
- The State Prison in Nyborg
- The State Prison in RenbækThe State Prison in RenbækThe State Prison in Renbæk is a open prison in Denmark located in Renbæk, 10 km. east of Skaerbaek.The site originally housed a camp for young unemployed people in 1943 but was temporarily taken over by the Prison and Probation Service to house inmates from the open government work house program...
- The State Prison in RingeThe State Prison in RingeState Prison in Ringe was built in 1976 and is a closed prison near the town of Ringe in the country of Denmark. Prison seven departments have a total of 86 seats and receives men and women from across the country from the age of 23 years to the age 29 years who most endure punishment in a closed...
- The State Prison at Sdr. OmmeThe State Prison at Sdr. OmmeThe State Prison at Sdr. Omme is an open prison located at Sdr. Attention in Denmark, which was inaugurated in 1933.The prison receives male offender from the Copenhagen and Jutland. It has space for 188 inmates, most of which are in the common departments of the prison. The remaining 22 seats are...
- The State Prison at SøbysøgårdThe State Prison at SøbysøgårdThe State Prison at Søbysøgård is an open prison in Denmark, which is arranged at the Hall of Søby Søgård close to Årslev.The manor house was being used as a youth prison in 1933 but has been changed to an open prison in 1973. In 2003 The State Prison at Søbysøgård also got a half open section at...
- The State Prison in VridsløselilleThe State Prison in VridsløselilleThe State Prison in Vridsløselille is a closed prison located in Albertslund in the suburbs of Copenhagen in Denmark.The prison is used for the enforcement of imprisonment and execution of arrests and has a total of 241 inmates. The State Prison in Vridsløselille only receives men over age of 23...
- The State Prison of East JutlandThe State Prison of East JutlandThe State Prison of East Jutland is a Danish prison located at Enner Mark, west of the city of Horsens, and inaugurated on the 2nd of October 2006. The prison replaced the old Horsens State Prison, from which the last prisoners were removed in November 2006...
- Ämari Prison, ÄmariÄmariÄmari is a small borough in Vasalemma Parish, Harju County, northern Estonia.-External links:*...
(closed 2007) - Fat Margaret (), TallinnTallinnTallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
(1830s–1917) - Haapsalu CastleHaapsalu CastleHaapsalu Castle is a castle with cathedral in Haapsalu, western Estonia. It was founded in the thirteenth century to be a center for the Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek...
(historic) - Harju Gate, TallinnTallinnTallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
(historic, demolished) - Harku Prison, HarkuHarkuHarku is a small borough in Harku Parish, Harju County, northern Estonia. It has a population of 651 .-External links:*...
(for women; founded 1920s) - Jägala concentration campJägala concentration campJägala 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 village of Jägala, Estonia. It existed from August 1942...
, JägalaJägalaJägala is a village in Jõelähtme Parish, Harju County, Estonia. It had 139 inhabitants in 2007.-See also:*Jägala River*Jägala Waterfall*Jägala concentration camp*Jägala Army Base*Jägala Airfield-External links:* *...
(1942–1943, during German occupationOccupation of Estonia by Nazi GermanyAfter Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, Army Group North reached Estonia in July.Initially the Germans were perceived by most Estonians as liberators from the USSR and its repressions, having arrived only a week after the first mass deportations from the Baltics...
) - Klooga concentration campKlooga concentration campKlooga was a Nazi 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 northern Estonian village Klooga...
, KloogaKloogaKlooga is a small borough in Keila Parish in Harju County in northern Estonia. It has a population of 1,029 .During th German occupation in World War II a Nazi labor camp was situated in Klooga....
(1943–1944, during German occupationOccupation of Estonia by Nazi GermanyAfter Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, Army Group North reached Estonia in July.Initially the Germans were perceived by most Estonians as liberators from the USSR and its repressions, having arrived only a week after the first mass deportations from the Baltics...
) - Lasnamäe Prison, TallinnTallinnTallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
(19th century) - Maardu Prison, MaarduMaarduMaardu 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 16,529 ....
(closed) - Murru Prison, RummuRummuRummu is a small borough in Vasalemma Parish, Harju County, northern Estonia.-External links:*...
(maximum; founded 1938) - Pagari street, TallinnTallinnTallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
(1941, 1944–1991, during Soviet occupation) - Pärnu Prison, PärnuPärnuPärnu is a city in southwestern Estonia on the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea. It is a popular summer vacation resort with many hotels, restaurants, and large beaches. The Pärnu River flows through the city and drains into the Gulf of Riga...
(closed) - Patarei Prison (Tallinn Central Prison), TallinnTallinnTallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
(closed, now Museum) - Tallinn Prison, TallinnTallinnTallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
(maximum; founded 1919) - Tartu Prison, TartuTartuTartu is the second largest city of Estonia. In contrast to Estonia's political and financial capital Tallinn, Tartu is often considered the intellectual and cultural hub, especially since it is home to Estonia's oldest and most renowned university. Situated 186 km southeast of Tallinn, the...
(maximum; founded 2000) - Toompea Castle, TallinnTallinnTallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
(in the beginning of 20th century) - Vaivara concentration camp, VaivaraVaivaraVaivara concentration camp was the largest of the 22 concentration and labor camps established in 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 from Latvia, Poland, Hungary and the...
(1943–1944, during German occupationOccupation of Estonia by Nazi GermanyAfter Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, Army Group North reached Estonia in July.Initially the Germans were perceived by most Estonians as liberators from the USSR and its repressions, having arrived only a week after the first mass deportations from the Baltics...
) - Viljandi Prison, ViljandiViljandiViljandi is a town and municipality in southern Estonia with a population of 19,150 . It is the capital of Viljandi County. The town was first mentioned in 1283, upon being granted its town charter by Wilhelm von Endorpe....
(closed 2008) - Viru PrisonViru PrisonViru Prison 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....
, JõhviJõhviJõhvi is a town in north-eastern Estonia, and the capital of Ida-Viru County. The town is also an administrative centre of Jõhvi Parish. It is situated 50 km from the Russian border....
(maximum; founded 2006) - Võru Prison, VõruVõruVõru 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 Catherine II of Russia, by the order of Riga Governor general count George Browne, on the...
(defunct)
External links
- Official Website of Estonian Prison Service (in English)
- Official Website of Patarei Prison - Culture Park
Best known prisons (mostly from 19th century or older, mainly still in function except the Katajanokka Prison and Kakola):
- former Helsinki County Prison or Katajanokka Prison, so called "Nokka" or "Skatta" (1749–2002)
- Sörnäinen Prison, so called "Sörkka", HelsinkiHelsinkiHelsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
- former Kakola (Prison), TurkuTurkuTurku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...
(1853–2007) - Hämeenlinna Prison, HämeenlinnaHämeenlinnaHämeenlinna is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Häme in the south of Finland and is the birthplace of composer Jean Sibelius. Today, it belongs to the region of Tavastia Proper, and until 2010 it was the residence city for the Governor of the...
(situated in Häme CastleHäme castleHäme Castle is a medieval castle in Hämeenlinna, Finland. The castle is located on the coast of lake Vanajavesi in the city center. The castle was originally located on an island....
until 1953) - Sukeva Prison, SonkajärviSonkajärviSonkajärvi is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....
- Konnunsuo Prison, LappeenrantaLappeenrantaLappeenranta is a city and municipality that resides on the shore of the lake Saimaa in South-Eastern Finland, about from the Russian border. It belongs to the region of South Karelia. With approximately inhabitants Lappeenranta is the largest city in Finland...
(to be closed 2012) - Pelso Prison, VaalaVaalaVaala is a municipality in Finland. It is located in the Kainuu region. Established in 1954 , the municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water...
External links
- Official Website of Finnish Prison Service (in English)
- Listing from official website: http://www.justice.gouv.fr/minister/DAP/etablissement.htm
- The BastilleBastilleThe 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. The Bastille was built in response to the English threat to the city of...
, Paris
- Château d'If
(historic)Château d'IfThe Château d'If is a fortress located on the island of If, the smallest island in the Frioul Archipelago situated in the Mediterranean Sea about a mile offshore in the Bay of Marseille in southeastern France...
, MarseilleMarseilleMarseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...
- Bagne of Toulon
(historic)Bagne of ToulonThe Bagne of Toulon was the notorious prison in Toulon, France, made famous as the place of imprisonment of Jean Valjean, the hero of Les Misérables, the novel by Victor Hugo...
- Clairvaux Prison
Clairvaux PrisonClairvaux Prison is a high-security prison in France, on the site of the former Clairvaux Abbey.-1971 revolt:In this prison in 1971, convicts Claude Buffet and Roger Bontems took Nicole Comte, a nurse, and Guy Girardot, a prison guard, hostage, and Buffet subsequently murdered them. Buffet and...- Fleury-Mérogis Prison
Fleury-Mérogis PrisonFleury-Mérogis Prison is a prison in France, located in the town of Fleury-Mérogis, in the southern suburbs of Paris. With 3,800 prisoners, it is the largest prison in Europe ...- Fresnes Prison
Fresnes PrisonFresnes Prison is the second largest prison in France, located in the town of Fresnes, Val-de-Marne South of Paris...
, Fresnes, Val-de-MarneFresnes, Val-de-MarneFresnes is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.The Fresnes Prison is located there.-Name:...
, near Paris- La Santé Prison
La Santé PrisonLa Santé Prison is a prison operated by the Ministry of Justice located in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is one of the most famous prisons in France, with both VIP and high security wings....
, Paris - The Bastille
For a longer list of prisons in Germany see Liste der Justizvollzugsanstalten in Deutschland
- Brandenburg-Görden PrisonBrandenburg-Görden PrisonBrandenburg-Görden Prison is located on Anton-Saefkow-Allee in the Görden section of Brandenburg an der Havel. Erected between 1927 and 1935, it was built to be the most secure and modern prison in Europe. It was a Zuchthaus for inmates with lengthy or life sentences at hard labor, as well as...
(now part of a larger complex called Justizvollzugsanstalt Brandenburg an der Havel) - Ebrach AbbeyEbrach AbbeyEbrach Abbey was a Cistercian monastery in Ebrach in Oberfranken, Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the Bishopric of Würzburg....
- HohenaspergHohenaspergHohenasperg, 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 active fortification between 1535 and 1593.-Geography:...
- Landsberg PrisonLandsberg PrisonLandsberg Prison is a penal facility located in the town of Landsberg am Lech in the southwest of the German state of Bavaria, about west of Munich and south of Augsburg....
- Spandau PrisonSpandau PrisonSpandau Prison was a prison situated in the borough of Spandau in western Berlin, constructed in 1876 and demolished in 1987 after the death of its last prisoner, Rudolf Hess, to prevent it from becoming a neo-Nazi shrine. The prison was near, though not part of, the Renaissance-era Spandau Citadel...
, Berlin (demolished; had only one prisonerRudolf HessRudolf Walter Richard Hess was a prominent Nazi politician who was Adolf Hitler's deputy in the Nazi Party during the 1930s and early 1940s...
during its final 11 years) - Stammheim PrisonStammheim PrisonStammheim Prison 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 and apartment blocks on the fringes of Stammheim...
- Werl PrisonWerl PrisonWerl 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.After World War II, several high-ranking Nazi officials were imprisoned there....
, WerlWerlWerl 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...
- Korydallos PrisonKorydallos PrisonKorydallos Prison Complex is the main prison of Greece, housing both maximum-security men and women. It is located in Korydallos, Piraeus. Its most famous detainees are the November 17 terrorist members and Colonel Nikolaos Dertilis, the last surviving member of the military junta. Korydallos...
, KorydallosKorydallosKorydallos is a municipality in the Piraeus regional unit, Greece. It is a western suburb of Piraeus. It is the home of the Korydallos prisons. It sits on a mountain in the west named Aegaleo. It is located W of Athens, N of Piraeus and S of GR-8/E55 and Athinon Avenue.Farming used to dominate... - Ioannia Prison, Ioannia
- Komotini Prison, KomotiniKomotiniKomotini is a city in Thrace, northeastern Greece. It is the capital of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace and of the Rhodope regional unit. It is also the administrative center of the Rhodope-Evros super-prefecture. The city is home to the Democritus University of Thrace, founded in 1973...
- Cornith Prison, Cornith
- Thessaloniki Prison, ThessalonikiThessalonikiThessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
- Larissa Prison, Larissa
- Nafplio Prison, Nafplio
- Neapolis Prison, Neapolis
- Tripoli Prison, Tripoli
- Chania Prison, ChaniaChaniaChaniá , , also transliterated Chania, Hania, and Xania, older form Chanea and Venetian Canea, Ottoman Turkish خانيه Hanya) is the second largest city of Crete and the capital of the Chania peripheral unit...
- Chios Prison, ChiosChiosChios is the fifth largest of the Greek islands, situated in the Aegean Sea, seven kilometres off the Asia Minor coast. The island is separated from Turkey by the Chios Strait. The island is noted for its strong merchant shipping community, its unique mastic gum and its medieval villages...
- Kos Prison, KosKosKos or Cos is a Greek island in the south Sporades group of the Dodecanese, next to the Gulf of Gökova/Cos. It measures by , and is from the coast of Bodrum, Turkey and the ancient region of Caria. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Kos peripheral unit, which is...
- Amfissa Preventorium For Prisoners, AmfissaAmfissaAmfissa is a town and a former municipality in Phocis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Delphi, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It is also the capital of the regional unit of Phocis...
- Állampusztai Országos Büntetés-végrehajtási Intézet, Állampuszta
- Balassagyarmati Fegyház és Börtön, BalassagyarmatBalassagyarmatBalassagyarmat is a town in northern Hungary. It was the seat of the Nógrád comitatus.- History :The town's coat-of-arms bears the Latin inscription "Civitas Fortissima" , because in January 1919 Czechoslovak troops crossed the demarcation line delineated in December 1918 in preparation for the...
- Budapesti Fegyház és Börtön, BudapestBudapestBudapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
- Fiatalkorúak Büntetés-végrehajtási Intézete, TökölTökölTököl is a town in Pest county, Hungary.- External links :*...
, SzirmabesenyőSzirmabesenyo- External links :* *...
, KecskemétKecskemétKecskemét is a city in the central part of Hungary. It is the 8th largest city of the country, and the county seat of Bács-Kiskun.Kecskemét lies halfway between the capital Budapest and the country's third-largest city, Szeged, 86 kilometres from both of them and almost equal distance from the two... - Kalocsai Börtön, KalocsaKalocsaKalocsa is a town in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary. It lies 88 miles south of Budapest. It is situated in a marshy but highly productive district, near the left bank of the Danube River. Historically it had greater political and economic importance than at present.Kalocsa is the Episcopal see...
- Márianosztrai Fegyház és Börtön, MárianosztraMárianosztra-References:...
- Nagyfai Országos Büntetés-végrehajtási Intézet, Algyő-nagyfa
- Pálhalmai Országos Büntetés-végrehajtási Intézet, Dunaújváros-pálhalma
- Sátoraljaújhelyi Fegyház és Börtön, SátoraljaújhelySátoraljaújhelySátoraljaújhely or אוהעלי ) is a town located in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county in northern Hungary near the Slovak border. It is east from the county capital Miskolc.- History :...
- Sopronkőhidai Fegyház és Börtön, SopronkőhidaSopronkőhidaSopronkőhida is a village in North Western Hungary, 4 km north of the city Sopron and 5 km south of the border with Austria.-Significance:...
- Szegedi Fegyház és Börtön, SzegedSzeged' is the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county town of Csongrád county. The University of Szeged is one of the most distinguished universities in Hungary....
Csillagbörtön / Star Prison - Tiszalöki Országos Büntetés-végrehajtási Intézet, TiszalökTiszalökTiszalök is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 6028 people ....
- Váci Fegyház és Börtön, VácVácVác is a town in Pest county in Hungary with approximately 35,000 inhabitants. The archaic spellings of the name are Vacz and Vacs.-Location:...
- Evin PrisonEvin PrisonEvin House of Detention is a prison in Iran, located in Evin, northwestern Tehran. It is noted for its political prisoners' wing, where prisoners have been held both before and after the 1979 Iranian Revolution...
, TehranTehranTehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to... - Towhid PrisonTowhid PrisonTowhid Prison is an unofficial detention centre in Tehran, Iran. The word towhid refers to one of the five pillars of Islam, monotheism...
, TehranTehranTehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to... - 59 (Sepah-e-Pasdaran) Prison, TehranTehranTehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
- Kahrizak Prison, TehranTehranTehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
- Ghezel-hesar Prison, TehranTehranTehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
- Ghezel-ghale Prison, TehranTehranTehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
- Sari Central Prison, Mazandaran, Sari
- Rasht Central Prison, Gilan, Rasht
- Rajayi-shahr Prison, Karaj, Gohardasht
- Kermanshah Prison, KermanshahKermanshahKermanshah is a city in and the capital of Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 784,602, in 198,117 families.The overwhelming majority of Kermanshahi people are Shi'a Muslims...
- Adel-abad Prison, ShirazShirazShiraz may refer to:* Shiraz, Iran, a city in Iran* Shiraz County, an administrative subdivision of Iran* Vosketap, Armenia, formerly called ShirazPeople:* Hovhannes Shiraz, Armenian poet* Ara Shiraz, Armenian sculptor...
- Zahedan Prison, ZahedanZahedanZahedan is a city in and the capital of Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 552,706, in 109,488 families.-Geography:...
- Arbour Hill PrisonArbour Hill PrisonArbour Hill Prison is a prison and military cemetery 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.-Architecture:...
, Dublin 7 - Castlerea PrisonCastlerea PrisonCastlerea Prison is a closed, medium security facility in Castlerea, Co. Roscommon. It houses male prisoners of 17 years of age and more. It has bed capacity of 351 and in 2009 its daily average number of resident inmates was 306.-History:...
, CastlereaCastlereaCastlerea is located in the west of County Roscommon, Ireland. It is the second largest town in the county with a population of 3,055 . Roughly translated from Irish, Castlerea can mean Brindled Castle or King's Castle...
, Co. RoscommonRoscommonRoscommon is the county town of County Roscommon in Ireland. Its population at the 2006 census stood at 5,017 . The town is located near the junctions of the N60, N61 and N63 roads.-History:... - Cloverhill PrisonCloverhill PrisonCloverhill Prison 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:...
, Dublin 22 - Cork PrisonCork PrisonCork Prison, Rathmore Road, Cork City, County Cork is an Irish penal institution. It is a closed, medium security prison for males over 17 years of age...
, CorkCork (city)Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban... - Dóchas CentreDóchas CentreThe Dóchas Centre is a closed, medium security prison for females aged 18 years and over located in Mountjoy Prison in Dublin. It is also the committal prison for females committed on remand or sentenced from all Courts outside the Munster area of Ireland.Dóchas is one of two women's prisons in...
, Mountjoy Campus, Dublin 7 - Kilmainham GaolKilmainham GaolKilmainham Gaol is a former prison, located in Kilmainham in Dublin, which is now a museum. It has been run since the mid-1980s by the Office of Public Works , an Irish Government agency...
(closed) - Limerick PrisonLimerick PrisonLimerick Prison, Mulgrave Street, Limerick is an Irish penal institution. It is a closed, medium security prison, It has an official capacity of 290 male beds and 20 female beds...
, LimerickLimerickLimerick is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland, and the principal city of County Limerick and Ireland's Mid-West Region. It is the fifth most populous city in all of Ireland. When taking the extra-municipal suburbs into account, Limerick is the third largest conurbation in the... - Loughan HouseLoughan HouseLoughan House is a low security open detention centre in Blacklion, County Cavan, Ireland. Built in 1953 as a noviciate for the White Fathers Missionary Congregation, it was purchased by the Department of Justice in 1972 to be converted to a prison facility. Its current governor is Mr. Pat Kavanagh...
, Co. CavanCavanCavan is the county town of County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland. The town lies in the north central part of Ireland, near the border with Northern Ireland... - Midlands PrisonMidlands PrisonThe Midlands Prison is closed, medium security prison in Portlaoise, Co. Laois. It receives prisoners who are aged 17 years and over. It has a bed capacity of 516 and its daily average number of inmates resident in 2009 was 512.-History:...
, Co. Laois - Mountjoy PrisonMountjoy PrisonMountjoy Prison , founded as Mountjoy Gaol, nicknamed The Joy, is a medium security prison located in Phibsboro in the centre of Dublin, Ireland. It has the largest prison population in Ireland.The current prison governor is Mr...
, Mountjoy Campus, Dublin 7 - Newgate Prison, DublinNewgate Prison, DublinNewgate Prison was a place of detention in Dublin until its closure in 1863. 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.-From city gate to prison:...
(closed) - Portlaoise PrisonPortlaoise PrisonPortlaoise Prison is the Republic of Ireland's only high security prison. It is located in Portlaoise, County Laois. It should not be confused with the Midlands Prison, which is a newer, medium security prison situated directly beside it....
, Portlaoise, Co. Laois - Richmond General PenitentiaryRichmond General PenitentiaryThe 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...
, GrangegormanGrangegormanGrangegorman Development Agency is an agency of the Government of Ireland charged with redevelopment of the Grangegorman Campus, formerly within the curtilage of St. Brendan's Hospital...
, Dublin 7 (closed) - Shelton Abbey, ArklowArklowArklow , also known as Inbhear Dé from the Avonmore river's older name Abhainn Dé, is a historic town located in County Wicklow on the east coast of Ireland. Founded by the Vikings in the ninth century, Arklow was the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the 1798 rebellion...
, Co. WicklowWicklowWicklow) is the county town of County Wicklow in Ireland. Located south of Dublin on the east coast of the island, it has a population of 10,070 according to the 2006 census. The town is situated to the east of the N11 route between Dublin and Wexford. Wicklow is also connected to the rail... - St. Patrick's InstitutionSt. Patrick's InstitutionSt. Patrick's Institution, North Circular Road, Dublin 7, is an Irish penal facility for 16- to 21-year-old males. It has a capacity of 217 beds and had an average inmate population of 221 in 2009. It is a closed, medium security prison.-History:...
, Mountjoy Campus, Dublin 7 - Training UnitTraining UnitThe Training Unit is 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 release...
, Mountjoy Campus, Dublin 7 - Wheatfield PrisonWheatfield PrisonWheatfield Prison is 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...
, Dublin 22
- Tihar JailTihar JailTihar Prisons , also called Tihar Jail and Tihar Ashram , is the largest complex of prisons in South Asia. It is located at Tihar village, approximately 7 km from Chanakya Puri, to the west of New Delhi, India. The surrounding area is called Hari Nagar.The prison is maintained as a...
, New DelhiNew DelhiNew Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is... - Cellular JailCellular JailThe Cellular Jail, also known as Kālā Pānī , was a colonial prison situated in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. The prison was used by the British especially to exile political prisoners to the remote archipelago...
, Andaman IslandsAndaman IslandsThe Andaman Islands are a group of Indian Ocean archipelagic islands in the Bay of Bengal between India to the west, and Burma , to the north and east... - Alipore JailAlipore JailThe Alipore Jail or Alipore Central Jail is a prison in Alipore, Kolkata, where political prisoners were kept under British rule, among them Subhash Chandra Bose. It is still in operation. It also houses the Alipore Jail Press.-Notable inmates:* Sri Aurobindo , imprisoned after the Alipore bomb case...
, KolkataKolkataKolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India... - Vellore Central PrisonVellore Central PrisonVellore Central Prison is a prison in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.It is the largest Jail in the dist. Convicts sentenced to imprisonment are confined in the jail from various districts of the Presidency as well as from Burma. Many prisoners sentenced to transpiration by the courts of this...
, VelloreVelloreVellore It is considered one of the oldest cities in South India and lies on the banks of the Palar river on the site of Vellore Fort. The city lies between Chennai and Bangalore and the Temple towns of Thiruvannamalai and Tirupati... - Arthur Road JailArthur Road JailArthur Road Jail , built in 1926, is Mumbai's largest and oldest prison. It houses most of the city's prisoners. It is located near Sat Rasta , between Mahalaxmi and Chinchpokli railway stations in the southern part the city. It was upgraded in 1994 to become a Central Prison and its official name...
, MumbaiMumbaiMumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million... - Chanchalguda Central JailChanchalguda Central JailChanchalguda Central Jail is one of the oldest jails located in Hyderabad, India. This is located in the old city of Hyderabad at Chanchalguda.It has historic significance attached...
, ChanchalgudaChanchalgudaChanchalguda is one of the old suburbs in Hyderabad, India. It is part of the old city of Hyderabad and is close to Saidabad.There is a big jail called as Chanchalguda Central Jail which was set up during the time of the Nizams.... - Hyderabad Jail, Hyderabad
- Raipur Prison, Raipur
- Parappana Agrahara Central Jail, Bengaluru
- Maasiyahu PrisonMaasiyahu PrisonMaasiyahu Prison is a minimum-security Israel Prison Service prison specifically designated for illegal immigrants and others awaiting deportation...
- Megiddo prison
- Nitzan Detention Center
- Hadarim Detention Center
- Ktzi'ot PrisonKtzi'ot PrisonKtzi'ot Prison is an Israeli detention facility located in the Haluza sand dunes region. It is Israel's largest detention facility in terms of land area, encompassing ....
- Ramot Prison
- Magen Prison
- Be'er Sheva Prison
- Eshel Prison
- Prison FourPrison FourPrison Four , officially Confinement Base 394 is an Israeli military prison for Israeli soldiers, located in the military police compound in Tzrifin , Israel....
- Dekel Prison
- Kishon Detention Center
- Shikma Prison
- Maskoveieh
- Ketziot Military Prison/Ktzi'ot PrisonKtzi'ot PrisonKtzi'ot Prison is an Israeli detention facility located in the Haluza sand dunes region. It is Israel's largest detention facility in terms of land area, encompassing ....
- Prison SixPrison SixPrison Six , officially Confinement Base 396 is an Israeli military prison located near Atlit, Israel, on Oren Junction.It is the second military prison for IDF soldiers, after Prison Four in Tzrifin . Prison Six can contain about 350 prisoners.Prison Six generally contains prisoners from the...
- Nafha Prison
- Neve Tirtza Prison
- Ayalon Prison
- Ofer PrisonOfer PrisonOfer Prison , formerly officially known as Incarceration Facility 385 , is an Israeli incarceration facility located in the West Bank, between Ramallah/Beituniya and Giv'at Ze'ev...
- Giv'on Prison
- Rimonim Prison
- Damun Prison
- Gilbo'a Prison
- Tzalmon Prison
- Hermon Prison
- Shata Prison
- HaSharon Prison
- Ashmoret Prison
- Carmel Prison
- Asinara prison, SassariSassariSassari is an Italian city. It is the second-largest city of Sardinia in terms of population with about 130,000 inhabitants, or about 300,000 including the greater metropolitan area...
- Regina Coeli, Rome
- Rebbibia, Rome
- Forte Boccea, Rome
- Ucciardone, PalermoPalermoPalermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old...
- San Vittore, MilanMilanMilan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
- Giudecca, VeniceVeniceVenice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
- Sollicciano, FlorenceFlorenceFlorence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
- Zomba Central Prison, Zomba
- Maula Prison, LilongweLilongweLilongwe, estimated population 902,388 as of 2009, is the capital and largest city of Malawi. It lies in the country's central region, on the Lilongwe River, near the border of Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia, and on the main north-south highway of Malawi, the M1.-History:The city started life as a...
- Chichiri Prison, BlantyreBlantyre, MalawiBlantyre or Mandala is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, the largest city with an estimated 732,518 inhabitants . It is sometimes referred to as the commercial capital of Malawi as opposed to the political capital, Lilongwe...
- Mzimba Prison, MzimbaMzimbaMzimba is a town in the Mzimba District of Malawi. The district comprises descendants of Tumbuka and Ngoni peoples.The district of Mzimba comprises a number of Traditional Authorities from the Ngoni people. The head of these Traditional Authorities, or Paramount Chief , is M'Mbelwa IV.-Demographics:...
- Palacio de LecumberriPalacio de LecumberriThe Palacio de Lecumberri is a large building, formerly a prison, in the northeast of Mexico City, Mexico, which now houses the General National Archive ....
, Mexico CityMexico CityMexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
(defunct) - Penal del AltiplanoPenal del AltiplanoThe Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1 "Altiplano" is the maximum security federal prison The Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1 "Altiplano" is the maximum security federal prison The Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1 "Altiplano" is the maximum security federal prison...
, Almoloya de Juarez - Islas Marías Federal PrisonIslas Marías Federal PrisonThe Islas Marías Federal Penal Colony is a penitentiary establishment of the Federal Government of Mexico, administered through the Federal Secretariat of Public Security...
, Marías Islands - La Mesa PrisonLa Mesa PrisonLa Mesa Prison is a penitentiary in Tijuana, Baja California near the Mexico–United States border.-September 2008 riots:In September 2008, there were two riots. The September 13 riot killed 3 inmates which was caused by inmates upset over the death of an inmate in a prison search for drugs and...
, TijuanaTijuanaTijuana is the largest city on the Baja California Peninsula and center of the Tijuana metropolitan area, part of the international San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. An industrial and financial center of Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence on economics, education, culture, art, and politics...
- See also: The North Korean prison system
Operating political prison camps
- Kwan-li-so No. 14 KaechonKaechon internment campKaechon internment camp is a labor camp in North Korea for political prisoners. The official name is Kwan-li-so No. 14. It is not to be confused with Kaechon concentration camp Kaechon internment camp (Hangeul: , also spelled Kae'chŏn or Gaecheon) is a labor camp in North Korea for political...
- Kwan-li-so No. 15 YodokYodok concentration campYodok concentration camp is a political prison camp in North Korea. The official name is Kwan-li-so No. 15.-Location:...
- Kwan-li-so No. 16 HwasongHwasong concentration campHwasong concentration camp is a labor camp in North Korea for political prisoners. The official name is Kwan-li-so No. 16.- Location :...
- Kwan-li-so No. 18 BukchangBukchang concentration campBukchang concentration camp is a labor camp in North Korea for political prisoners. It is sometimes called Tŭkchang concentration camp . The official name is Kwan-li-so No...
- Kwan-li-so No. 22 Haengyong
- Kwan-li-so No. 25 ChongjinChongjin concentration campChongjin concentration camp is a labor camp in North Korea for political prisoners. The official name is Kwan-li-so No. 25.-Location:...
Operating reeducation camps
- Kyo-hwa-so No. 1 KaechonKaechon concentration campKaechon concentration camp is a prison in North Korea with many political prisoners. The official name is Kyo-hwa-so No. 1. It is not to be confused with Kaechon internment camp Kaechon concentration camp (Hangeul: , also spelled Kae'chŏn or Gaecheon) is a prison in North Korea with many...
- Kyo-hwa-so No. 3 Sinuiju
- Kyo-hwa-so No. 4 Kangdong
- Kyo-hwa-so No. 8 Yongdam
- Kyo-hwa-so No. 12 ChongoriChongori concentration camp-Location:The camp is located near Chongori , a little village in Musan-ri, Hoeryong county, at the road and railroad almost halfway between Hoeryong and Chongjin, Hamgyŏng-pukto province in North Korea...
- Kyo-hwa-so No. 22 Oro
- Kyo-hwa-so No. 77 Danchun
Sindh
- Karachi Central JailKarachi Central JailCentral Prison Karachi is a prison in the city of Karachi in Sindh, Pakistan. It houses more than 6,000 prisoners including convicted terrorists that include militants who attempted to assassinate President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf..-External links:* *...
, KarachiKarachiKarachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million... - Hyderabad Jail, HyderabadHyderabad, Sindhis the second largest city in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the seventh largest city in the country. The city was founded in 1768 by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro upon the ruins of a Mauryan fishing village along the bank of the Indus known as Neroon Kot...
- Sukkar Jail (old), Sukkar
- Sukkar Jail (new), Sukkar
- Larkana Jail, LarkanaLarkanaLarkana or Larkano is the fourth largest city in the north-western part of Sindh Province, Pakistan, and is located within Larkana District.The old name of larkano is chandka which was changed in 1901. In August 2000 Larkana celebrated its hundred years of existence...
- Khairpur Jail, Khairpur
- Malir Jail, KarachiKarachiKarachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
- Nawabshah Jail, NawabshahNawabshahNawabshah , or Shaheed Benazirabad, is a district in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is headquarter of Shaheed Benazir Abad District...
- Mirpurkhas Jail, Mirpurkhas
- Sanghar Jail, SangharSangharSanghar is a city in Sanghar District, Sindh, Pakistan. Sanghar is the headquarters of Sanghar District and Sanghar Taluka . It is one of the agriculture town situated approximately 265 km from Karachi city...
- Jacobabad Jail, JacobabadJacobabadJacobabad or Yaqubabad is the capital city of Jacobabad District, Sindh, Pakistan. The city is also the administrative centre of Jacobabad Taluka, an administrative subdivision of the district, the city is subdivided into 8 Union Councils...
- Dadu Jail, Dadu
- Badin Jail, BadinBadinBadin is the main city and capital of Badin District in Sindh, Pakistan. It lies east of the Indus River. The region is swampy, fertile for growing rice. Some oil fields are located near the town in the seasonally inundated Rann of Kutch region...
- Shikarpur Jail, Shikarpur
- Nara Jail, HyderabadHyderabad, Sindhis the second largest city in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the seventh largest city in the country. The city was founded in 1768 by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro upon the ruins of a Mauryan fishing village along the bank of the Indus known as Neroon Kot...
- Women's Jail, KarachiKarachiKarachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
- Women's Jail, HyderabadHyderabad, Sindhis the second largest city in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the seventh largest city in the country. The city was founded in 1768 by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro upon the ruins of a Mauryan fishing village along the bank of the Indus known as Neroon Kot...
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
Remand prisons
- Butyrka PrisonButyrka prisonButyrka prison was the central transit prison in pre-Revolutionary Russia, located in Moscow.The first references to Butyrka prison may be traced back to the 17th century. The present prison building was erected in 1879 near the Butyrsk gate on the site of a prison-fortress which had been built...
, Moscow - Matrosskaya TishinaMatrosskaya TishinaMatrosskaya Tishina is a detention facility located in northern Moscow, known by the name of the street on which it is located...
, Moscow - Kresty PrisonKresty PrisonKresty prison, officially 1st Detention Center of Administration of Federal Service of Execution of Punishments in Saint Petersburg is a detention center in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The prison consists of two cross-shaped buildings and Alexander Nevsky Cathedral...
, Saint PetersburgSaint PetersburgSaint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
Former KGBKGBThe KGB was the commonly used acronym for the . It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and was the premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.The State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus currently uses the...
remand prisons
- Lubyanka Prison, Moscow (not used)
- Lefortovo PrisonLefortovo prisonLefortovo prison is a prison in Moscow, Russia, which, since 2005, has been under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. It was built in 1881...
, Moscow - Bolshoy DomBolshoy DomThe Big House is an unofficial name of the building in Saint Petersburg, Russia, shared by the headquarters of the local Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast branch of the Federal Security Service of Russia and the Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast Main Department of Internal Affairs...
, Saint PetersburgSaint PetersburgSaint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
Maximum security prisons
- Ognenny OstrovOgnenny OstrovOgnenny Ostrov is a small lake island in the central Russian Vologda region which hosts a monastery, converted into a high-security prison for the death-penalty inmates called Vologodskiy Pyatak or simply Pyatak |nickel coin]])...
, Lake NovozeroLake NovozeroLake Novozero , is a Russian lake in the Vologda Oblast. The lake has the island Ognenny Ostrov which now holds a high-security penal institution.... - Vladimir Central Prison, VladimirVladimirVladimir is a city and the administrative center of Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located on the Klyazma River, to the east of Moscow along the M7 motorway. Population:...
- al-Ha'ir PrisonAl-Ha'ir PrisonAl-Ha'ir Prison is a Saudi Arabian maximum-security prison facility located approximately 25 miles south of Riyadh...
, near RiyadhRiyadhRiyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Najd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 5,254,560 people, and the urban center of a... - Jeddah Prison, JeddahJeddahJeddah, Jiddah, Jidda, or Jedda is a city located on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest sea port on the Red Sea, and the second largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh. The...
- Rafha Prison, RafhaRafhaRafha is a town in the north of Saudi Arabia, close to the border with Iraq. It is located at around ....
- `Ulaysha Prison`Ulaysha Prison`Ulaysha Prison is a prison in Riyadh run by the Saudi Arabian secret police agency Mabahith for arbitrary detention...
, MabahithMabahithThe Mabahith , also spelled Mabaheth, is the secret police agency of the Ministry of Interior in Saudi Arabia.According to Human Rights Watch, the Mabahith "monitors suspected political opponents and others, targets individuals for arrest, and interrogates detainees...
prison in Riyadh
- Changi PrisonChangi PrisonChangi Prison is a prison located in Changi in the eastern part of Singapore.-First prison and POW camp:...
- Admiralty West Prison
- Portsdown Prison
- Queenstown Remand Prison
- Tampines Prison
- Tanah Merah Prison
Operational prisons
- A Lama prison, A LamaA LamaA Lama is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra....
, Pontevedra - Alhaurín de la Torre prison, Alhaurín de la TorreAlhaurín de la TorreAlhaurín de la Torre is a town in the province of Málaga, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The town is part of Málaga Metropolitan Area and of the Comarca of Valle del Guadalhorce....
, Málaga - Albacete prison, AlbaceteAlbaceteAlbacete is a city and municipality in southeastern Spain, 258 km southeast of Madrid, the capital of the province of Albacete in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. The municipality had a population of c. 169,700 in 2009....
- Albocàsser prison, AlbocàsserAlbocàsserAlbocàsser is a municipality in Castellón, Valencia, Spain.It is located in the comarca of Alt Maestrat and has a population of 1439 inhabitants...
, Castellón - Albolote prison, AlboloteAlboloteAlbolote is a city located in the province of Granada, Spain. According to Spain's Instituto Nacional de Estadística, the city has a total population of 15,563 as of 2005....
, Granada - Alcalá de Guadaira prison, Alcalá de GuadairaAlcalá de GuadairaAlcalá de Guadaíra is a town located approximately 10 km southeast of Seville, Spain; in recent years the expansion of Seville has meant that Alcalá has become a suburb of that city. Alcalá used to be known as Alcalá de los Panaderos because it provided most of Seville's bread...
, Seville - Alcalá-Meco prison, Alcalá de HenaresAlcalá de HenaresAlcalá de Henares , meaning Citadel on the river Henares, is a Spanish city, whose historical centre is one of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites, and one of the first bishoprics founded in Spain...
, Community of Madrid - Alcázar de San Juan prison, Alcázar de San JuanAlcázar de San JuanAlcázar de San Juan is a town and municipality in the province of Ciudad Real, part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain...
, Ciudad Real - Alicante prison, AlicanteAlicanteAlicante or Alacant is a city in Spain, the capital of the province of Alicante and of the comarca of Alacantí, in the south of the Valencian Community. It is also a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city of Alicante proper was 334,418, estimated , ranking as the second-largest...
- Alicante II prison, VillenaVillenaVillena is a city in Spain, in the Valencian Community. It is located at the northwest part of Alicante, and borders to the west with Castilla-La Mancha and Murcia, to the north with the province of Valencia and to the east and south with the province of Alicante. It is the capital of the comarca...
, Alicante - Almería prison, AlmeríaAlmeríaAlmería is a city in Andalusia, Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the province of the same name.-Toponym:Tradition says that the name Almería stems from the Arabic المرية Al-Mariyya: "The Mirror", comparing it to "The Mirror of the Sea"...
- Aranjuez prison, AranjuezAranjuezAranjuez is a town lying 48 km south of Madrid, in the southern part of the Community of Madrid. It is located at the confluence of the Tagus and Jarama rivers, 48 km from Toledo. As of 2009, it has a population of 54,055.-History:...
, Community of Madrid - Arrecife de Lanzarote prison, Teguise, Las Palmas
- Ávila prison, BrievaBrievaBrieva is a municipality located in the province of Segovia, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 71 inhabitants....
, Ávila - Badajoz prison, BadajozBadajozBadajoz is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain, situated close to the Portuguese border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana, and the Madrid–Lisbon railway. The population in 2007 was 145,257....
- Barcelona Model prison, BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
- Bilbao prison, BasauriBasauriBasauri is a major municipality of Biscay, in the Basque Country, an Autonomous Community in northern Spain.The town is a part of the Greater Bilbao conurbation, being only a few kilometers south of Bilbao. It is an industrial town that also includes monuments such as the tower-house of Ariz. It...
, BiscayBiscayBiscay is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lord of Biscay. Its capital city is Bilbao... - Botafuegos prison, AlgecirasAlgecirasAlgeciras is a port city in the south of Spain, and is the largest city on the Bay of Gibraltar . Port of Algeciras is one of the largest ports in Europe and in the world in three categories: container,...
, Cádiz - Bonxe prison, Outeiro de ReiOuteiro de Rei- External links :**Outeiro de Rei page in Portuguese Wikipedia...
, Lugo - Burgos prison, BurgosBurgosBurgos is a city of northern Spain, historic capital of Castile. It is situated at the edge of the central plateau, with about 178,966 inhabitants in the city proper and another 20,000 in its suburbs. It is the capital of the province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León...
- Cáceres prison, CáceresCáceres- Places :* Cáceres in Spain** Cáceres which covers the province* Cáceres, Spain, the capital of Cáceres Province* Cáceres, Antioquia, municipality in Colombia...
- Can Brians prison, Sant Esteve SesroviresSant Esteve SesroviresSant Esteve Sesrovires is a municipality in the comarca of the Baix Llobregat in Catalonia, Spain...
, Barcelona - Castellón prison, Castellón de la PlanaCastellón de la PlanaCastellón de la Plana or Castelló de la Plana is the capital city of the province of Castelló, in the Valencian Community, Spain, in the east of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Costa del Azahar by the Mediterranean Sea...
- Ceuta prison, CeutaCeutaCeuta is an autonomous city of Spain and an exclave located on the north coast of North Africa surrounded by Morocco. Separated from the Iberian peninsula by the Strait of Gibraltar, Ceuta lies on the border of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Ceuta along with the other Spanish...
- Córdoba prison, CórdobaCórdoba, Spain-History:The first trace of human presence in the area are remains of a Neanderthal Man, dating to c. 32,000 BC. In the 8th century BC, during the ancient Tartessos period, a pre-urban settlement existed. The population gradually learned copper and silver metallurgy...
- Daroca prison, DarocaDarocaDaroca is a city and municipality in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, situated to the south of the city of Zaragoza. It is the center of a judicial district....
, Zaragoza - El Dueso prison, SantoñaSantoñaSantoña is a town in the eastern coast of the autonomous community of Cantabria, on the north coast of Spain. It is situated by the bay of the same name. It is 45 km from the capital Santander. Santoña is divided into two zones, an urban plain, and a mountainous area, with Mount Buciero at its...
, CantabriaCantabriaCantabria is a Spanish historical region and autonomous community with Santander as its capital city. It is bordered on the east by the Basque Autonomous Community , on the south by Castile and León , on the west by the Principality of Asturias, and on the north by the Cantabrian Sea.Cantabria... - Figueres prison, FigueresFigueresFigueres is the capital of the comarca of Alt Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain.The town is the birthplace of artist Salvador Dalí, and houses the Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, a large museum designed by Dalí himself which attracts many visitors...
, Girona - Girona prison, GironaGironaGirona is a city in the northeast of Catalonia, Spain at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants and Güell, with an official population of 96,236 in January 2009. It is the capital of the province of the same name and of the comarca of the Gironès...
- Estremera prison, EstremeraEstremeraEstremera is a municipality of the Community of Madrid, Spain.-External links:...
, Community of Madrid - Herrera de la Mancha prison, ManzanaresManzanares, Ciudad RealManzanares, Ciudad Real is a municipality in Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 19,186 . It is located near the Autovía A-4 ....
, Ciudad Real - Huelva prison, HuelvaHuelvaHuelva is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Huelva in the autonomous region of Andalusia. It is located along the Gulf of Cadiz coast, at the confluence of the Odiel and Tinto rivers. According to the 2010 census, the city has a population of 149,410 inhabitants. The...
- Ibiza prison, IbizaIbizaIbiza or Eivissa is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea 79 km off the coast of the city of Valencia in Spain. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. With Formentera, it is one of the two Pine Islands or Pityuses. Its largest cities are Ibiza...
, Balearic IslandsBalearic IslandsThe Balearic Islands are an archipelago of Spain in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.The four largest islands are: Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera. The archipelago forms an autonomous community and a province of Spain with Palma as the capital... - Jaén prison, Jaén
- La Moraleja prison, DueñasDueñas, PalenciaDueñas is a municipality located in the province of Palencia, Castile and León, Spain....
, Palencia - Lledoners prison, Sant Joan de VilatorradaSant Joan de VilatorradaSant Joan de Vilatorrada is a municipality in the comarca of the Bagesin Catalonia, Spain. It's about 50 km away from Barcelona.The town of Sant Joan de Vilatorrada feels placed at 3 km. from Manresa, the capital of the Bages comarca...
, Barcelona - Lleida prison, LleidaLleidaLleida is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida, as well as the largest city in the province and it had 137,387 inhabitants , including the contiguous municipalities of Raimat and Sucs. The metro area has about 250,000 inhabitants...
- Las Palmas prison, Las Palmas de Gran CanariaLas Palmas de Gran CanariaLas Palmas de Gran Canaria commonly known as Las Palmas is the political capital, jointly with Santa Cruz, the most populous city in the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands and the ninth largest city in Spain, with a population of 383,308 in 2010. Nearly half of the people of the island...
- Logroño prison, LogroñoLogroñoLogroño is a city in northern Spain, on the Ebro River. It is the capital of the autonomous community of La Rioja, formerly known as La Rioja Province.The population of Logroño in 2008 was 153,736 and a metropolitan population of nearly 197,000 inhabitants...
, La RiojaLa Rioja (Spain)La Rioja is an autonomous community and a province of northern Spain. Its capital is Logroño. Other cities and towns in the province include Calahorra, Arnedo, Alfaro, Haro, Santo Domingo de la Calzada, and Nájera.-History:... - Mansilla de las Mulas prison, Mansilla de las MulasMansilla de las MulasMansilla de las Mulas , Mansiella in Leonese language, is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2010 census , the municipality has a population of 1,913 inhabitants....
, Léon - Melilla prison, MelillaMelillaMelilla is a autonomous city of Spain and an exclave on the north coast of Morocco. Melilla, along with the Spanish exclave Ceuta, is one of the two Spanish territories located in mainland Africa...
- Monterroso prison, MonterrosoMonterrosoMonterroso is a municipality in Lugo province in Galicia in north-west Spain.-History:Monterroso was the seat of an important tenencia in medieval Galicia...
, Lugo - Morón de la Frontera prison, Morón de la FronteraMorón de la FronteraMorón de la Frontera is a Spanish town in Seville province, Andalusia, 63 km South-East of Seville. It is primarily known as being home to Morón Air Base. The most remarkable monuments are the Moorish castle ruins and the main church...
, Seville - Murcia prison, MurciaMurcia-History:It is widely believed that Murcia's name is derived from the Latin words of Myrtea or Murtea, meaning land of Myrtle , although it may also be a derivation of the word Murtia, which would mean Murtius Village...
- Nanclares de la Oca prison, Langraiz-Oka, ÁlavaÁlavaÁlava is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lord of Álava. Its capital city is Vitoria-Gasteiz which is also the capital of the autonomous community...
- Navalcarnero prison, NavalcarneroNavalcarneroNavalcarnero is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain, located about 31 km from Madrid.Sights include the church of Inmaculada Concepción.-History:...
, Community of Madrid - Ocaña prison, OcañaOcaña, SpainOcaña, a town and municipality of central Spain, in the province of Toledo. It is located on the extreme north of the tableland known as the Mesa de Ocaña, and has a station on the railway from Aranjuez to Cuenca.-History:...
, Toledo - Palma prison, Palma, Balearic IslandsBalearic IslandsThe Balearic Islands are an archipelago of Spain in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.The four largest islands are: Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera. The archipelago forms an autonomous community and a province of Spain with Palma as the capital...
- Pamplona prison, PamplonaPamplonaPamplona is the historial capital city of Navarre, in Spain, and of the former kingdom of Navarre.The city is famous worldwide for the San Fermín festival, from July 6 to 14, in which the running of the bulls is one of the main attractions...
, NavarreNavarreNavarre , officially the Chartered Community of Navarre is an autonomous community in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Country, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and Aquitaine in France... - Pereiro de Aguiar prison, Pereiro de Aguiar, Ourense
- Puerto prison, Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz
- Quatre Camins prison, la Roca del VallèsLa Roca del VallèsLa Roca del Vallès is a village in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain....
, Barcelona - San Sebastián prison, San SebastiánSan SebastiánDonostia-San Sebastián is a city and municipality located in the north of Spain, in the coast of the Bay of Biscay and 20 km away from the French border. The city is the capital of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. The municipality’s population is 186,122 , and its...
, Gipuzkoa - Santa Cruz de la Palma prison, Santa Cruz de la PalmaSanta Cruz de La PalmaSanta Cruz de la Palma is located on the eastern part of the island of La Palma in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife of the Canary Islands. Santa Cruz de la Palma is the second largest city and is the capital of the island...
, Santa Cruz de Tenerife - Santa Cruz de Tenerife prison, El Rosario, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Segovia prison, SegoviaSegoviaSegovia is a city in Spain, the capital of Segovia Province in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is situated north of Madrid, 30 minutes by high speed train. The municipality counts some 55,500 inhabitants.-Etymology:...
- Seville prison, SevilleSevilleSeville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...
- Soria prison, SoriaSoriaSoria is a city in north-central Spain, the capital of the province of Soria in the autonomous community of Castile and León. , the municipality has a population of c. 39,500 inhabitants, nearly 40% of the population of the province...
- Soto del Real prison, Soto del RealSoto del RealSoto del Real, whose former name was Chozas de la Sierra, is a town and municipality in the northern area of the autonomous Community of Madrid which had 8,294 inhabitants in 2009....
, Community of Madrid - Tarragona prison, TarragonaTarragonaTarragona is a city located in the south of Catalonia on the north-east of Spain, by the Mediterranean. It is the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and the capital of the Catalan comarca Tarragonès. In the medieval and modern times it was the capital of the Vegueria of Tarragona...
- Teixeiro prison, CurtisCurtis, GaliciaCurtis is a municipality of Spain in the Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Its capital is Teixeiro, where its town hall is located....
, A Coruña - Teruel prison, TeruelTeruelTeruel is a town in Aragon, eastern Spain, and the capital of Teruel Province. It has a population of 34,240 in 2006 making it one of the least populated provincial capitals in the country...
- Topas prison, TopasTopasTopas is a municipality located in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 695 inhabitants....
, Salamanca - Valdemoro prison, ValdemoroValdemoroValdemoro is a municipal district, located in the Southern zone of the autonomous community of Madrid, Spain. Located 27 kilometers from the capital, Valdemoro is officially part of the comarca of La Sagra, though it is generally also included in the Madrid metropolitan area.The municipality has...
, Community of Madrid - Valladolid prison, VillanublaVillanublaVillanubla is a municipality located in the province of Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 1,302 inhabitants....
, Valladolid - Villabona prison, Llanera, AsturiasLlanera, AsturiasLlanera is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered on the north by Gijón and Corvera de Asturias, on the south by Oviedo, on the east by Gijón and Siero, and on the west by Illas and Las Regueras...
- Zuera prison, ZueraZueraZuera is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2010 census, the municipality has a population of 7510 inhabitants....
, Zaragoza - Wad-Ras prison, BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
Former prisons
- Carabanchel prisonCarabanchel PrisonCarabanchel Prison was constructed by political prisoners after the Spanish Civil War between 1940 and 1944 in the Madrid's neighbourhood of Carabanchel. It was one of the biggest prisons in Europe until its closure in 1998...
, MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... - Cárcel Real of CádizCárcel Real (Cádiz)The Cárcel Real is a historical building in Cádiz, southern Spain, an example of Neoclassical architecture.- History :...
, CádizCádizCadiz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the homonymous province, one of eight which make up the autonomous community of Andalusia.... - Madrid Model Prison, MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
- Málaga Prison, MálagaMálagaMálaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...
- Les Corts Prison, BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
- Porlier Prison, MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
- Ranilla Prison, SevilleSevilleSeville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...
- Trinitat Prison, BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
Prisons planned and under construction
- Tàrrega prison, TàrregaTàrregaTàrrega is a village and municipality located in the Urgell comarca, province of Lleida, Catalonia. According to the 2009 census , the village has a population of 16.539 inhabitants....
, Lleida - El Catllar prison, el CatllarEl CatllarEl Catllar is a municipality in the comarca of the Tarragonès inCatalonia, Spain.-References:* Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria . Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona:Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-02-1 . ISBN 84-87135-01-3 ....
, Tarragona - Zona Franca prison, BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
- Långholmen prisonLångholmen prisonLångholmen Prison, officially Långholmen Central Prison , was historically one of the biggest prison facilities in Sweden with more than 500 cells, located on the island of Långholmen in Stockholm. It was built 1874-1880 as the central prison of Sweden, and was in use until 1975...
, StockholmStockholmStockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
(defunct, now operating as a hotel and museum) - Kumla prisonKumla prisonKumla prison is a prison facility in Kumla Municipality, Sweden. It was opened in 1965 and is one of the country's biggest prisons. Kumla is one of three high security prisons in Sweden holding risk inmates . On March 18, 2009, a new supermax facility was opened inside the Kumla Prison.-References :...
, KumlaKumlaKumla is a locality and the seat of Kumla Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 20 456 inhabitants in 2010.-History:Traditionally Kumla was known as a shoemaker town with a history back to the first half of the 19th century.... - Hall prisonHall PrisonHall prison is a prison facility five kilometres southeast of Södertälje, Sweden. The prison is one of the biggest in Sweden and is categorised as an A-prison.-History:...
, SödertäljeSödertäljeSödertälje is a city and the seat of Södertälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 86,069 inhabitants in 2010.The industrial city, about south of Stockholm, is the home to truck maker Scania AB and a top 10 pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca....
- Bang Kwang Central Prison, Nonthaburi ProvinceNonthaburi ProvinceNonthaburi is one of the central provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Pathum Thani, Bangkok and Nakhon Pathom....
- Khao Kho District Jail, Phetchabun ProvincePhetchabun ProvincePhetchabun is one of the northern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Loei, Khon Kaen, Chaiyaphum, Lopburi, Nakhon Sawan, Phichit and Phitsanulok.- Geography :...
- Nong Khai Immigration Detention Center, Nong Khai ProvinceNong Khai ProvinceNong Khai is the northernmost of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Bueng Kan, Sakon Nakhon, Udon Thani and Loei...
- Diyarbakır PrisonDiyarbakır PrisonDiyarbakır Prison is a prison located in Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey. It was built in 1980 as an E-type prison by the Ministry of Justice. After the September 12, 1980 Turkish coup d'état, the facility was transferred to military administration and became a Martial Law Military Prison...
, DiyarbakırDiyarbakırDiyarbakır is one of the largest cities in southeastern Turkey... - Hasdal Military Prison, IstanbulIstanbulIstanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
- ImraliImraliİmralı is a small Turkish island located in the south of the Sea of Marmara, west of Armutlu-Bozburun peninsula within Bursa Province. It served from 1999 until 2009 as a maximum-security prison island for its only inmate, Abdullah Öcalan...
, Marmara Sea - Paşakapısı PrisonPaşakapısı PrisonPaşakapısı Prison is a small prison located in Üsküdar district of Istanbul, Turkey. First built in 1799 on orders of the Ottoman sultan Selim III as a hunting palace, the facility was used as a school for nuns between 1918 and 1923. In 1928, it was converted to a prison, which it still is at...
, ÜsküdarÜsküdarÜsküdar is a large and densely populated municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, on the Anatolian shore of the Bosphorus. It is bordered on the north by Beykoz, on the east by Ümraniye, on the southeast by Ataşehir, on the south by Kadıköy, and on the west by the Bosphorus, with the areas of Beşiktaş,...
, Istanbul - Silivri PrisonSilivri PrisonSilivri Prison or officially Silivri Penitentiaries Campus is a high-security state correctional institution complex in the Silivri district of Istanbul Province in Turkey. Established in 2008, it is the country's most modern and Europe's largest penal facility.As of June 5, 2008, a total of...
, Istanbul - Sinop Fortress PrisonSinop Fortress PrisonSinop Fortress Prison, was a state prison situated in the inside of the Sinop Fortress in Sinop, Turkey. As one of the oldest prisons of Turkey, it was established in 1887 within the inner fortress of the centuries-old fortification located on the northwestern part of Cape Sinop...
, SinopSinop, TurkeySinop is a city with a population of 36,734 on İnce Burun , by its Cape Sinop which is situated on the most northern edge of the Turkish side of Black Sea coast, in the ancient region of Paphlagonia, in modern-day northern Turkey, historically known as Sinope...
(closed) - Sultanahmet JailSultanahmet JailSultanahmet Jail , a former prison in Istanbul, Turkey, is now the luxury Four Seasons Hotel at Sultanahmet. It is located in Sultanahmet neighborhood of Eminönü district on the historical peninsula.- History :...
, IstanbulIstanbulIstanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
(closed) - Uşak Prison, UşakUsakUşak is a city in the interior part of the Aegean Region of Turkey. The city has a population of 180,414 and is the capital of Uşak Province. The mayor is Ali Erdoğan ....
Other countries
- Camp BoiroCamp BoiroCamp Boiro or Camp Mamadou Boiro is a defunct Guinean concentration camp within Conakry city.During the regime of President Ahmed Sékou Touré, thousands of political opponents were imprisoned at the camp....
, ConakryConakryConakry is the capital and largest city of Guinea. Conakry is a port city on the Atlantic Ocean and serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea with a 2009 population of 1,548,500...
, GuineaGuineaGuinea , officially the Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea , it is today sometimes called Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from its neighbour Guinea-Bissau. Guinea is divided into eight administrative regions and subdivided into thirty-three prefectures... - Camp CrameCamp CrameCamp Crame is the national headquarters of the Philippine National Police and is located in along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, Quezon City...
, ManilaManilaManila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...
, PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam... - Devil's IslandDevil's IslandDevil's Island is the smallest and northernmost island of the three Îles du Salut located about 6 nautical miles off the coast of French Guiana . It has an area of 14 ha . It was a small part of the notorious French penal colony in French Guiana until 1952...
, French GuianaFrench GuianaFrench Guiana is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department located on the northern Atlantic coast of South America. It has borders with two nations, Brazil to the east and south, and Suriname to the west... - Abu Ghraib, IraqIraqIraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
- Isla IsabelaIsabela Island (Ecuador)Isabela Island is the largest island of the Galápagos with an area of , and length of nearly 4 times larger than Santa Cruz, the next largest of the islands. This island was named in honor of Queen Isabella of Spain, who sponsored the voyage of Columbus. . By the English, it was named Albemarle...
, EcuadorEcuadorEcuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border... - Robben IslandRobben IslandRobben Island is an island in Table Bay, 6.9 km west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa. The name is Dutch for "seal island". Robben Island is roughly oval in shape, 3.3 km long north-south, and 1.9 km wide, with an area of 5.07 km². It is flat and only a...
, South Africa - Playa NegraPlaya NegraPlaya Negra is a beach in the Guanacaste Province of Costa Rica and a featured location in the movie Endless Summer II. It is south of the town of Tamarindo.Los Pargos is the town where Playa Negra is located....
(Black BeachBlack BeachBlack Beach , located on the island of Bioko, in the capital city of Malabo in Equatorial Guinea, is of one of Africa's most notorious prisons.-Feared reputation:...
), Equatorial GuineaEquatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea where the capital Malabo is situated.Annobón is the southernmost island of Equatorial Guinea and is situated just south of the equator. Bioko island is the northernmost point of Equatorial Guinea. Between the two islands and to the... - Insein PrisonInsein PrisonInsein Prison is located in Yangon Division, near Yangon , the old capital of Myanmar. It is run by the military junta of Myanmar, the State Peace and Development Council, and used largely to repress political dissidents....
, MyanmarMyanmarBurma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south.... - Palacio de LecumberriPalacio de LecumberriThe Palacio de Lecumberri is a large building, formerly a prison, in the northeast of Mexico City, Mexico, which now houses the General National Archive ....
, Mexico CityMexico CityMexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, Mexico - Penal del AltiplanoPenal del AltiplanoThe Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1 "Altiplano" is the maximum security federal prison The Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1 "Altiplano" is the maximum security federal prison The Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1 "Altiplano" is the maximum security federal prison...
, Almoloya de Juárez, Mexico - İmralıImraliİmralı is a small Turkish island located in the south of the Sea of Marmara, west of Armutlu-Bozburun peninsula within Bursa Province. It served from 1999 until 2009 as a maximum-security prison island for its only inmate, Abdullah Öcalan...
, Sea of MarmaraSea of MarmaraThe Sea of Marmara , also known as the Sea of Marmora or the Marmara Sea, and in the context of classical antiquity as the Propontis , is the inland sea that connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea, thus separating Turkey's Asian and European parts. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Black...
, Turkey - Ezeiza Women's Prison, Buenos AiresBuenos AiresBuenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... - Hanoi HiltonHanoi HiltonHỏa Lò Prison, later sarcastically known to American prisoners of war as the "Hanoi Hilton", was a prison used by the French colonists in Vietnam for political prisoners and later by North Vietnam for prisoners of war during the Vietnam War....
, HanoiHanoiHanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam...
, VietnamVietnamVietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
(POW prison; historical) - BangkwangBangkwangBang Kwang Central Prison is a men's prison in Nonthaburi Province, Thailand, located at the Chao Phraya River about 7 miles north of Bangkok.-History:...
, Nonthaburi ProvinceNonthaburi ProvinceNonthaburi is one of the central provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Pathum Thani, Bangkok and Nakhon Pathom....
, ThailandThailandThailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
, nicknamed the "Big Tiger"