List of prisons

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This article provides a list of prisons by country.

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A

Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan

Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria

Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina

B

Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium

Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia

Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana

Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

C

Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

Flag of Chile.svg  Chile

Bío Bío Region

Los Ríos Region

Santiago Metropolitan Region

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

Macau

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

Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia

Court and prison in Rijeka (est. 1904) Sudbena palaca 270508 1.jpg
Court and prison in Rijeka (est. 1904)

County prisons

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

State prisons, penitentiaries and prison hospitals

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

Former regime prisons and penal colonies

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

Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic

D

Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark

E

Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador

Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt

Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea

Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia

F

Flag of Finland.svg  Finland

The prison in Kuopio, Northern Savonia KuopioPrisonFinland.jpg
The prison in Kuopio, Northern Savonia

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

Flag of France.svg  France

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

G

Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

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

Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana

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

Flag of Greece.svg  Greece

H

Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary

I

Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland

Flag of India.svg  India

Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia

Flag of Iran.svg  Iran

Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq

Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland

Flag of Israel.svg  Israel

Flag of Italy.svg  Italy

J

Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica

Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

Sapporo Correctional Precinct

Sendai Correctional Precinct

Tokyo Correctional Precinct

Nagoya Correctional Precinct

Osaka Correctional Precinct

Hiroshima Correctional Precinct

Takamatsu Correctional Precinct

Fukuoka Correctional Precinct

Medical Prison

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

K

Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait

L

Flag of Laos.svg  Laos

Flag of Libya.svg  Libya

Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania

M

Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar

Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi

Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia

Flag of Malta.svg  Malta

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

Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico

Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco

Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco

N

Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands

Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea

Operating political prison camps

Former political prison camps

Operating reeducation camps

Former reeducation camps

Flag of Norway.svg  Norway

Oslo Prison (est. 1851) Oslo kretsfengsels inngang.jpg
Oslo Prison (est. 1851)
Hamar Prison (est. 1864) Hamar fengsel.jpg
Hamar Prison (est. 1864)
Alesund Prison (est. 1864/1906) Alesund Fengsel - Kipervikgata 16.jpg
Ålesund Prison (est. 1864/1906)

P

Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan

Sindh

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

Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea

There are 21 prisons and 10 rural lockups in Papua New Guinea: [5]

Flag of Poland.svg  Poland

Flag of Peru.svg  Peru

R

Flag of Romania.svg  Romania

Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

Remand prisons

Former KGB remand prisons

Maximum security prisons

S

Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia

Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore

Prisons
Drug Rehabilitation Centres
Former prisons and detention centres

Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia

Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa

Flag of Spain.svg  Spain

Operational prisons

Reference [7]

Former prisons

Prisons planned and under construction

Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan

Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden

Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland

Flag of Syria (2025-).svg  Syria

T

Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan

Flag of East Timor.svg  Timor-Leste

Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand

Remand prisons

Thailand has four remand prisons: [11]

  • Bangkok Remand Prison [12]
  • Minburi Remand Prison
  • Pattaya Remand Prison (Chonburi Province)
  • Thonburi Remand Prison

Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey

U

Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom

Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States

V

Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam

Y

Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen

Others

References

  1. ↑ Freymeyer, Christian (September 20, 2018). "The United States Can Stop Cameroon's Brutal Crackdown". Foreign Policy . The investigation alleged that more than 1,000 people, many of whom were arrested arbitrarily, were held in horrific conditions in Maroua Prison, located in the north of the country.
  2. ↑ Solano, Gonzalo; Karmanau, Yuras; Bajak, Frank (2012-08-20). "Belarus dissident fighting extradition by Ecuador". San Jose Mercury News . AP. Archived from the original on 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
  3. ↑ Quaicoe Rebecca (June 2015). "Ghana Prisons Service Launches project "Efiase"". Daily Graphic (855–1529): 20.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Transfer of 'El Chapo' to less-secure Mexican prison near US makes no sense, says former DEA head". Associated Press. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Operation Division - PNG Correctional Services".
  6. ↑ Aquino, Marco; Garrison, Cassandra (April 28, 2020). Bell, Alistair; Reese, Chris (eds.). "Death toll in Peru prison riot over coronavirus demands rises to nine". Reuters. The protest by inmates, who were also calling for pardons, began Monday afternoon at the Miguel Castro Castro prison, located in the San Juan de Lurigancho district, according to the National Penitentiary Institute (INPE).
  7. ↑ Prisiones
  8. ↑ David L. Phillips (5 July 2017). The Kurdish Spring: A New Map of the Middle East. Taylor & Francis. p. 86. ISBN   978-1-351-48036-9.
  9. ↑ Perry, Tom (October 10, 2019). Kasolowsky, Raissa (ed.). "Turkey shelled prison holding IS foreign fighters Kurdish-led administration". Reuters. The shelling on Wednesday night targeted part of Chirkin prison in the city of Qamishli, the Kurdish-led authorities said in a statement.
  10. ↑ Chachavalpongpun, Pavin (June 2, 2017). "Dhaveevatthana prison: hell on Earth in Thailand". The Japan Times . Retrieved June 13, 2020. Inside the sprawling Dhaveevatthana Palace in Bangkok is a prison built to lock up those betraying the trust of the new Thai king, Vajiralongkorn. On March 27, 2012, during the Yingluck Shinawatra administration, the Ministry of Justice issued an order regarding the construction of a prison within Dhaveevatthana Palace on a 60-sq.-meter plot of land. Named Buddha Monthon Temporary Prison, it is under the authority of the Klong Prem Central Prison. The Dhaveevatthana prison has been officially legalized, therefore permitting King Vajiralongkorn to imprison anyone under its roof legally. Some of his close confidants have been imprisoned there, from Suriyan Sucharitpolwong (better known as Moh Yong) to police Maj. Prakrom Warunprapha and Maj. Gen. Phisitsak Seniwongse na Ayutthaya. They were behind Vajiralongkorn's 'Bike for Mom' campaign in 2015, but were later found guilty of embezzling the project's funds. All died in the Dhaveevatthana prison under mysterious circumstances.
  11. ↑ Graeme R. Newman (19 October 2010). Crime and Punishment Around the World [4 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 249. ISBN   978-0-313-35134-1.
  12. ↑ Goodin, Dan (February 9, 2018). "Accused 'In fraud we trust' kingpin arrested while vacationing in Thailand". He's currently being held at Bangkok Remand Prison while the US seeks his extradition.
  13. ↑ Gulf News (April 8, 2013). "Inside the Dubai Women's Central Jail in Al Aweer". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved July 16, 2018. Gulf News visits the Dubai Women's Central Jail in Al Aweer to see how inmates are being rehabilitated.
  14. ↑ al Ramahi, Nawal (July 9, 2018). "Behind bars with the women and children of Dubai's central jail". The National . Away from the bustle of the city and in the middle of Al Awir desert, Dubai Central Jail is home to thousands of convicts.
  15. ↑ Abdullah, Afkar (November 21, 2017). "Filipino prisoners convert to Islam in Sharjah". Khaleej Times . Three Filipino inmates at a Sharjah prison have converted to Islam. According to the Sharjah Reformatory and Punitive Establishments (SRPE), the new Muslims "expressed their happiness over accepting Islam".
  16. ↑ Abdullah, Afkar (January 15, 2017). "1,000-capacity prison opens in Sharjah". Khaleej Times . Archived from the original on January 16, 2017. A new Sharjah Reformatory and Punitive Establishment (SRPE) that can accommodate 1,000 male inmates was inaugurated on Sunday.
  17. ↑ al-Haj, Ahmed; Michael, Maggie (July 9, 2018). "Yemen demands Emirates shut down prisons where abuses rife". The Associated Press. In June, the AP revealed that hundreds had been subjected to sexual abuse, including one incident in the Beir Ahmed prison in the southern city of Aden, where detainees were lined up naked as guards probed their anal cavities.
  18. ↑ Michael, Maggie (June 21, 2018). "Detainees held without charges decry Emiratis' sexual abuses". The Associated Press.
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