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| Full name | Prisons Football Club | ||
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| Ground | Sokoine Stadium Mbeya, Tanzania | ||
| Capacity | 20,000 | ||
| Chairman | Owen Bithell | ||
| Manager | Abdelkader | ||
| League | Tanzanian Premier League | ||
| 2023–24 | Tanzanian Premier League, 9th of 16 | ||
Prisons FC is a Tanzanian football club owned by the Tanzania Prisons Service based in Mbeya. Their home games are played at Sokoine Stadium.
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