This article provides a list of prisons by country.
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Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
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- Carandiru Penitentiary (closed and demolished) - In 1992, the prison was the site of the Carandiru massacre.
- Presidente Bernardes Provisional Readaptation Center (Presidente Bernardes, São Paulo, Brazil) - inspired by the Supermax standards, although prisoners can only stay there for a maximum of 2 years.
- Catanduvas Federal Penitentiary (Catanduvas, Paraná, Brazil) - also based on the Supermax standards. It is the first federal prison in Brazil, designed to receive prisoners deemed too dangerous to be kept in the states' prison systems.
- Campo Grande Federal Penitentiary (Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil) - It houses the most dangerous prisoners in the country, as Fernandinho Beira-Mar, the Colombian trafficker Juan Carlos RamÃÂrez AbadÃÂa and bicheiro João Arcanjo.
- Presidio of Ahu
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BÃÂo BÃÂo Region
Los RÃÂos Region
Santiago Metropolitan Region
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- Coloane Prison - opened 1990
- Central Prison - closed 1990
- Ka Ho Prison - opened 2014
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County prisons
- Zagreb
- GospiÃÂ
- Pula
- Ã
 ibenik
- Osijek
- Rijeka
- Split
- VaraÃ
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- Bjelovar
- Dubrovnik
- Karlovac
- PoÃ
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- Sisak
- Zadar
State prisons, penitentiaries and prison hospitals
- Glina
- Lepoglava
- Lipovica-PopovaÃÂa
- PoÃ
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- Turopolja
- Valtura
- Zagreb prison hospital
Former regime prisons and penal colonies
- Goli otok (defunct) (males)
- Sv. Grgur (defunct) (females)
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- ÃÂmari Prison, ÃÂmari (closed 2007)
- Fat Margaret (), Tallinn (1830sâÂÂ1917)
- Haapsalu Castle (historic)
- Harju Gate, Tallinn (historic, demolished)
- Harku Prison, Harku (for women; founded 1920s)
- Jägala concentration camp, Jägala (1942âÂÂ1943, during German occupation)
- Klooga concentration camp, Klooga (1943âÂÂ1944, during German occupation)
- Lasnamäe Prison, Tallinn (19th century)
- Maardu Prison, Maardu (closed)
- Murru Prison, Rummu (maximum; founded 1938)
- Pagari street, Tallinn (1941, 1944âÂÂ1991, during Soviet occupation)
- Pärnu Prison, Pärnu (closed)
- Patarei Prison (Tallinn Central Prison), Tallinn (closed, now Museum)
- Tallinn Prison, Tallinn (maximum; founded 1919)
- Tartu Prison, Tartu (maximum; founded 2000)
- Toompea Castle, Tallinn (in the beginning of 20th century)
- Vaivara concentration camp, Vaivara (1943âÂÂ1944, during German occupation)
- Viljandi Prison, Viljandi (closed 2008)
- Viru Prison, Jõhvi (maximum; founded 2006)
- Võru Prison, Võru (defunct)
External links
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Best known prisons (mostly from 19th century or older, mainly still in function except the Katajanokka Prison and Kakola):
- former Helsinki County Prison or Katajanokka Prison, so called "Nokka" or "Skatta" (1749âÂÂ2002)
- Sörnäinen Prison, so called "Sörkka", Helsinki
- Turku Prison (formerly 'Kakola', 1853âÂÂ2007)
- Hämeenlinna Prison, Hämeenlinna (situated in Häme Castle until 1953)
- Oulu Prison, Oulu
- Riihimäki Prison, Riihimäki
- Sukeva Prison, Sonkajärvi
- Konnunsuo Prison, Konnunsuo, Lappeenranta (to be closed 2012)
- Pelso Prison, Vaala
External links
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Listing from official website: http://www.justice.gouv.fr/minister/DAP/etablissement.htm
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====== 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.
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- Korydallos Prison, Korydallos
- Ioannia Prison, Ioannia
- Komotini Prison, Komotini
- Corinth Prison, Corinth
- Thessaloniki Prison, Thessaloniki
- Larissa Prison, Larissa
- Nafplio Prison, Nafplio
- Neapolis Prison, Neapolis
- Tripoli Prison, Tripoli
- Chania Prison, Chania
- Chios Prison, Chios
- Kos Prison, Kos
- Amfissa Preventorium For Prisoners, Amfissa
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- ÃÂllampusztai Országos Büntetés-végrehajtási Intézet, ÃÂllampuszta
- Balassagyarmati Fegyház és Börtön, Balassagyarmat
- Budapesti Fegyház és Börtön, Budapest
- Fiatalkorúak Büntetés-végrehajtási Intézete, Tököl, SzirmabesenyÃ
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- Kalocsai Börtön, Kalocsa
- Márianosztrai Fegyház és Börtön, Márianosztra
- Nagyfai Országos Büntetés-végrehajtási Intézet, AlgyÃ
Â-nagyfa
- Pálhalmai Országos Büntetés-végrehajtási Intézet, Dunaújváros-pálhalma
- Sátoraljaújhelyi Fegyház és Börtön, Sátoraljaújhely
- SopronkÃ
Âhidai Fegyház és Börtön, SopronkÃ
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- Szegedi Fegyház és Börtön, Szeged Csillagbörtön / Star Prison
- Tiszalöki Országos Büntetés-végrehajtási Intézet, Tiszalök
- Váci Fegyház és Börtön, Vác
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- Ahvaz
- Ahvaz Central Prison (Sheyban AKA Shiban prison)
- Ahvaz Sepidar Prison
- Karun (closed)
- Sepah Yekkom (Detention Center operated by Ministry of Intelligence)
- Bandar Abbas: Bandar Abbas Prison, Hormozgan Province
- Fashafoyeh: See below: Tehran, Central Prison of Tehran
- Kahrizak: Kahrizak Prison
- Karaj
- Fardis Prison "Kachoei prison"
- Ghezel Hesar Prison
- Rajayi-shahr Prison, AKA Gohardasht prison
- Kashan: Kashan Prison
- Kerman: Shahab prison
- Kermanshah
- Dizel Abad Prison
- Naft Square Detention Center (operated by Ministry of Intelligence)
- Khorramabad
- Khorramabad Central Prison
- Falak-ol-Aflak Castle (historic)
- Khoy: Khoy Prison, West Azerbaijan Province
- Mahabad: Mahabad Prison
- Mashhad: Vakil-Abad (Central) Prison
- Qarchak: Qarchak Women's Prison (Shahr-e Rey prison, also known as "Gharchak Women's Prison" or Varamin prison)
- Rasht: Rasht Central Prison, Gilan Province
- Sanandaj
- Sanandaj Central Prison
- Sanandaj Intelligence Office detention center (operated by Ministry of Intelligence)
- Sari: Sari Central Prison, Mazandaran Province
- Shiraz:
- Adel Abad Prison
- Seppah Prison
- Tabriz: Tabriz Prison, East Azerbaijan Province
- Tehran
- Ghezel Ghale Prison
- Central Prison of Tehran, Fashafoyeh
- Evin Prison
- Prison 209 or "section 209 of the Evin Prison" (operated by Ministry of Intelligence)
- Prison 59 (operated by Sepah-e Pasdaran IRGC)
- Ward 2A, or Section 2A of Evin prison (operated by Sepah-e Pasdaran IRGC)
- Heshmatiyeh Prison (operated by Sepah-e Pasdaran IRGC)
- Qasr Prison (historic)
- Shapour detention centre operated by Iranian Police Criminal Investigation Department (Agahi)
- Towhid Prison (historic)
- Vozara Detention Center
- Urmia: Orumiyeh Central Prison, Darya prison
- Zabol: Zabol Central Prison
- Zahedan: Zahedan Prison
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- Arbour Hill Prison, Dublin 7
- Castlerea Prison, Castlerea, County Roscommon
- Cloverhill Prison, Dublin 22
- Cork Prison, Cork
- Dóchas Centre, Mountjoy Campus, Dublin 7
- Kilmainham Gaol (closed)
- Limerick Prison, Limerick
- Loughan House, County Cavan
- Midlands Prison, County Laois
- Mountjoy Prison, Mountjoy Campus, Dublin 7
- Newgate Prison, Dublin (closed)
- Portlaoise Prison, Portlaoise, County Laois
- Richmond General Penitentiary, Grangegorman, Dublin 7 (closed)
- Shelton Abbey, Arklow, County Wicklow
- St. Patrick's Institution, Mountjoy Campus, Dublin 7
- Training Unit, Mountjoy Campus, Dublin 7
- Wheatfield Prison, Dublin 22
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- Asinara Prison, Sassari
- Bollate Prison, Milan
- Regina Coeli, Rome
- Rebbibia, Rome
- Forte Boccea, Rome
- Ucciardone, Palermo
- San Vittore, Milan
- Carcere di Opera, Milan
- Giudecca, Venice
- Casa di reclusione, Fossano
- Casa circondariale di Marassi, Genoa
- Casa di reclusione, Eboli
- Istituto a custodia attenuata per madri, Turin
- Istituto a custodia attenuata, Empoli
- Casa circondariale di Rimini, Rimini
- Casa circondariale di Forlì, Forlì
- Casa di reclusione, Orvieto
- Casa circondariale di Pistoia, Pistoia
- Casa circondariale di Giarre, Catania
- Istituto a custodia attenuata per madri, Cagliari
- Casa di reclusione di Altamura, Bari
- Sollicciano, Florence
- Lorusso Cotugno, Turin
- Uta, Cagliari
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Sapporo Correctional Precinct
Sendai Correctional Precinct
Tokyo Correctional Precinct
- Tokyo Detention House - Katsushika, Tokyo
- Mito Prison - Hitachinaka, Ibaraki
- Tochigi Prison - Tochigi, Tochigi
- Kurobane Prison - Ã
Âtawara, Tochigi
- Maebashi Prison - Maebashi, Gunma
- Chiba Prison - Wakaba-ku, Chiba
- Ichihara Prison - Ichihara, Chiba
- Fuchu Prison - FuchÃ
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- Yokohama Prison - KÃ
Ânan-ku, Yokohama
- Yokohama Prison Yokosuka Branch - Yokosuka, Kanagawa
- Niigata Prison - KÃ
Ânan-ku, Niigata
- Kofu Prison - KÃ
Âfu, Yamanashi
- Nagano Prison - Suzaka, Nagano
- Shizuoka Prison - Aoi-ku, Shizuoka
- Kawagoe Juvenile Prison - Kawagoe, Saitama
- Matsumoto Juvenile Prison - Matsumoto, Nagano
Nagoya Correctional Precinct
Osaka Correctional Precinct
Hiroshima Correctional Precinct
Takamatsu Correctional Precinct
Fukuoka Correctional Precinct
- Fukuoka Detention House - Sawara-ku, Fukuoka
- Fukuoka Prison - Umi, Fukuoka
- Fumoto Prison - Tosu, Saga
- Sasebo Prison - Sasebo, Nagasaki
- Nagasaki Prison - Isahaya, Nagasaki
- Kumamoto Prison - Kumamoto, Kumamoto
- Oita Prison - Ã
Âita, Ã
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- Miyazaki Prison - Miyazaki, Miyazaki
- Kagoshima Prison - YÃ
«sui, Kagoshima
- Okinawa Prison - NanjÃ
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- Okinawa Prison Yaeyama Branch - Ishigaki, Okinawa
- Saga Juvenile Prison - Saga, Saga
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Many of the fortifications, such as Fort Saint Elmo and Fort Ricasoli, were also used as prisons at some point.
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- Zaanstad
- Rotterdam
- Veenhuizen
- Esserheem
- Zwolle
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Operating political prison camps
Former political prison camps
Operating reeducation camps
Former reeducation camps
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Sindh
- Karachi Central Jail, Karachi
- Hyderabad Jail, Hyderabad
- Sukkar Jail (old), Sukkar
- Sukkar Jail (new), Sukkar
- Larkana Jail, Larkana
- Khairpur Jail, Khairpur
- Malir Jail, Karachi
- Nawabshah Jail, Nawabshah
- Mirpurkhas Jail, Mirpurkhas
- Sanghar Jail, Sanghar
- Jacobabad Jail, Jacobabad
- Dadu Jail, Dadu
- Badin Jail, Badin
- Shikarpur Jail, Shikarpur
- Nara Jail, Hyderabad
- Women's Jail, Karachi
- Women's Jail, Hyderabad
Punjab
- Central Jail Lahore (at Kot Lakhpat)
- Central Jail Gujranwala
- Central Jail Sahiwal
- District Jail Lahore
- District Jail Sheikhupura
- District Jail Kasur
- District Jail Sialkot
- New Central Jail Multan
- New Central Jail Bahawalpur
- Borstal Institution and Juvenile Jail Bahawalpur
- Central Jail Dera Ghazi Khan
- District Jail Multan
- District Jail Rajanpur
- District Jail Vehari
- Women Jail Multan
- District Jail Rahim Yar Khan
- District Jail Bahawalnagar
- District Jail Muzaffar Garh
- Central Jail Rawalpindi
- District Jail Attock
- District Jail Jhelum
- District Jail Mandi Bahauddin
- District Jail Gujrat
- Sub Jail Chakwal
- Central Jail Faisalabad
- Central Jail Mianwali
- Borstal Institution and Juvenile Jail Faisalabad
- District Jail Faisalabad
- District Jail Jhang
- District Jail Toba Tek Singh
- District Jail Sargodha
- District Jail Shahpur
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- Ambunti Rural Lockup
- Angoram Rural Lockup
- Baisu Prison
- Baiyer Rural Lockup
- Barawagi Prison
- Beikut Prison
- Beon Prison
- Bihute Prison
- Biru Prison
- Bogia Rural Lockup
- Bomana Prison
- Boram Prison
- Bui-Iebi Prison
- Buimo Prison
- Bundaira Prison
- Finshafen Rural Lockup
- Giligili Prison
- Hutzena Rural Lockup
- Kavieng Prison
- Kerevat Prison
- Lakiemata Prison
- Manus Prison
- Maprik Rural Lockup
- Menyamia Rural Lockup
- Misima Rural Lockup
- Ningerum Prison
- Vanimo Prison
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Remand prisons
Former KGB remand prisons
Maximum security prisons
- Pyatak Prison, Ognenny Ostrov
- Vladimir Central Prison, Vladimir
- Samara Penitentiary, Samara
- Black Dolphin Prison, Sol-Iletsk
- White Swan (prison), Solikamsk
- Black Eagle Prison, Ivdel
- Snowy Owl Prison, Kharp
- Saransk Prison, Saransk
- Sosnovka Prison, Sosnovka
- Saratov Prison, Saratov
- Petek Island Prison
- Mordovia Prison, Mordovia
- Minusinskaya Prison, Minusinsk
- Tomsk Prison, Tomsk
- Volgograd Prison, Volgograd
- Kopeysk Prison, Kopeysk
- Ryazan Prison, Ryazan
- Krasnodar Prison, Krasnodar
- Petrozavodsk Prison, Petrozavodsk
- Yekaterinburg Prison, Yekaterinburg
- Tula Prison, Shchyokino (town), Tula Oblast
- Priuralsky Prison, Priuralsky District
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Prisons
Drug Rehabilitation Centres
Former prisons and detention centres
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Operational prisons
Reference
- A Lama Prison, A Lama, Pontevedra
- AlhaurÃÂn de la Torre Prison, AlhaurÃÂn de la Torre, Málaga
- Albacete Prison, Albacete
- Albocàsser Prison, Albocàsser, Castellón
- Albolote Prison, Albolote, Granada
- Alcalá de Guadaira Prison, Alcalá de Guadaira, Seville
- Alcalá-Meco Prison, Alcalá de Henares, Community of Madrid
- Alcázar de San Juan Prison, Alcázar de San Juan, Ciudad Real
- Alicante Prison, Alicante
- Alicante II Prison, Villena, Alicante
- AlmerÃÂa Prison, AlmerÃÂa
- Aranjuez Prison, Aranjuez, Community of Madrid
- Arrecife de Lanzarote Prison, Teguise, Las Palmas
- ÃÂvila Prison, Brieva, ÃÂvila
- Badajoz Prison, Badajoz
- Barcelona Model Prison, Barcelona
- Bilbao Prison, Basauri, Biscay
- Botafuegos Prison, Algeciras, Cádiz
- Bonxe Prison, Outeiro de Rei, Lugo
- Burgos Prison, Burgos
- Cáceres Prison, Cáceres
- Can Brians Prison, Sant Esteve Sesrovires, Barcelona
- Castellón Prison, Castellón de la Plana
- Centro Penitenciario de Valencia Prison, Picassent, Valencia
- Ceuta Prison, Ceuta
- Córdoba Prison, Córdoba
- Daroca Prison, Daroca, Zaragoza
- El Dueso Prison, Dueso, Santoña, Cantabria
- Figueres Prison, Figueres, Girona
- Girona Prison, Girona
- Estremera Prison, Estremera, Community of Madrid
- Herrera de la Mancha Prison, Manzanares, Ciudad Real
- Huelva Prison, Huelva
- Ibiza Prison, Ibiza, Balearic Islands
- Jaén Prison, Jaén
- La Moraleja Prison, Dueñas, Palencia
- Lledoners Prison, Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, Barcelona
- Lleida Prison, Lleida
- Las Palmas Prison, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Logroño Prison, Logroño, La Rioja
- Mansilla de las Mulas Prison, Mansilla de las Mulas, Léon
- Melilla Prison, Melilla
- Monterroso Prison, Monterroso, Lugo
- Morón de la Frontera Prison, Morón de la Frontera, Seville
- Murcia Prison, Murcia
- Nanclares de la Oca Prison, Langraiz-Oka, ÃÂlava
- Navalcarnero Prison, Navalcarnero, Community of Madrid
- Ocaña Prison, Ocaña, Toledo
- Palma Prison, Palma, Balearic Islands
- Pamplona Prison, Pamplona, Navarre
- Pereiro de Aguiar Prison, Pereiro de Aguiar, Ourense
- Puerto Prison, Puerto de Santa MarÃÂa, Cádiz
- Quatre Camins Prison, la Roca del Vallès, Barcelona
- San Sebastián Prison, San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa
- Santa Cruz de la Palma Prison, Santa Cruz de la Palma, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife Prison, El Rosario, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Segovia Prison, Segovia
- Seville Prison, Seville
- Soria Prison, Soria
- Soto del Real Prison, Soto del Real, Community of Madrid
- Tarragona Prison, Tarragona
- Teixeiro Prison, Curtis, A Coruña
- Teruel Prison, Teruel
- Topas Prison, Topas, Salamanca
- Valdemoro Prison, Valdemoro, Community of Madrid
- Valladolid Prison, Villanubla, Valladolid
- Villabona Prison, Llanera, Asturias
- Zuera Prison, Zuera, Zaragoza
- Wad-Ras Prison, Barcelona
Former prisons
Prisons planned and under construction
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Thailand has four remand prisons:
- Bangkok Remand Prison
- Minburi Remand Prison
- Pattaya Remand Prison (Chonburi Province)
- Thonburi Remand Prison
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- Dubai Central Jail, Al Aweer, Dubai
- Dubai Women's Central Jail
- Sharjah Reformatory and Punitive Establishment (SRPE)
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- Abu Ghraib, Iraq
- Bangkwang, Nonthaburi Province, Thailand, nicknamed the "Big Tiger"
- Camp Boiro, Conakry, Guinea
- Camp Crame, Manila, Philippines
- Chikurubi, Zimbabwe
- Devil's Island, French Guiana
- Ezeiza Women's Prison, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Hanoi Hilton, Hanoi, Vietnam (POW prison; historical)
- Insein Prison, Myanmar
- Palacio de Lecumberri, Mexico City, Mexico
- Penal del Altiplano, Almoloya de Juárez, Mexico
- Playa Negra (Black Beach), Equatorial Guinea
- Robben Island, South Africa
- Terrorism Confinement Center, El Salvador
References