List of prisons

This page provides a list of prisons by country.

A

 Afghanistan

 Algeria

• Serkadji Prison

 Australia

Australian Capital Territory

• Alexander Maconochie Centre
• Periodic Detention Centre

New South Wales

• Bathurst Correctional Centre
• Berrima Correctional Centre
• Brewarrina (Yetta Dhinnakkal) Centre
• Broken Hill Correctional Centre
• Cessnock Correctional Centre
• Cooma Correctional Centre
• Defence Force Correctional Establishment
• Dillwynia Women's Correctional Centre
• Emu Plains Correctional Centre
• Glen Innes Correctional Centre
• Goulburn Correctional Centre
• Grafton Correctional Centre
• Ivanhoe (Warakirri) Correctional Centre
• John Morony Correctional Complex
• Junee Correctional Centre
• Kirkconnell Correctional Centre
• Lithgow Correctional Centre
• Long Bay Correctional Centre
• Mannus Correctional Centre
• Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre
• Mid North Coast Correctional Centre
• Mulawa Correctional Centre
• Oberon Correctional Centre
• Parklea Correctional Centre
• Parramatta Correctional Centre
• Silverwater Correctional Centre
• St Heliers Correctional Centre
• Tamworth Correctional Centre
• Wellington Correctional Centre

Northern Territory

• Alice Springs Correctional Centre
• Alice Springs Juvenile Holding Centre
• Berrimah Prison
• Darwin Correctional Centre
• Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre
• Wildman River Wilderness Work Camp

Queensland

• Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre
• Brisbane Correctional Centre
• Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre
• Capricornia Correctional Centre
• Lotus Glen Correctional Centre
• Maryborough Correctional Centre
• Numinbah Correctional Centre
• Palen Creek Correctional Centre
• Southern Queensland Correctional Centre
• Toowoomba Prison
• Townsville Correctional Centre
• Wolston Correctional Centre
• Woodford Correctional Centre

South Australia

• Adelaide Pre-Release Centre
• Adelaide Remand Centre
• Adelaide Women's Prison
• Cadell Training Centre
• Mobilong Prison
• Mount Gambier Prison
• Port Augusta Prison
• Port Lincoln Prison
• Yatala Labour Prison

Tasmania

• Ashley Youth Detention Centre
• Hobart Remand Centre
• Launceston Remand Centre
• Mary Hutchinson Women's Prison
• Risdon Prison Complex

Victoria

• Acheron Boys Home
• Beechworth Correctional Centre
• Dame Phyllis Frost Centre
• Fulham Correctional Centre
• HM Prison Barwon
• HM Prison Dhurringile
• HM Prison Langi Kal Kal
• HM Prison Loddon
• HM Prison Tarrengower
• Hopkins Correctional Centre (Ararat)
• Marngoneet Correctional Centre
• Melbourne Youth Justice Centre
• Metropolitan Remand Centre
• Port Phillip Prison
• Turana Youth Training Centre

Western Australia

• Acacia Prison
• Albany Regional Prison
• Bandyup Women's Prison
• Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre
• Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women
• Broome Regional Prison
• Bunbury Regional Prison
• Casuarina Prison
• Eastern Goldfields Prison
• Greenough Regional Prison
• Hakea Prison
• Karnet Prison Farm
• Pardelup Prison
• Roebourne Regional Prison
• West Kimberley Regional Prison
• Wooroloo Prison

 Argentina

• Penal de Ushuaia

B

 Belgium

• Gevangenis Antwerpen
• Gevangenis Brugge
• Gevangenis Hasselt
• Gevangenis Gent
• Gevangenis Leuven Centraal
• Gevangenis Leuven Hulp
• Gevangenis Dendermonde
• Gevangenis Mechelen
• Gevangenis Hoogstraten
• Gevangenis Wortel
• Gevangenis Merksplas
• Gevangenis Turnhout
• Gevangenis Oudenaerden
• Gevangenis Ieper
• Gevangenis Ruiselede
• Gevangenis Beveren
• Berkendael Prison
• Forest Prison
• Lantin Prison
• Paive Prison
• Andenne Prison
• Namur Prison
• Saint-Gilles Prison
• Prison d'Ittre

 Bolivia

• San Pedro prison
• Palmasola

 Brazil

• Carandiru (historical)
• Centro de Readaptação Provisória de Presidente Bernardes (Presidente Bernardes, São Paulo, Brazil) - inspired by the Supermax standards, although prisoners can only stay there for a maximum of 2 years.
• Penitenciária Federal de Catanduvas (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.
• Penitenciária Federal de Campo Grande (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 Ramírez Abadía and bicheiro João Arcanjo.

C

 Cameroon

• New Bell Prison, Douala
• Yoko Prison, Adamaoua

 Canada

 Chile

Bío Bío Region

• Chillán Public Prison, Chillán
• El Manzano, Concepción

Los Ríos Region

• Isla Teja Prison (closed), Valdivia
• Complejo Penitenciario de Valdivia, Valdivia

Santiago Metropolitan Region

• Ex Penitenciaría de Santiago, Santiago
• San Miguel Prison, Santiago
• Santiago Public Prison (closed), Santiago

 China

Macau

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

 Croatia

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)

 Czech Republic

D

 Denmark

• Blegdamsvej Prison
• Copenhagen Police Headquarters Prison
• Horsens Statsfængsel (closed 2006, now a prison museum)
• Horserød camp
• Institution of Herstedvester
• Nytorv Prison
• State Prison in Jyderup
• State Prison in Møgelkær
• State Prison in Nyborg
• State Prison in Renbæk
• State Prison in Ringe
• State Prison at Sdr. Omme
• State Prison at Søbysøgård
• State Prison in Vridsløselille
• State Prison of Kragskovhede
• State Prison of Central Jutland
• State Prison of East Jutland
• Vestre Prison

E

 Ecuador

• Isla Isabela (historical, as penal colony)
• Prison 1,^[1] Quito

 Eritrea

• Nakura, Dahlak Archipelago

 Estonia

• Ämari Prison, Ämari (closed 2007)
• Fat Margaret (Paks Margareeta), Tallinn (1830s–1917)
• Haapsalu Castle (historic)
• Harju Gate, Tallinn (historic, demolished)
• Harku Prison, Harku (for women; founded 1920s)
• Jägala concentration camp, Jägala (1942–1943, during German occupation)
• Klooga concentration camp, Klooga (1943–1944, during German occupation)
• Lasnamäe Prison, Tallinn (19th century)
• Maardu Prison, Maardu (closed)
• Murru Prison, Rummu (maximum; founded 1938)
• Pagari street, Tallinn (1941, 1944–1991, 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 (1943–1944, during German occupation)
• Viljandi Prison, Viljandi (closed 2008)
• Viru Prison, Jõhvi (maximum; founded 2006)
• Võru Prison, Võru (defunct)

External links

• Official Website of Estonian Prison Service (in English)
• Official Website of Patarei Prison - Culture Park

F

 Finland

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", Helsinki
• former Kakola (Prison), Turku (1853–2007)
• Hämeenlinna Prison, Hämeenlinna (situated in Häme Castle until 1953)
• Oulu Prison, Oulu
• Sukeva Prison, Sonkajärvi
• Konnunsuo Prison, Lappeenranta (to be closed 2012)
• Pelso Prison, Vaala

External links

• Official Website of Finnish Prison Service (in English)

 France

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

• The Bastille, Paris (historic)
• Château d'If, Marseille (historic)
• Bagne of Toulon (historic)
• Clairvaux Prison
• Fleury-Mérogis Prison
• Fresnes Prison, Fresnes, Val-de-Marne, near Paris
• La Santé Prison, Paris
• Leandro Prison, Montpellier

G

 Germany

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

• Brandenburg-Görden Prison (now part of a larger complex called Justizvollzugsanstalt Brandenburg an der Havel)
• Ebrach Abbey
• Hohenasperg
• Landsberg Prison
• Spandau Prison, Berlin (demolished; had only one prisoner during its final 11 years)
• Stammheim Prison
• Werl Prison, Werl

 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.^[2]

• Nsawam Prison
• Kumasi Prison
• Ho Prison
• Sunyani Prison

 Greece

• 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

H

 Hungary

• Állampusztai Országos Büntetés-végrehajtási Intézet, Állampuszta
• Balassagyarmati Fegyház és Börtön, Balassagyarmat
• Budapesti Fegyház és Börtön, Budapest
• Fiatalkorúak Büntetés-végrehajtási Intézete, Tököl, Szirmabesenyő, Kecskemét
• Kalocsai Börtön, Kalocsa
• Márianosztrai Fegyház és Börtön, Márianosztra
• Nagyfai Országos Büntetés-végrehajtási Intézet, Algyő-nagyfa
• Pálhalmai Országos Büntetés-végrehajtási Intézet, Dunaújváros-pálhalma
• Sátoraljaújhelyi Fegyház és Börtön, Sátoraljaújhely
• Sopronkőhidai Fegyház és Börtön, Sopronkőhida
• Szegedi Fegyház és Börtön, Szeged Csillagbörtön / Star Prison
• Tiszalöki Országos Büntetés-végrehajtási Intézet, Tiszalök
• Váci Fegyház és Börtön, Vác

I

 Iceland

 India

 Indonesia

• Kambangan Island
• Denpasar Prison, Denpasar

 Iran

• Adel Abad Prison, Shiraz
• Bandar Abbas Prison, Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province
• Central Prison of Tehran, Fashafoyeh
• Dizel Abad Prison, Kermanshah
• Evin Prison, Tehran
  • Prison 209 or "section 209 of the Evin Prison", Tehran (operated by Ministry of Intelligence)
• Falak-ol-Aflak Castle, Khorramabad
• Gharchak Women’s Prison (Shahr-e Rey prison, also known as “Qarchak Women’s Prison“ or Varamin prison)
• Ghezel Ghale Prison, Tehran
• Ghezel Hesar Prison, Karaj
• Heshmatiyeh Prison, Tehran
• Kahrizak Prison, south of Tehran
• Karoun Prison (Sepidar), Ahvaz
• Khoy Prison, Khoy County, West Azerbaijan Province
• Mahabad Prison, Mahabad
• Naft Square Detention Center, Kermanshah (operated by Ministry of Intelligence)
• Prison 59, Tehran (operated by Sepah-e Pasdaran IRGC)
• Qasr Prison, Tehran
• Rajayi-shahr Prison, Gohardasht, Karaj
• Rasht Central Prison, Lakan, Rasht, Gilan Province
• Sanandaj Central Prison, Sanandaj
• Sanandaj Intelligence Office detention center, Sanandaj (operated by Ministry of Intelligence)
• Sari Central Prison, Sari, Mazandaran Province
• Tabriz Prison, East Azerbaijan Province
• Towhid Prison, Tehran
• Vakil-Abad (Central) Prison, Mashhad
• Urmia (Darya) prison
• Zahedan Prison, Zahedan
• Zabol Central Prison, Zabol

 Iraq

• Baghdad Central Prison, Baghdad

 Ireland

• 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, Co. Laois
• Mountjoy Prison, Mountjoy Campus, Dublin 7
• Newgate Prison, Dublin (closed)
• Portlaoise Prison, Portlaoise, Co. 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

 Israel

• Maasiyahu Prison
• Megiddo prison
• Nitzan Detention Center
• Hadarim Detention Center
• Ktzi'ot Prison
• Ramot Prison
• Magen Prison
• Be'er Sheva Prison
• Eshel Prison
• Prison Four
• Dekel Prison
• Kishon Detention Center
• Shikma Prison
• Maskoveieh
• Ketziot Military Prison/Ktzi'ot Prison
• Prison Six
• Nafha Prison
• Neve Tirtza Prison
• Ayalon Prison
• Ofer Prison
• Giv'on Prison
• Rimonim Prison
• Damun Prison
• Gilbo'a Prison
• Tzalmon Prison
• Hermon Prison
• Shata Prison
• HaSharon Prison
• Ashmoret Prison
• Carmel Prison

 Italy

• Asinara Prison, Sassari
• Regina Coeli, Rome
• Rebbibia, Rome
• Forte Boccea, Rome
• Ucciardone, Palermo
• San Vittore, Milan
• Giudecca, Venice
• Sollicciano, Florence
• Lorusso Cotugno, Torino
• Uta, Cagliari

J

 Jamaica

 Japan

Sapporo Correctional Precinct

• Sapporo Prison 札幌刑務所 - Higashi-ku, Sapporo
  • Sapporo Prison Sapporo Branch 札幌刑務所札幌刑務支所 - Higashi-ku, Sapporo
• Asahikawa Prison 旭川刑務所 - Asahikawa, Hokkaidō
• Obihiro Prison 帯広刑務所 - Obihiro, Hokkaidō
  • Obihiro Prison Kushiro Branch 帯広刑務所釧路刑務支所 - Kushiro, Hokkaidō
• Abashiri Prison 網走刑務所 - Abashiri, Hokkaidō
• Tsukigata Prison 月形刑務所 - Tsukigata, Hokkaidō
• Hakodate Juvenile Prison 函館少年刑務所 - Hakodate, Hokkaidō

Sendai Correctional Precinct

• Aomori Prison 青森刑務所 - Aomori, Aomori
• Miyagi Prison 宮城刑務所 - Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai
• Akita Prison 秋田刑務所 - Akita City
• Yamagata Prison 山形刑務所 - Yamagata, Yamagata
• Fukushima Prison 福島刑務所 - Fukushima, Fukushima
  • Fukushima Prison Fukushima Branch 福島刑務所福島刑務支所 - Morioka, Iwate
• Morioka Juvenile Prison 盛岡少年刑務所 - Morioka, Iwate

Tokyo Correctional Precinct

• Mito Prison 水戸刑務所 - Hitachinaka, Ibaraki
• Tochigi Prison 栃木刑務所 - Tochigi, Tochigi
• Kurobane Prison 黒羽刑務所 - Ōtawara, Tochigi
• Maebashi Prison 前橋刑務所 - Maebashi, Gunma
• Chiba Prison 千葉刑務所 - Wakaba-ku, Chiba
• Ichihara Prison 市原刑務所 - Ichihara, Chiba
• Fuchu Prison 府中刑務所 - Fuchū, Tokyo
• Yokohama Prison 横浜刑務所 - Kōnan-ku, Yokohama
  • Yokohama Prison Yokosuka Branch 横浜刑務所横須賀刑務支所 - Yokosuka, Kanagawa
• Niigata Prison 新潟刑務所 - Kōnan-ku, Niigata
• Kofu Prison 甲府刑務所 - Kōfu, Yamanashi
• Nagano Prison 長野刑務所 - Suzaka, Nagano
• Shizuoka Prison 静岡刑務所 - Aoi-ku, Shizuoka
• Kawagoe Juvenile Prison 川越少年刑務所 - Kawagoe, Saitama
• Matsumoto Juvenile Prison 松本少年刑務所 - Matsumoto, Nagano

Nagoya Correctional Precinct

• Toyama Prison 富山刑務所 - Toyama City
• Kanazawa Prison 金沢刑務所 - Kanazawa, Ishikawa
• Fukui Prison 福井刑務所 - Fukui, Fukui
• Gifu Prison 岐阜刑務所 - Gifu, Gifu
• Kasamatsu Prison 笠松刑務所 - Kasamatsu, Gifu
• Nagoya Prison 名古屋刑務所 - Miyoshi, Aichi
  • Nagoya Prison Toyohashi Branch 名古屋刑務所豊橋刑務支所 - Toyohashi, Aichi
• Mie Prison 三重刑務所 - Tsu, Mie

Osaka Correctional Precinct

• Shiga Prison 滋賀刑務所 - Ōtsu, Shiga
• Kyoto Prison 京都刑務所 - Yamashina-ku, Kyoto
• Osaka Prison 大阪刑務所 - Sakai-ku, Sakai
• Kobe Prison 神戸刑務所 - Akashi, Hyōgo
• Kakogawa Prison 加古川刑務所 - Kakogawa, Hyōgo
• Wakayama Prison 和歌山刑務所 - Wakayama, Wakayama
• Himeji Prison 姫路少年刑務所 - Himeji, Hyōgo
• Nara Juvenile Prison 奈良少年刑務所 - Nara, Nara

Hiroshima Correctional Precinct

• Tottori Prison 鳥取刑務所 - Tottori, Tottori
• Matsue Prison 松江刑務所 - Matsue, Shimane
• Okayama Prison 岡山刑務所 - Kita-ku, Okayama
• Hiroshima Prison 広島刑務所 - Naka-ku, Hiroshima
  • Hiroshima Prison Onomichi Branch 広島刑務所尾道刑務支所 - Onomichi, Hiroshima
• Yamaguchi Prison 山口刑務所 - Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi
• Iwakuni Prison 岩国刑務所 - Iwakuni, Yamaguchi

Takamatsu Correctional Precinct

• Tokuchima Prison 徳島刑務所 - Tokushima, Tokushima
• Takamatsu Prison 高松刑務所 - Takamatsu, Kagawa
• Matsuyama Prison 松山刑務所 - Tōon, Ehime
  • Matsuyama Prison Saijo Branch 松山刑務所西条刑務支所 - Saijō, Ehime
• Kochi Prison 高知刑務所 - Kōchi, Kōchi

Fukuoka Correctional Precinct

• Fukuoka Prison 福岡刑務所 - Umi, Fukuoka
• Fumoto Prison 麓刑務所 - Tosu, Saga
• Sasebo Prison 佐世保刑務所 - Sasebo, Nagasaki
• Nagasaki Prison 長崎刑務所 - Isahaya, Nagasaki
• Kumamoto Prison 熊本刑務所 - Kumamoto, Kumamoto
• Oita Prison 大分刑務所 - Ōita, Ōita
• Miyazaki Prison 宮崎刑務所 - Miyazaki, Miyazaki
• Kagoshima Prison 鹿児島刑務所 - Yūsui, Kagoshima
• Okinawa Prison 沖縄刑務所 - Nanjō, Okinawa
  • Okinawa Prison Yaeyama Branch 沖縄刑務所八重山刑務支所 - Ishigaki, Okinawa
• Saga Juvenile Prison 佐賀少年刑務所 - Saga, Saga

Medical Prison

• Hachioji Medical Prison 八王子医療刑務所 - Hachiōji, Tokyo
• Okazaki Medical Prison 岡崎医療刑務所 - Okazaki, Aichi
• Osaka Medical Prison 大阪医療刑務所 - Sakai-ku, Sakai
• Kitakyushu Medical Prison 北九州医療刑務所 - Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū

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

• Mine Rehabilitation Program Center 美祢社会復帰促進センター - Mine, Yamaguchi
• Kitsuregawa Rehabilitation Program Center 喜連川社会復帰促進センター - Sakura, Tochigi
• Harima Rehabilitation Program Center -播磨社会復帰促進センター - Kakogawa, Hyōgo
• Shimane Asahi Rehabilitation Program Center　島根あさひ社会復帰促進センター - Hamada, Shimane

K

 Kuwait

• Sulaibiya Central Prison

L

 Laos

• Phonthong Prison, near Vientiane
• Samkhe Prison, near Vientiane

M

 Malawi

• Zomba Central Prison, Zomba
• Maula Prison, Lilongwe
• Chichiri Prison, Blantyre
• Mzimba Prison, Mzimba

 Malaysia

• Perlis Correctional Centre
• Pokok Sena Prison
• Alor Setar Prison
• Sungai Petani Prison
• Penang Remand Prison
• Seberang Perai Prison
• Kamunting Detention Centre
• Taiping Prison
• Batu Gajah Correctional Centre
• Tapah Prison
• Sungai Buloh Prison
• Kajang Prison
• Kajang Women's Prison
• Seremban Prison
• Jelebu Drug Rehabilitation Institution
• Bandar Hilir Prison
• Sungai Udang Prison
• Dusun Dato' Murad Pre-Release Prison
• Henry Gurney School Telok Mas
• Johor Bahru Remand Prison
• Muar Correctional Centre
• Simpang Renggam Prison
• Kluang Prison
• Penor Prison
• Bentong Prison
• Marang Prison
• Machang Correctional Centre
• Pengkalan Chepa Prison
• Puncak Borneo Prison
• Sri Aman Central Prison
• Sibu Central Prison
• Miri Central Prison
• Limbang Central Prison
• Kota Kinabalu Central Prison
• Kota Kinabalu Women's Prison
• Sandakan Prison
• Tawau Central Prison
• Henry Gurney School Keningau

Immigration Detention Centre^[3]

• Ajil Temporary Immigration Detention Centre
• Bekenu Immigration Detention Centre
• Belantik Immigration Detention Centre
• Bukit Jalil Immigration Detention Centre
• Juru Immigration Detention Centre
• Kemayan Immigration Detention Centre
• KLIA Immigration Detention Centre
• Langkap Immigration Detention Centre
• Lenggeng Immigration Detention Centre
• Machap Umboo Immigration Detention Centre
• Menggatal Temporary Immigration Detention Centre
• Papar Temporary Detention Centre
• Pekan Nenas Immigration Detention Centre
• Semenyih Immigration Detention Centre
• Semuja Immigration Detention Centre
• Setia Tropika Immigration Detention Centre
• Sibuga Temporary Immigration Detention Centre
• Tanah Merah Immigration Detention Centre
• Tawau Temporary Immigration Detention Centre

 Malta

• Corradino Correctional Facility, Paola
• Gozo Prison, Victoria (defunct)
• Gran Prigione (Slaves' Prison), Valletta (defunct)

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

 Mexico

• Cefereso No. 9, Ciudad Juarez^[4]
• Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1, Almoloya de Juarez
• Palacio de Lecumberri, Mexico City (defunct)
• Penal del Altiplano, Almoloya de Juarez
• Islas Marías Federal Prison, Marías Islands
• La Mesa Prison, Tijuana

 Morocco

• Tazmamart, Atlas Mountains (defunct)

N

 Netherlands

• Koepelgevangenis, Arnhem
• Koepelgevangenis, Breda
• Koepelgevangenis, Haarlem
• Nieuw Vossenveld, Vught
• Veenhuizen

 New Zealand

For prisons in New Zealand, see List of prisons in New Zealand.

 North Korea

Operating political prison camps

• Kwan-li-so No. 14 Kaechon
• Kwan-li-so No. 15 Yodok
• Kwan-li-so No. 16 Hwasong
• Kwan-li-so No. 18 Bukchang
• Kwan-li-so No. 22 Haengyong
• Kwan-li-so No. 25 Chongjin

Former political prison camps

• Kwan-li-so No. 12 Onsong

Operating reeducation camps

• Kyo-hwa-so No. 1 Kaechon
• Kyo-hwa-so No. 3 Sinuiju
• Kyo-hwa-so No. 4 Kangdong
• Kyo-hwa-so No. 8 Yongdam
• Kyo-hwa-so No. 11 Chungsan
• Kyo-hwa-so No. 12 Chongori
• Kyo-hwa-so No. 15 Hamhung
• Kyo-hwa-so No. 22 Oro
• Kyo-hwa-so No. 77 Danchun
• Kyo-hwa-so Hoeryong

Former reeducation camps

• Kyo-hwa-so Sŭnghori

 Norway

• Arendal Prison
• Bastøy Prison
• Berg Prison
• Bergen Prison
• Bjørgvin Prison
• Bodø Prison
• Bredtveit Detention and Security Prison
• Bruvoll Prison
• Drammen Prison
• Fredrikstad Prison
• Gjøvik Prison
• Halden Prison (New 2010)
• Hamar Prison
• Hassel Prison
• Haugesund Prison
• Hof Prison
• Horten Prison
• Hustad Prison
• Ila Detention and Security Prison
• Ilseng Prison
• Indre Østfold Prison
• Kongsvinger Prison
• Kragerø Prison
• Kristiansand Prison
• Larvik Prison
• Mosjøen Prison
• Moss Prison
• Oslo Prison
• Ravneberget Prison
• Ringerike Prison
• Sandefjord Prison
• Sandeid Prison
• Sarpsborg Prison
• Sem Prison
• Skien Prison
• Stavanger Prison
• Tromsø Prison
• Trondheim Prison
• Ullersmo Prison
• Vadsø Prison
• Verdal Prison
• Vestre Slidre Prison
• Vik Prison
• Ålesund Prison
• Åna Prison

P

 Pakistan

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

R

 Romania

• Aiud Prison, Aiud
• Gherla Prison, Gherla
• Pitești Prison, Pitești

 Russia

Remand prisons

• Butyrka Prison, Moscow
• Matrosskaya Tishina, Moscow
• Kresty Prison, Saint Petersburg
• Biysk Prison, Biysk
• Yekaterinburg Remand Prison, Yekaterinburg
• Makhachkala Prison, Makhachkala
• Simferpol Prison, Simferopol

Former KGB remand prisons

• Lubyanka Prison, Moscow
• Lefortovo Prison, Moscow
• Bolshoy Dom, Saint Petersburg

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

S

 Saudi Arabia

• al-Ha'ir Prison, near Riyadh
• Jeddah Prison, Jeddah
• Rafha Prison, Rafha
• Ulaysha Prison, Mabahith prison in Riyadh

 Singapore

Prisons

• Admiralty West Prison
• Changi Prison Complex
• Changi Women's Prison and Drug Rehabilitation Centre
• Selarang Park Community Supervision Centre
• Tanah Merah Prison

Drug Rehabilitation Centres

• Changi Women's Prison and Drug Rehabilitation Centre

Former prisons and detention centres

• Outram Prison
• Changi Prison
• Moon Crescent Prison
• Queenstown Remand Prison
• Portsdown Prison
• Tampines Prison
• Sembawang Drug Rehabilitation Centre
• Khalsa Crescent Prison
• Kaki Bukit Centre
• Bedok Reformative Centre
• Lloyd Leas Work Release Camp

 Slovakia

• Ilava Prison, Ilava
• Leopoldov Prison, Leopoldov

 Spain

Operational prisons

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• A Lama Prison, A Lama, Pontevedra
• Alhaurín de la Torre Prison, Alhaurín 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
• Almería Prison, Almería
• Aranjuez Prison, Aranjuez, Community of Madrid
• Arrecife de Lanzarote Prison, Teguise, Las Palmas
• Ávila Prison, Brieva, Ávila
• 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, Álava
• 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 María, 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

• Carabanchel Prison, Madrid
• Cárcel Real of Cádiz, Cádiz
• Madrid Model Prison, Madrid
• Málaga Prison, Málaga
• Les Corts Prison, Barcelona
• Porlier Prison, Madrid
• Ranilla Prison, Seville
• Trinitat Prison, Barcelona

Prisons planned and under construction

• Tàrrega prison, Tàrrega, Lleida
• El Catllar prison, el Catllar, Tarragona
• Zona Franca prison, Barcelona

 Sweden

• Långholmen prison, Stockholm (defunct, now operating as a hotel and museum)
• Kumla prison, Kumla
• Hall prison, Södertälje

  Switzerland

 Syria

• Far'Falastin
• Tadmor Prison
• Mezze Prison (closed)

T

 Thailand

• Bang Kwang Central Prison, Nonthaburi Province
• Khao Kho District Jail, Phetchabun Province
• Nong Khai Immigration Detention Center, Nong Khai Province

 Turkey

• Diyarbakır Prison, Diyarbakır
• Hasdal Military Prison, Istanbul
• Imrali, Marmara Sea
• Paşakapısı Prison, Üsküdar, Istanbul
• Silivri Prison, Istanbul
• Sinop Fortress Prison, Sinop (closed)
• Sultanahmet Jail, Istanbul (closed)
• Uşak Prison, Uşak

U

 United Kingdom

 United States

V

 Vietnam

• Chi Hoa
• Phú Quốc Prison (during Vietnam War, it was reconstructed as a memorial work for visitors)

Others

• 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)
• İmralı, Sea of Marmara, Turkey
• 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

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