Prisons of the world

3,127 prisons across 6 continents and 170 countries — from Alcatraz and Robben Island to historic and working penitentiaries worldwide. Data from Wikidata (CC0); summaries from Wikipedia.

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Asia 307

Abashiri Prison Abashiri, Japan Acre Prison Acre, Israel Adelabad Prison District 5, Iran Adra Prison Damascus, Syria Ai Pelo Prison Lauhata, Timor-Leste Akmol Labour Camp for Wives of Traitors of the Motherland Kazakhstan Aktyubinlag Kazakhstan Al Jafr prison Jordan Al-Ha'ir Prison Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Al-Khatib prison Damascus, Syria Alipore Central Jail Ward No. 74, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, India Anqing Prison China Arthur Road Jail India Ash Civilian Assembly Center China Ayalon Prison Ramla, Israel Baghdad Central Prison Baghdad Governorate, Iraq Baihu Prison China Baiyun Detention Center Baiyun District, China Bakırköy Women's Prison Bakırköy, Turkey Balide Comarca Dili, Timor-Leste Bandō prisoner-of-war camp Bandō, Japan Bang Kwang Central Prison Bangkok, Thailand Bareilly Central Jail Bareilly, India Batu Lintang camp Malaysia Bayrampaşa Cezaevi Istanbul, Turkey Beijing Municipal No. 1 Prison China Beijing Municipal Prison Daxing District, China Beijing Women's Prison China Beir Ahmed Yemen Bengbu Prison China Beur Central Jail Patna, India Black Hole of Calcutta India Bogambara Prison Kandy, Sri Lanka Bogura District Jail Bogura Sadar Upazila, Bangladesh Boven-Digoel Tanah Merah, Indonesia Bukchang concentration camp Pukchang County, North Korea Bukhara Prison Bukhara, Uzbekistan Bureau of Immigration Bicutan Detention Center Lower Bicutan, Philippines Camp 1391 Menashe Regional Council, Israel Camp Bucca Um Qasr Nahia, Iraq Camp Cropper Baghdad International Airport, Iraq Camp Holmes Internment Camp Q1822, Philippines Camp Nong Pladuk Ratchaburi, Thailand Camp Whitehorse Iraq Castle of Oblivion Khuzestan Province, Iran Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center Cebu City, Philippines Cellular Jail Srivijayapuram, India Central Jail (Nepal) Bagmati Province, Nepal

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Americas 1463

240 Centre Street Manhattan, United States 26th District Police and Patrol Station Philadelphia, United States 52nd Police Precinct Station House and Stable The Bronx, United States A. C. Wagner Youth Correctional Facility New Jersey, United States Aaqqigiarvik Correctional Healing Facility Iqaluit, Canada Adams County Correctional Facility United States Adams County Jail Corning, United States Adelanto Detention Center United States Adirondack Correctional Facility New York, United States Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center New Jersey, United States Advanced Prison Unit of Indaial Indaial, Brazil Ahtanum View Corrections Center Washington, United States Airway Heights Corrections Center Airway Heights, United States Albion Correctional Facility New York, United States Alcatraz Citadel San Francisco, United States Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary San Francisco, United States Alexander Correctional Institution North Carolina, United States Alexandria City Jail Virginia, United States Alfred D. Hughes Unit Texas, United States Alger Correctional Facility Alger County, United States Algoa Correctional Center United States Algoma Treatment and Remand Centre Ontario, Canada Allan B. Polunsky Unit Polk County, United States Allegheny County Workhouse Allegheny County, United States Allen Correctional Center Allen Parish, United States Allen County Jail Iola, United States Allendale Correctional Institution Allendale County, United States Alton Military Prison Alton, United States Altona Correctional Facility New York, United States Amelia Island Museum of History Fernandina Beach, United States Amherst Internment Camp Canada Anamosa State Penitentiary Anamosa, United States Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women Ontario, Canada Anna Town Hall Anna, United States Antelope County Courthouse Neligh, United States Apalachee Correctional Institution Jackson County, United States Appanoose County Sheriff's House and Jail Centerville, United States Aragua Penitentiary Center Aragua, Venezuela Archambault Institution Laurentides, Canada Archer County Courthouse and Jail Archer City, United States Argyle Township Court House and Jail Municipality of the District of Argyle, Canada Arizona State Prison Complex – Douglas Douglas, United States Arizona State Prison Complex – Eyman Florence, United States Arizona State Prison Complex – Florence Florence, United States Arizona State Prison Complex – Lewis Buckeye, United States Arizona State Prison Complex – Perryville Goodyear, United States Arizona State Prison Complex – Phoenix Phoenix, United States Arizona State Prison Complex – Safford Safford, United States

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Europe 869

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Africa 63

Abu Salim prison Libya Abyar concentration camp Libya Agedabia concentration camp Libya Ain Aouda secret prison Morocco Alem Bekagn Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Altes Gefängnis Erongo Region, Namibia Antanimora Prison Antananarivo, Madagascar Aït Melloul Prison Morocco Bani Walid detention camp Bani Walid, Libya Black Beach Equatorial Guinea Brandvlei Correctional Centre South Africa Breakwater Lodge South Africa Buqbuq concentration camp Egypt Camp Boiro Conakry, Guinea Dar Joued Tunis, Tunisia Dar Naim Prison Mauritania Drakenstein Correctional Centre South Africa Ekwulobia Prison Nigeria Federal Maximum Security Prison, Nnewi Nigeria Freetown Central Prison Freetown, Sierra Leone Giado concentration camp Libya Gikondo Prison Kabeza cell, Rwanda Giwa barracks Maiduguri, Nigeria Harare Central Prison Zimbabwe Im-Fout concentration camp Morocco Kaliti Prison Ethiopia Kamiti Maximum Security Prison Nairobi, Kenya Kara Prison Meknes, Morocco Karaka fort La Goulette, Tunisia Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison Lagos, Nigeria Kitalya Maximum Security Prison Uganda Kobar prison Khartoum North, Sudan Kondengui Central Prison Yaoundé, Cameroon Lindela Repatriation Centre Mogale City Local Municipality, South Africa Luzira Maximum Security Prison Kampala, Uganda Mageragere Prison Nyarugenge Sector, Nyarugenge, Rwanda Maison centrale de Conakry Kaloum, Guinea Makala Central Prison Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Makindye Prison Uganda Maktab al-Nasser prison Tripoli, Libya Mandera Prison Somalia Mangaung Prison South Africa Maximum Security Prison, Maiduguri Nigeria Mile 2 Prison Banjul, The Gambia Ngaragba Central Prison Bangui, Central African Republic Nocra concentration camp Eritrea Nursing and Midwifery Training College, Korle Bu (NMTC Korle-Bu) Ablekuma South, Ghana Pollsmoor prison City of Cape Town, South Africa

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Oceania 173

Acacia Prison Western Australia, Australia Adelaide Gaol South Australia, Australia Adelaide Pre-Release Centre Port Adelaide Enfield, Australia Adelaide Remand Centre Adelaide, Australia Adelaide Women's Prison Port Adelaide Enfield, Australia Adelaide Youth Training Centre South Australia, Australia Albany Regional Prison Albany, Australia Alexander Maconochie Centre Australian Capital Territory, Australia Alice Springs Correctional Centre Alice Springs, Australia Alice Springs Juvenile Holding Centre Northern Territory, Australia Allambie Reception Centre Victoria, Australia Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre Queensland, Australia Ashendene Boys Home Victoria, Australia Ashley Youth Detention Centre Tasmania, Australia Auckland Prison Auckland Region, New Zealand Auckland Region Women's Correctional Facility Auckland Region, New Zealand Ballarat Gaol Victoria, Australia Bandyup Women's Prison Western Australia, Australia Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre City of Gosnells, Australia Bathurst Correctional Complex New South Wales, Australia Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre South Australia, Australia Beechworth Correctional Centre Shire of Indigo, Australia Belconnen Remand Centre Australian Capital Territory, Australia Berrima Gaol Wingecarribee Shire, Australia Berrima Internment Camp Huts Area New South Wales, Australia Berrimah Prison Northern Territory, Australia Boggo Road Gaol Queensland, Australia Borallon Training and Correctional Centre Somerset Region, Australia Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women Western Australia, Australia Brewarrina (Yetta Dhinnakkal) Centre Gongolgon, Australia Brisbane Correctional Centre Queensland, Australia Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre Queensland, Australia Broken Hill Correctional Centre New South Wales, Australia Broome Regional Prison Western Australia, Australia Bunbury Regional Prison Western Australia, Australia Cadell Training Centre Mid Murray Council, Australia Camp Victory New South Wales, Australia Campbell Street Gaol Tasmania, Australia Capricornia Correctional Centre Queensland, Australia Cascades Female Factory Tasmania, Australia Casuarina Prison Western Australia, Australia Cessnock Correctional Centre New South Wales, Australia Christchurch Women's Prison Paparua, New Zealand Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing Centre Christmas Island, Australia Clarence Correctional Centre New South Wales, Australia Collingwood Stockade Victoria, Australia Cooma Correctional Centre Snowy Monaro Regional Council, Australia Cowra Prisoner of War Camp Site Cowra, Australia

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