List of prisons

This page provides a list of prisons by country.

Algeria

*Serkadji prison

Australia

:"For prisons in Australia, see list of Australian Prisons and Detention Centres

Australian Capital Territory

* Belconnen Remand 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
* Darlinghurst Gaol "(Closed)"
* 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 Centre
* Junee Correctional Centre
* Kirkconnell Correctional Centre
* Lithgow Correctional Centre
* Long Bay Correctional Centre
* Mannus Correctional Centre
* Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre (MRRC)
* Mulawa Correctional Centre
* Oberon Correctional Centre
* Parklea Correctional Centre
* Parramatta Correctional Centre
* Silverwater Correctional Centre
* St Heliers Correctional Centre
* Tamworth Correctional Centre
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Northern Territory

* Alice Springs Correctional Centre
* Alice Springs Juvenile Holding Centre
* Darwin Correctional Centre
* Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre
* Wildman River Wilderness Work Camp

Queensland

* Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre
* Boggo Road Gaol ("Closed")
* Borallon Correctional Centre
* Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre
* Capricornia Correctional Centre
* Darling Downs Correctional Centre
* Lotus Glen Correctional Centre
* Maryborough Correctional Centre
* Numinbah Correctional Centre
* Palen Creek Correctional Centre
* Sir David Longland Correctional Centre
* Toowoomba Prison
* Townsville Correctional Centre
* Wolston Correctional Centre
* Woodford Correctional Centre

Victoria

* Dame Phyllis Frost Centre
* Fulham Correctional Centre
* HM Prison Ararat
* HM Prison Barwon
* HM Prison Beechworth "(closed)"
* HM Prison Bendigo "(closed)"
* HM Melbourne Assessment Prison
* HM Prison Dhurringile
* HM Prison Fairlea "(closed)"
* HM Prison Geelong "(closed)"
* HM Prison Langi Kal Kal
* HM Prison Loddon
* HM Prison Morwell River "(closed)"
* HM Prison Pentridge "(closed)"
* HM Prison Sale "(closed)"
* HM Prison Tarrengower
* HM Prison Won Wron "(closure pending)"
* Old Castlemaine Gaol "(closed)"
* Marngoneet Correctional Centre
* Old Melbourne Gaol "(closed)"
* Metropolitan Remand Centre
* Port Phillip Prison
* Turana Youth Training Centre

South Australia

* Adelaide Gaol
* Adelaide Pre-Release Centre, Adelaide
* Adelaide Remand Centre, Adelaide
* Adelaide Women's Prison, Adelaide
* Cadell Training Centre, Morgan
* Mobilong Prison, Murray Bridge
* Mount Gambier Prison, Mount Gambier
* Port Augusta Prison, Port Augusta
* Port Lincoln Prison, Port Lincoln
* Yatala Labour Prison, Adelaide

Tasmania

* Campbell Street Gaol
* Cascades Female Factory
* Hayes Prison Farm
* HM Prison Risdon
* Hobart Remand Centre
* Launceston Remand Centre
* Risdon Women's Prison
* Port Arthur Prison Colony

Western Australia

* Acacia Prison
* Albany Prison
* Bandyup Prison
* Boronia Prison
* Broome Prison
* Bunbury Prison
* Casuarina Prison
* Eastern Goldfields Prison
* Fremantle Prison
* Greenough Prison
* Hakea Prison
* Karnet Prison
* Pardelup Prison
* Roebourne Prison
* Wooroloo Prison

Bolivia

* San Pedro prison

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.

Canada

Ontario

Men's (Federal)

* Kingston Penitentiary (Maximum)
* Millhaven Institution (Maximum)
* Regional Treatment Centre (Maximum)
* Joyceville Institution (Maximum) [cite news | first=Jim Birchard | last=Jim Birchard | coauthors= | title=Cop killer moved to medium security jail | date=2008-02-23 | publisher=Bayshore Broadcasting Corp | url =http://www.radioowensound.com/news.php?id=9532 | work =www.radioowensound.com | pages = | accessdate = 2008-02-24 | language = ]
* Bath Institution (Medium)
* Collins Bay Institution (Medium)
* Fenbrook Institution (Medium)
* Warkworth Institution (Medium)
* Beaver Creek Institution (Minimum)
* Frontenac Institute (Minimum)

Men's (Provincial)

* Algoma Treatment and Remand Centre
* Brantford Jail
* Brockville Jail
* Central East Correctional Centre
* Central North Correctional Centre
* Chatham Jail
* Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre
* Fort Frances Jail
* Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre
* Kenora Jail
* Maplehurst Correctional Complex
* Mimico Correctional Centre
* Montieth Correctional Centre
* Niagara Detention Centre
* North Bay Jail
* [http://www.hometown.aol.com/ocibrampton/info.html Ontario Correctional Institute]
* Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre
* Owen Sound Jail
* Quinte Detention Centre
* St. Lawrence Valley Correctional & Treatment Centre
* Sarnia Jail
* Stratford Jail
* Sudbury Jail
* Thunder Bay Correctional Centre
* Thunder Bay Jail
* Toronto (Don) Jail
* Toronto East Detention Centre
* Toronto West Detention Centre
* Walkerton Jail
* Windsor Jail(Note: Some provincial facilities, though predominantly male, may house a small number of remanded female inmates.)

For decommissioned and historical provincial facilities see Correctional facilities of Ontario, Canada.

Women's (Federal)

* Grand Valley Institution for Women "(multi)
* Isabel McNeil House (Minimum)

Women's (Provincial)

* Vanier Centre for Women

Quebec

Men's

* Donnacona Insttitution (Maximum)
* Port-Cartier Institution (Maximum)
* Regional Reception Centre (Maximum)
* Archambault Institution (Medium)
* Cowansville Institution (Medium)
* Drummondville Institution (Medium)
* La Macaza Institution (Medium)
* Leclerc Institution (Medium)
* Federal Training Centre (Minimum)
* Montée Saint-François Institution (Minimum)
* Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Institution (Minimum)
* Rivière-des-Prairie (RDP) Institution (Minimum)
* Bordeaux - (Minimum)

Women's

* Joliette Institution (Multi)

Atlantic

Men's

* Atlantic Institution (Maximum)
* Dorchester Penitentiary (Medium)
* Springhill Institution (Medium)
* Westmorland Institution (Minimum)
* Saint John Correctional Facility (Minimum)

Women's

* Nova Institution for Women (Minimum/medium, federal, in Truro, Nova Scotia)

Both sexes

*Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility (Medium, provincial, in Burnside Park)
**East Coast Forensic Hospital

Prairie

Men's

* Edmonton Institution (Maximum)
* Saskatchewan Federal Penitentiary (Medium/Maximum)
* Stony Mountain Institution (Medium)
* Drumheller Institution (Medium/Minimum)
* Bowden Institution (Medium/Minimum)
* Grande Cache Institution (Minimum)
* Riverbend Institution (Minimum)
* Rockwood Institution (Minimum)
* Pê Sâkâstêw Centre (Minimum)
* Grierson Centre (Minimum)
* Regional Psychiatric Centre (Prairies) (Multi)
* Willow Cree Healing Lodge (Minimum)

Women's

* Edmonton Institution for Women (Multi)
* Okimaw Ochi Healing Lodge (Medium/Minimum)

Pacific

Men's

* Regional Treatment Centre Centre / Pacific Institution & Regional Reception Centre
* Kent Institution (Maximum)
* Matsqui Institution (Medium)
* Mountain Institution (Medium)
* Mission Institution (Medium)
* William Head Institution (Minimum)
* Kwìkwèxwelhp Healing Village (Minimum)
* Ferndale Institution (Minimum)

Women's

* Fraser Valley Institution for Women

Other Canadian correctional facilities

* Saskatoon correctional centre
* Canadian Forces Service Prison and Detention Barracks [http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/1asg_hq/units/cfspdb.htm]

People's Republic of China

Beijing

*Qincheng Prison

Guangdong

*Jieyang Prison
*Shantou Prison

Heilongjiang

*Daqing City Hongweixing Prison

Hong Kong

:"For prisons in Hong Kong, see list of prisons in Hong Kong

Czech Republic

:"For prisons in the Czech Republic, see list of prisons in the Czech Republic

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

Germany

*Ebrach Abbey
*Hohenasperg
*Landsberg Prison
*Spandau Prison, Berlin "(demolished; had only one prisoner during its final 11 years)"
*Stammheim Prison
*Werl Prison, Werl

Greece

:"For prisons in Greece, see list of prisons in Greece

Hungary

*Állampusztai Országos Büntetés-végrehajtási Intézet, Állampuszta
*Balassagyarmati Fegyház és Börtön, Balassagyarmat
*Budapesti Fegyház és Börtön, Budapest
*Fiatalkorúak Büntetés-végrehajtási Intézete, Tököl, Szírmabesenyő, 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

Republic of Ireland

*Kilmainham Gaol "(closed)"
*Mountjoy Prison
*Newgate Prison, Dublin "(closed)"
*Portlaoise Prison
*Cork Prison
*Limerick Prison

India

*Tihar Jail, New Delhi
*Celluler jail, Andaman island

Italy

*Asinara prison, Sassari
*Regina Coeli, Rome
*Rebbibia, Rome
*Forte Boccea, Rome
*Ucciardone, Palermo
*San Vittore, Milan
*Giudecca, Venice
*Sollicciano, Florence

Malawi

*Malawi Prison System

Malta

*Corradino Correctional Centre, Paola

Morocco

*Tazmamart, Atlas Mountains (defunct)

New Zealand

:"For prisons in New Zealand, see list of correctional facilities in New Zealand

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

Russia

*Butyrka prison, Moscow, Russia
*Lubyanka prison, Moscow, Russia
*Lefortovo prison, Moscow, Russia
*Peter and Paul Fortress, St. Petersburg, Russia "(closed)"

ingapore

:"For prisons in Singapore, see list of prisons in Singapore

lovakia

*Leopoldov Prison, Leopoldov, Slovakia

pain

*Alcalá Meco, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid
*Carabanchel, Madrid
*Mansilla, Mansilla de las Mulas, León
*Puerto de Santa María, El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz

weden

*Långholmen prison, Stockholm

Turkey

*Sultanahmet Jail, Istanbul (closed)
*Imrali, Marmara Sea

United Kingdom

:"For prisons in the UK, see list of United Kingdom prisons

United States

:"For prisons in the US, see list of U.S. federal prisons, list of U.S. state prisons and list of U.S. military prisons.

Other countries

*Camp Boiro, Conakry, Guinea
*Camp Crame, Manila, Philippines
*Devil's Island, French Guiana
*Abu Ghraib, Iraq
*Isla Isabela, Ecuador
*Robben Island, South Africa
*Playa Negra (Black Beach), Equatorial Guinea
*Insein, Myanmar
*Palacio de Lecumberri, Mexico City, Mexico
*Yodok, North Korea
*İmralı, Sea of Marmara, Turkey
*Ezeiza Women's Prison, Buenos Aires, Argentina
*Hanoi Hilton, Hanoi, Vietnam (POW prison; historical)
*Bangkwang, Nonthaburi Province, Thailand, nicknamed the "Big Tiger"

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