List of prisons
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This page provides a '''list of [[prison]]s''' 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]]
* [[Melbourne Gaol|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 Regional Prison|Roebourne Prison]]
* [[Wooroloo Prison]]
==Bolivia==
* [[San Pedro prison]]
==Brazil==
* [[Carandiru Penitentiary|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 (state)|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)<ref>{{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 = }}</ref>
* 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<br />
* Brantford Jail<br />
* Brockville Jail<br />
* Central East Correctional Centre<br />
* [[Central North Correctional Centre]]<br />
* Chatham Jail<br />
* Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre<br />
* Fort Frances Jail<br />
* Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre<br />
* Kenora Jail<br />
* Maplehurst Correctional Complex<br />
* [[Mimico Correctional Centre]]<br />
* Montieth Correctional Centre<br />
* Niagara Detention Centre<br />
* North Bay Jail<br />
* [http://www.hometown.aol.com/ocibrampton/info.html Ontario Correctional Institute]<br />
* Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre<br />
* Owen Sound Jail<br />
* Quinte Detention Centre<br />
* St. Lawrence Valley Correctional & Treatment Centre<br />
* Sarnia Jail<br />
* Stratford Jail<br />
* Sudbury Jail<br />
* Thunder Bay Correctional Centre<br />
* Thunder Bay Jail<br />
* [[Toronto_Jail|Toronto (Don) Jail]]<br />
* Toronto East Detention Centre<br />
* [[Toronto West Detention Centre]]<br />
* Walkerton Jail<br />
* Windsor Jail<br />
(Note: Some provincial facilities, though predominantly male, may house a small number of remanded female inmates.)<br /><br />
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<br />
===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)
* Burnside Institution ''(medium and mental health)
* Saint John Correctional Facility (Minimum)
====Women's====
* Nova Institution for Women
===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 language|French]])''
*[[Bastille|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 [[Rudolf Hess|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]]
*[[Limerick Prison]]
==India==
*Tihar Jail, New Delhi
==Italy==
*[[Asinara prison]], [[Sassari]]
*[[Regina Coeli]], [[Rome]]
*[[Rebbibia]], [[Rome]]
*[[Forte Boccea]], [[Rome]]
*[[Ucciardone]], [[Palermo]]
*[[San Vittore]], [[Milan]]
*[[Giudecca]], [[Venice]]
*[[Sollicciano]], [[Florence]]
==Malta==
*[[Corradino Correctional Centre]], [[Paola, Malta|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, Sindh|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, Sindh|Hyderabad]]
* Women's Jail, [[Karachi]]
* Women's Jail, [[Hyderabad, Sindh|Hyderabad]]
==Russia==
{{seealso|Gulag}}
{{seealso|list of Soviet Union prison sites that detained Poles}}
*[[Butyrka prison]], [[Moscow]], [[Russia]]
*[[Lubyanka prison]], [[Moscow]], [[Russia]]
*[[Lefortovo prison]], [[Moscow]], [[Russia]]
*[[Peter and Paul Fortress]], [[St. Petersburg]], [[Russia]] ''(closed)''
==Singapore==
:''For prisons in [[Singapore]], see [[list of prisons in Singapore]]
==Slovakia==
*[[Leopoldov Prison]], [[Leopoldov]], [[Slovakia]]
==Spain==
*[[Alcalá Meco]], [[Alcalá de Henares]], [[Madrid (province)|Madrid]]
*[[Carabanchel]], [[Madrid]]
*[[Mansilla]], [[Mansilla de las Mulas]], [[León (province)|León]]
*[[Puerto de Santa María]], [[El Puerto de Santa María]], [[Cádiz (province)|Cádiz]]
==Sweden==
*[[Långholmen prison]], [[Stockholm]]
==Turkey==
*[[Sultanahmet Jail]], [[Istanbul]] (closed)
*[[Imrali]], [[Marmara Sea]]
==United Kingdom==
:''For prisons in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], see [[list of United Kingdom prisons]]
==United States==
:''For prisons in the [[United States|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 (prison)|Abu Ghraib]], [[Iraq]]
*[[Isabela Island (Ecuador)|Isla Isabela]], [[Ecuador]]
*[[Robben Island]], [[South Africa]]
*[[Playa Negra]] ([[Black Beach]]), [[Equatorial Guinea]]
*[[Insein]], [[Myanmar]]
*[[Palacio de Lecumberri]], [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]
*[[Yodok concentration camp|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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==References==
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[[Category:Lists of prisons|*]]