List of prisons 668420 225868337 2008-07-15T19:50:48Z 69.51.233.135 Type 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]] * === 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" {{expand_list}} ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Lists of prisons|*]]