List of prisons
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This page provides a list of prisons by country.
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[edit] Australia
[edit] Australian Capital Territory
[edit] 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
- Villawood Immigration Detention Centre
[edit] Northern Territory
- Alice Springs Correctional Centre
- Alice Springs Juvenile Holding Centre
- Darwin Correctional Centre
- Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre
- Wildman River Wilderness Work Camp
[edit] 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
[edit] Victoria
- Dame Phyllis Frost Centre
- Fulham Correctional Centre
- HM Prison Ararat
- HM Prison Barwon
- HM Prison Beechworth (Closed)
- HM Prison Bendigo
- 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
[edit] 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
- Woomera Detention Centre, Woomera
- Yatala Labour Prison, Adelaide
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Other Australian prisons
See also List of Australian Prisons and Detention Centres
[edit] Canada
[edit] Ontario
Men's
- Kingston Penitentiary (Maximum)
- Millhaven Institution (Maximum)
- Regional Treatment Centre (Maximum)
- Bath Institution (Medium)
- Don Jail (Toronto Goal) (Remand)
- Collins Bay Institution (Medium)
- Fenbrook Institution (Medium)
- Joyceville Institution (Medium)
- Warkworth Institution (Medium)
- Beaver Creek Institution (Minimum)
- Frontenac Institute (Minimum)
- Pittsburgh Institution (Minimum)
- Fort Frances Jail
Women's
- Grand Valley Institution for Women (Multi)
- Isabel McNeil House (Minimum)
[edit] Quebec
Men's
- Donnacona Instution (Maximum)
- Port-Cartier Institution (Maximum)
- Regional Reception Centre (Maximum)
- Archambault Institution (Medium)
- Cowansville Institution (Medium)
- Drummond Institution (Medium)
- La Macaza Institution (Medium)
- Leclerc Institution (Medium)
- Federal Training Centre (Minimum)
- Montée Saint-François Institution (Minimum)
- Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Institution (Minimum)
Women's
- Joliette Institution (Multi)
[edit] Atlantic
Men's
- Atlantic Institution (Maximum)
- Dorchester Penitentiary (Medium)
- Springhill Institution (Medium)
- Westmorland Institution (Minimum)
- Burnside Institution (Medium and Mental Health)
Women's
- Nova Institution for Women
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] People's Republic of China
[edit] Beijing
[edit] Guangdong
- Jieyang Prison
- Shantou Prison
[edit] Heilongjiang
- Daqing City Hongweixing Prison
[edit] Hong Kong
[edit] Czech Republic
[edit] France
- The Bastille, Paris (previously)
- Château d'If, Marseille (previously)
- Clairvaux Prison
- Fleury-Mérogis Prison
- Fresnes Prison, Fresnes, Val-de-Marne, near Paris
- La Santé Prison, Paris
- Listing from official webstite (fr) : http://www.justice.gouv.fr/minister/DAP/etablissement.htm
[edit] Germany
- Ebrach Abbey
- Hohenasperg
- Landsberg Prison
- Spandau Prison, Berlin (demolished; had only one prisoner during its final 11 years)
- Stammheim Prison
- Werl Prison, Werl
[edit] Republic of Ireland
- Kilmainham Gaol (defunct)
- Mountjoy Prison
- Newgate Prison, Dublin (defunct)
- Portlaoise Prison
[edit] Italy
- Rebbibia, Rome
- Ucciardone, Palermo
- San Vittore, Milan *** PLEASE HELP TO REMOVE INTERNAL LINK!
- Sollicciano, Florence
[edit] Malta
- Corradino Correctional Centre, Paola
[edit] Morocco
- Tazmamart, Atlas Mountains (defunct)
[edit] New Zealand
- List of Correctional Facilities in New Zealand
- Featured on the Wikipedia:
[edit] Pakistan
[edit] Baluchistan
[edit] Punjab
[edit] N.W.F.P.
[edit] 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 Jail, Karachi
- Women Jail, Hyderabad
[edit] Russia
- Butyrka prison, Moscow, Russia
- Lubyanka prison, Moscow, Russia
- Lefortovo prison, Moscow, Russia
- List of Soviet Union prison sites that detained Poles, repressed before and after the WWII.
- See also Gulag.
[edit] Singapore
- List of prisons in Singapore
- Featured on the Wikipedia:
[edit] Spain
[edit] Sweden
[edit] United Kingdom
[edit] A
- Craiginches, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Acklington, Acklington, Northumberland
- Albany, Newport, Isle of Wight
- Altcourse, Fazakerley, Liverpool (Private - GSL Group)
- Armley, Leeds
- Ashfield, Pucklechurch, Bristol (Private - Premier Custodial Group Ltd, subsidiary of Serco Group plc)
- Ashwell, Oakham, Rutland
- Askham Grange, York, North Yorkshire
- Aylesbury, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
[edit] B
- Barlinnie, Glasgow
- Bedford, Bedford, Bedfordshire
- Belmarsh, south-east London
- Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands
- Blakenhurst, Redditch
- Blantyre House, Horden, Kent
- Blundeston, Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Bodmin Gaol, Bodmin, Cornwall
- Brinsford, Featherstone, Staffordshire
- Bristol, Bristol
- Brixton, south London
- Brockhill, Redditch, Worcestershire
- Bronzefield Ashford, Surrey (Private - United Kingdom Detention Services (UKDS))
- Buckley Hall, Rochdale, Lancashire
- Bullingdon, Bicester, Oxon
- Bullwood Hall, Hockley, Essex
[edit] C
- Camp Hill, Newport, Isle of Wight
- Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent
- Cardiff, Cardiff
- Castington, Morpeth, Northumberland
- Castle Huntly, Longforgan, Perth and Kinross
- Channings Wood, Newton Abbot, Devon
- Chelmsford, Chelmsford, Essex
- Coldingley, Bisley, Surrey
- Cookham Wood, Rochester, Kent
- Cornton Vale, Stirling
[edit] D
- Dartmoor, Princetown, Devon
- Deerbolt, Barnard Castle, County Durham
- Doncaster, Marshgate, Doncaster (Private - Premier Prison Services Ltd)
- Dorchester, Dorchester, Dorset
- Dovegate, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire (Private - Premier Prison Services Ltd)
- Dover, Dover, Kent
- Downview, Sutton, Surrey
- Drake Hall, Eccleshall, Staffordshire
- Dumfries, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway
- Durham, Elvet, Durham
[edit] E
- East Sutton Park, Maidstone, Kent
- Eastwood Park, Falfield, Gloucestershire
- Edinburgh, Edinburgh
- Edmunds Hill, Newmarket, Suffolk
- Elmley, Sheerness, Kent
- Erlestoke, Devizes, Wiltshire
- Everthorpe, Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire
- Exeter, Exeter
[edit] F
- Featherstone, Featherstone, Staffordshire
- Feltham, Feltham, Middlesex (Young Offenders Institute)
- Fleet Prison, London - Historical
- Ford, Arundel, West Sussex
- Forest Bank, Salford (Private - United Kingdom Detention Services (UKDS))
- Foston Hall, Foston, Derbyshire
- Frankland, Durham
- Full Sutton, York, North Yorkshire
[edit] G
- Garth, Preston, Lancashire
- Gartree, Market Harborough, Leicestershire
- Gatehouse Prison, London (historic)
- Glen Parva, Leicester
- Glenochil, Tullibody, Clackmannanshire
- Gloucester, Gloucester
- Greenock, Greenock, Inverclyde
- Grendon, Grendon Underwood, Buckinghamshire
- Guys Marsh, Shaftesbury, Dorset
[edit] H
- Haslar, Gosport, Hampshire
- Haverigg, Haverigg, Millom
- Hewell Grange, Redditch, Worcestershire
- Highdown, Sutton, Surrey
- Highpoint South, Newmarket, Suffolk
- Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire
- Hollesley Bay, Woodbridge, Suffolk
- Holloway, London
- Holme House, Stockton on Tees
- Hull, Hull
- Huntercombe, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
[edit] I
[edit] K
- Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire (Private - Premier Prison Services Ltd)
- Kingston, Portsmouth
- Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire
- Kirklevington, Yarm
[edit] L
- Lancaster, Lancaster, Lancashire
- Lancaster Farms, Lancaster, Lancashire
- Latchmere House, Richmond, Surrey
- Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Formerly called Armley Jail)
- Leicester, Leicester
- Lewes, Lewes, East Sussex
- Leyhill, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucester
- Lincoln, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
- Lindholme, Doncaster
- Littlehey, Huntingdon
- Liverpool, Liverpool
- Long Lartin, Evesham, Worcestershire
- Low Moss, Glasgow
- Low Newton, Brasside, Durham
- Lowdham Grange, Lowdham, Nottingham (Private - Premier Prison Services Ltd)
[edit] M
- Maidstone, Maidstone, Kent
- Manchester, Manchester Previously called ‘’Strangeways Prison’’ available as a penthouse !
- Marshalsea Prison, London - Historical
- Maze (also called Long Kesh), County Antrim - closed September 29, 2000
- Millbank Prison, London - Historical
- Moorland, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
- Moorland Open, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
- Morton Hall, Swinderby, Lincoln
- Mount, Bovingdon, Hertfordshire
[edit] N
- Newgate Prison, London - Historical
- New Hall, Wakefield, North Yorkshire
- Noranside, Forfar, Angus
- North Sea Camp, Boston, Lincolnshire
- Northallerton, Northallerton, North Yorkshire
- Norwich, Norwich, Norfolk
- Nottingham, Sherwood, Nottingham
[edit] O
- Onley, Rugby, Warwickshire
- Oxford Prison, Oxford, Oxfordshire - closed 1996, now open as 4 star hotel - with Prison features!
[edit] P
- Parc, Bridgend, South Wales (Private - Securicor (Justice Services))
- Parkhurst, Newport, Isle of Wight
- Pentonville, London
- Perth, Perth, Perth and Kinross
- Peterborough - New private jail for 840 inmates commissioned circa February 2003 (United Kingdom Detention Services (UKDS))
- Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
- Polmont, Falkirk (Young Offenders Institute)
- Portland, Portland, Dorset
- Prescoed, Pontypool, Monmouthshire
- Preston, Preston, Lancashire
- Princetown
[edit] R
- Ranby, Retford, Nottinghamshire
- Reading, Reading, Berkshire
- Risley, Warrington, Cheshire
- Rochester, Rochester, Kent
- Rye Hill, Willoughby, Warwickshire (Private - GSL Group)
[edit] S
- Send, Woking, Surrey
- Shepton Mallet, Shepton Mallet, Somerset
- Shotts, Shotts, North Lanarkshire
- Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
- Spring Hill, Grendon Underwood, Buckinghamshire
- Stafford, Stafford
- Standford Hill, Isle of Sheppey, Kent
- Stocken, Oakham, Rutland
- Stoke Heath, Market Drayton, Shropshire
- Styal, Wilmslow, Cheshire
- Sudbury, Ashbourne, Derbyshire
- Swaleside, Isle of Sheppey, Kent
- Swansea, Swansea
- Swinfen Hall, Lichfield, Staffordshire
[edit] T
- Thorn Cross, Warrington
- Tothill Fields Bridewell, Westminster, London - Historic
- Tower of London, London - Historic
[edit] U
[edit] V
[edit] W
- Wakefield, Wakefield, North Yorkshire
- Wandsworth, Wandsworth, south-west London
- Wandsworth Gaol
- Warren Hill, Woodbridge, Suffolk
- Wayland, Thetford, Norfolk
- Wealstun, Wetherby, North Yorkshire
- Weare, Portland, Dorset
- Wellingborough, Wellingborough
- Werrington, Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent
- Wetherby, Wetherby, North Yorkshire (Young Offenders Institute)
- Whatton, Whatton, Nottingham
- Whitemoor, March, Cambridgeshire
- Winchester, Winchester
- Wolds, Everthorpe, North Yorkshire (Private - GSL Group)
- Wood Street Counter Wood Street, London (historic)
- Woodhill, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
- Wormwood Scrubs, London
- Wymott, Leyland, Lancashire
[edit] Secure hospitals
Some convicts are detained in secure mental hospitals. These are run by the National Health Service rather than the prison service.
[edit] England
A number of other mental hospitals have secure units.
[edit] United States
- Lists of prisons
- Individual U.S. prisons and jails covered by Wikipedia
- Alcatraz, San Francisco Bay, California
- Angola Farm (The Louisiana State Penitentiary), Louisiana
- Attica Correctional Facility, New York
- Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia
- Folsom State Prison, Represa, California
- Joliet Prison, Joliet, Illinois
- Lancaster County Prison
- Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas
- Pelican Bay State Prison, Crescent City, California
- Rikers Island, New York, New York
- San Quentin, California
- Sing Sing, Ossining, New York
- Vacaville Prison, Vacaville, California
[edit] Other countries
- Camp Boiro, Conakry, Guinea
- Camp Crame, Manila, Philippines
- Devil's Island, French Guiana
- Abu Ghraib, Iraq
- Kilmainham Jail, Dublin, Ireland
- Isla Isabela, Ecuador
- Robben Island, South Africa
- Playa Negra (Black Beach), Equatorial Guinea
- Insein, Myanmar
- Palacio de Lecumberri, Mexico City, Mexico
- Yodok, North Korea
- Mountjoy, Dublin, Ireland
- İmralı, Sea of Marmara, Turkey
- Woman prision of Ezeiza , Buenos Aires , Argentina
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