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Prison Break is an American crime drama television series created by Paul Scheuring for Fox. The series revolves around two brothers: Lincoln Burrows (Dominic...

13°11′07″E / 52.52111°N 13.18528°E / 52.52111; 13.18528 Spandau Prison was a military prison located in the Spandau borough of West Berlin (present-day Berlin...

A prison furlough is an authorized temporary release granted to a prison inmate during their period of incarceration. A prison furlough is a temporary...

maximum (ADX) prison is a "control-unit" prison, or a unit within prisons, which represents the most secure level of custody in the prison systems of certain...

The Stanford prison experiment (SPE), also referred to as the Zimbardo prison experiment (ZPE), was a controversial psychological experiment performed...

The Mamertine Prison (Italian: Carcere Mamertino), in antiquity the Tullianum, was a prison (carcer) with a dungeon (oubliette) located in the Comitium...

Prison School (Japanese: 監獄学園（プリズンスクール）, Hepburn: Purizun Sukūru) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Hiramoto. It was serialized...

A prison riot is an act of concerted defiance or disorder by a group of prisoners against the prison administrators, prison officers, or other groups...

title varies depending on the type of prison. The prison warden supervises all the operations within the prison. Prisons vary in size, with some housing thousands...

Sing Sing Correctional Facility is a maximum-security prison for men operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision...

Prison sexuality (or prison sex or penitentiary sex) consists of sexual relationships between prisoners or between a prisoner and a prison employee or...

Pitești Prison (Romanian: Închisoarea Pitești) was a penal facility in Pitești, Romania, best remembered for the reeducation experiment (also known as...

038°N 7.287°W / 53.038; -7.287 Portlaoise Prison (Irish: Príosún Phort Laoise) is a maximum security prison in Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland. Until...

Landsberg Prison (German: Justizvollzugsanstalt Landsberg, lit. 'Landsberg Justice-Enforcement-Institution') is a prison in the town of Landsberg am Lech...

A prison uniform or a jail uniform is a set of standardized clothing worn by prisoners. It usually includes visually distinct clothes worn to indicate...

Sugamo Prison (Sugamo Kōchi-sho, Kyūjitai: 巢鴨拘置所, Shinjitai: 巣鴨拘置所) was a prison in Tokyo, Japan. It was located in the district of Ikebukuro, which is...

Prison newspapers are newspapers created within a prison, typically by the incarcerated people living there. The first prison newspaper is believed to...

Prison, California, on January 13, 1968. After his 1955 song "Folsom Prison Blues", Cash had been interested in recording a performance at a prison....

Marmara Prison Marmara Prison (Turkish: Marmara Cezaevi) or officially Marmara Penitentiaries Campus (Turkish: Marmara Ceza İnfaz Kurumları Kampüsü) formerly...

An open prison or open jail is a jail in which prisoners are trusted to complete sentences with minimal supervision and perimeter security, and are often...

Justizvollzugsanstalt Stuttgart, JVA Stuttgart), also known as Stuttgart Prison or Stammheim Prison, is located in the Stuttgart district of Stammheim, the northernmost...

Prison rape or jail rape is sexual assault of people while they are incarcerated. The phrase is commonly used to describe rape of inmates by other inmates...

operated by His Majesty's Prison Service, and is located next to HM Prison Low Newton, a closed women's prison. The prison has been nicknamed "Monster...

Ktzi'ot Prison (Hebrew: בית הסוהר קציעות, romanized: Bet HaSohar Ketziot, Arabic: سجن كتسيعوت, romanized: Sijn Katsīʿōt) is an Israeli detention facility...

A prison cell (also known as a jail cell) is a small room in a prison or police station where a prisoner is held. Cells greatly vary by their furnishings...

Changi Prison Complex, often known simply as Changi Prison, is a prison complex in the namesake district of Changi in the eastern part of Singapore. It...

A prison escape (also referred to as a bust out, breakout, jailbreak, jail escape, prison break or unlawful departure) is the act of an inmate leaving...

Prisons in Germany are a set of penal institutions in the Federal Republic of Germany. Their purpose is rehabilitation--to enable prisoners to lead a...

private prison, or for-profit prison, is a place where people are imprisoned by a third party that is contracted by a government agency. Private prison companies...

Abashiri Prison (Japanese: 網走刑務所, Hepburn: Abashiri Keimusho) is a prison in Abashiri, Hokkaido that opened in 1890. The northernmost prison in Japan...

United States federal prison for men in Fremont County, Colorado, United States. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United...

Prison Architect is a private prison construction and management simulation video game developed and published by Introversion Software. It was made available...

A debtors' prison is a prison for people who are unable to pay debt. Until the mid-19th century, debtors' prisons (usually similar in form to locked workhouses)...

Fresnes Prison (French Centre pénitentiaire de Fresnes) is the second largest prison in France, located in the town of Fresnes, Val-de-Marne, south of...

Look up prison in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A prison is a place of incarceration, where convicted criminals are punished for their crimes, and...

Ringerike Prison (Norwegian: Ringerike fengsel) is located in Ringerike municipality, just south of the small town of Tyristrand, Norway, not far from...

Pudu Prison (Malay: Penjara Pudu), also known as Pudu Jail or Pudu Gaol, was a prison in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Built in phases by the British colonial...

Prison tattooing is the practice of creating and displaying tattoos in a prison environment. Present-day American and Russian prisoners may convey gang...

Mahara Prison is a maximum security prison, and is one of the largest prisons in Sri Lanka. Situated in the town of Mahara in the Western Province, it...

ᬍᬫ᭄ᬩᬕᬧᭂᬫᬲ᭄ᬬᬭᬓᬢᬦ᭄ᬓᭂᬭᭀᬩᭀᬓᬦ᭄; also known as LP Kerobokan, Kerobokan Prison or Hotel K) is a prison located in Kerobokan, Badung Regency, on the Indonesian island...

Andersonville Prison (also known as Camp Sumter), located near Andersonville, Georgia, was a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp during the final fourteen...

Prison abolition is a movement that seeks to abolish prisons as an institution. Unlike prison reform, prison abolition aims to establish a criminal justice...

A prison officer (PO) or corrections officer (CO), also known as a correctional law enforcement officer is a uniformed law enforcement official responsible...

A military prison is a prison operated by a military. Military prisons are used variously to house prisoners of war, unlawful combatants, those whose...

Moyamensing Prison was a prison in the South Philadelphia neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Thomas Ustick Walter. Its cornerstone...

Sednaya Prison (Arabic: سجن صيدنايا Sijn Ṣaydnāyā), also known as the "Human Slaughterhouse" (المسلخ البشري), was a Syrian military prison and death camp...

HM Prison Shrewsbury was a category B/C men's prison in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It was decommissioned in March 2013, and is now open to the public...

Bastøy Prison (Norwegian: Bastøy fengsel) is a low-security, male-only prison on Bastøy Island, Norway, located in the Horten municipality about 75 km...

Halden Prison (Norwegian: Halden fengsel) is a maximum-security prison in Halden, Norway. It has three main units and has no conventional security devices...

Tartu prison (Estonian: Tartu vangla) is a prison located in the Ropka industrial district suburb of Tartu in Estonia. The prison was designed by architect...

The Welikada Prison (Sinhala: වැලිකඩ බන්ධනාගාරය; also known as the Magazine Prison) is a maximum-security prison and the largest prison in Sri Lanka. It...

Majesty's Prison Wakefield is a Category A men's prison in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. The prison has been...

The first season of Prison Break, an American serial drama television series, commenced airing in the United States and Canada on August 29, 2005, on Mondays...

Pankrác Prison, officially Prague Pankrác Remand Prison (Czech: Vazební věznice Praha Pankrác), is a prison in Prague, Czech Republic. A part of the Czech...

Elmira Prison was originally a barracks for "Camp Rathbun" or "Camp Chemung", a key muster and training point for the Union Army during the American Civil...

Prison Planet may refer to: Prison Planet, a 2008 album by the East Coast Avengers The Prison Planet, one of the primary settings of the Canadian television...

Orleans Parish Prison is the city jail for New Orleans, Louisiana. First opened in 1837, it is operated by the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office. Most of...

Korydallos Prison Complex is Greece's largest jail and contains the country's main maximum-security prison (Type B),[citation needed] housing both maximum-security...

Murru Prison (Estonian: Murru vangla) was a prison located in Rummu, Harju County, in Northern Estonia. The prison was established in 1938. Until the 1970s...

This is a list of characters in the American television series Prison Break. The characters are listed alphabetically by their last name or by the name...

A prison ship, is a current or former seagoing vessel that has been modified to become a place of substantive detention for convicts, prisoners of war...

websites such as The Economist and Newsweek. Another of Jones's websites is PrisonPlanet.com. After his firing from KJFK-FM, Jones began to broadcast his own...

human rights violations and war crimes against detainees in Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. These abuses included physical abuse, sexual humiliation, physical...

Prison on Fire is a 1987 Hong Kong prison film directed by Ringo Lam and starring Chow Yun-fat and Tony Leung Ka-fai. A sequel, Prison on Fire II, was...

"Prison Sex" is a song by American rock band Tool. Featuring lyrics written by frontman Maynard James Keenan, it was released as the first single from...

The Saharonim Prison was an Israeli detention facility for African asylum seekers located in the Negev desert. It is the largest of a planned four camps...

Prison Break is a 2005–2017 American TV serial drama Prison break may refer to: Prison breakout, a prison escape Prison Break: The Final Break, a 2009...

A prison farm (also known as a penal farm) is a large correctional facility where penal labor convicts work — legally or illegally — on a farm (in the...

Hỏa Lò Prison (Vietnamese: [hwâː lɔ̀], Nhà tù Hỏa Lò; French: Prison Hỏa Lò) was a prison in Hanoi originally used by the French colonists in Indochina...

people incarcerated in state or federal prisons and local jails. The United States has the largest known prison population in the world. The country comprises...

Evin Prison (Persian: زندان اوین, romanized: Zendân-e-Evin) is a prison located in the Evin neighborhood of Tehran, Iran. Established in 1972, and particularly...

Women's Prison may refer to: Incarceration of women Women's Prison, Christianshavn, Copenhagen, Denmark (1742–1921) Women's Prison (1951 film), Mexican...

In Prison is a 1915 song by composer Frederick Keel, composed in 1915 in the civilian Ruhleben internment camp on the former racecourse in Berlin where...

England and Wales (123 prisons), Scotland, (15 prisons) and Northern Ireland (4 prisons). Also included are a number of historical prisons no longer in current...

Libby Prison was a Confederate prison at Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. In 1862 it was designated to hold officer prisoners from the...

Pri­son Break is an American serial drama television series that premiered on the Fox network on August 29, 2005, and finished its fifth season on May...

In roulette, the en prison rule is an opportunity to recover one's stakes after a spin of zero, provided one's bet was even-odds (i.e. high–low, even–odd...

referred to as Florida State Prison, and also commonly known as Raiford Prison, is a Florida Department of Corrections state prison located in unincorporated...

Mountjoy Prison (Irish: Príosún Mhuinseo), founded as Mountjoy Gaol and nicknamed The Joy, is a medium security men's prison located in Phibsborough in...

Majesty's Prison Belmarsh is a Category A men's prison located in Thamesmead, south-east London, England. Belmarsh Prison is run by His Majesty's Prison Service...

Prison Playbook (Korean: 슬기로운 감빵생활) is a 2017 South Korean television series directed by Shin Won-ho and starring Park Hae-soo and Jung Kyung-ho. The series...

Pollsmoor Prison, officially known as Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison, is located in the Cape Town suburb of Tokai in South Africa. Pollsmoor is a maximum...

HM Prison Maze (previously Long Kesh Detention Centre, and known colloquially as the Maze or H-Blocks) was a prison and internment camp in Northern Ireland...

Central Prison is a prison operated by the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction in Raleigh, North Carolina. The prison, west of Downtown Raleigh...

Lukiškės Prison is a former prison in the center of Vilnius, Lithuania, near the Lukiškės Square and was operational from 1837 until 2019. Until the late...

Prison Act (with its variations) refers to legislation relating to prisons. The Prison Act 1995 The Prison (Escape) Act 1706 (1 Ann. c. 1) The Prison...

Prison food or jail food is the term for meals served to prisoners while incarcerated in correctional institutions. While some prisons prepare their own...

[bʊˈtɨrkə]), is a prison in the Tverskoy District of central Moscow, Russia. In Imperial Russia it served as the central transit prison. Now it is a pretrial...

Văcărești Prison (Romanian: Închisoarea Văcărești, also Penitenciarul Văcărești; known euphemistically as Mandravela) was a penal facility located in the...

Folsom State Prison Folsom California State Prison is a California State Prison in Folsom, California, United States, approximately 20 miles (32 km) northeast...

The spirits in prison is a recurrent but minor subject in the writings of Christianity. The concept has its origins in Platonism, and it is introduced...

The Indiana State Prison is a maximum security Indiana Department of Correction prison for adult males; however, minimum security housing also exists on...

offender female prison located on the outskirts of Ashford in Surrey, England. Bronzefield is the only purpose-built private prison solely for women...

A prison gang is an inmate organization that operates within a prison system. It has a corporate entity and exists into perpetuity. Its membership is...

HM Prison Parkhurst is a Category B men's prison located in Parkhurst on the Isle of Wight, and is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. Parkhurst...

The Ministry of Public Security Qincheng Prison (Chinese: 公安部秦城监狱) is a maximum-security prison located in Qincheng Village, Xingshou, Changping District...

Newgate Prison was a prison at the corner of Newgate Street and Old Bailey, just inside the City of London, England, originally at the site of Newgate...

is to allow all prisoners of an institution to be observed by a single prison officer, without the inmates knowing whether or not they are being watched...

the Black Dolphin Prison (Russian: Чёрный дельфин, romanized: Chyorny delʹfin) and formerly known as NKVD Prison No. 2 is a prison in Sol-Iletsk, Orenburg...

Seodaemun Prison History Hall (Korean: 서대문형무소역사관) is a museum and former prison in Seodaemun District, Seoul, South Korea. Imperial Japan, then the overlord...

Prison slang is an argot used primarily by criminals and detainees in correctional institutions. It is a form of anti-language. Many of the terms deal...

Prison is a closed prison in the borough of Reinickendorf in the north of the German state of Berlin. The prison is one of Germany's largest prisons....

İmralı prison is a high-security prison on the island of İmralı in the Sea of Marmara in Turkey. It holds prisoners from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)...

Tadmor Prison (Arabic: سجن تدمر), referred to as the Desert Prison, was a prison in Palmyra, approximately 200 kilometres northeast of Damascus. Tadmor...

The Attica Prison riot took place at the Attica Correctional Facility state prison in Attica, New York. The riot started on September 9, 1971, with a...

A federal prison is operated under the jurisdiction of a federal government as opposed to a state or provincial body. Federal prisons are used for people...

Taiping Prison (Malay: Penjara Taiping), formerly known as Larut Prison and Taiping Training Centre, is a prison in Taiping, Perak, Malaysia. Established...

Ayalon Prison (Hebrew: בית סוהר איילון, romanized: Beit Sohar Ayalon), formerly known as Ramla Prison, is a maximum-security prison located in Ramla, Israel...

Stanley Prison (c. January 1937, previously known as Hong Kong Prison at Stanley) is one of the six maximum security facilities in Hong Kong. Built in...

The California state prison system is a system of prisons, fire camps, contract beds, reentry programs, and other special programs administered by the...

Hamelin Prison, also known as the Stockhof, was a prison and penitentiary in Hamelin, Germany. The penal institution, which had a predecessor since 1698...

Kajang Prison (Malay: Penjara Kajang; formerly known as Selangor Central Prison) is a prison located in Sungai Jelok, Selangor, Malaysia. Michael Denis...

Abu Ghraib prison (Arabic: سجن أبو غريب, romanized: Sijn Abū Ghurayb) was a prison complex in Abu Ghraib, Iraq, located 32 kilometers (20 mi) west of...

Auckland Prison (original name Paremoremo Prison, colloquially Pare, pronounced "Par-re") is a prison facility consisting from minimum security to maximum...

In the United States, the school-to-prison pipeline (SPP), also known as the school-to-prison link, school–prison nexus, or schoolhouse-to-jailhouse track...

018779°W / 40.037123; -75.018779 Holmesburg Prison, given the nickname "The Terrordome," was a prison operated by the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

Phonthong Prison (Lao: ຄຸກໂພນຕ້ອງ), known as the "Foreigners Prison", is a mixed gender prison near Vientiane, Laos. The prison is used to hold non-Laotian...

occupied by Israel under international law, being described as an "open-air prison". Israel's actions in Gaza since the start of the war that began in 2023...

Harku Prison (Estonian: Harku vangla) was an Estonian prison. The prison was located in Harku, Harju County. The prison was established in 1926. In 1965...

Bogambara Prison was a maximum security prison and the second largest prison in the country after Welikada Prison in Colombo, Sri Lanka. After operating...

Prison camp may refer to: Concentration camp Federal prison camp, low-security facility among those on list of U.S. federal prisons Internment camp Labor...

Florida State Prison (FSP) is an American correctional institution located in unincorporated Bradford County, Florida, with a Raiford postal address. Opened...

Kobar Prison (Arabic: سجن كوبر), formerly known as Cooper prison, is one of the oldest prisons in Sudan, dating back to 1903. It was built by the administration...

The Prison Notebooks (Italian: Quaderni del carcere [kwaˈdɛrni del ˈkartʃere]) are a series of essays written by the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci. Gramsci...

jiken), as her body was discovered inside of a concrete-filled drum. The prison sentences served by the perpetrators ranged from 7 to 20 years. The brutality...

Fuchū Prison (府中刑務所, Fuchū keimusho) is a prison in Japan. It is located in the city of Fuchū, Tokyo to the west of the center of Tokyo Metropolis. Before...

Serkadji Prison, formerly Barberousse Prison, was a high-security prison in Algiers, Algeria; in 1995, about two-thirds of the 1,500 prisoners detained...

Stadelheim Prison (German: Justizvollzugsanstalt München), in Munich's Giesing district, is one of the largest prisons in Germany. Founded in 1894, it...

Adra Prison (Arabic: سجن عدرا) is a Syrian prison on the northeast outskirts of Damascus. Political prisoners are held in the prison, along with a mixture...

The Oryol Prison has been a prison in Oryol since the 19th century. It was a notable place of incarceration for political prisoners and war prisoners of...

Prison Tycoon is a business simulation computer game developed by Virtual Playground and published by ValuSoft in July 2005. The game puts the user in...

HM Prison Holloway was a closed-category prison for adult women and young offenders in Holloway, London, England, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service...

Prison Ship, also known as Star Slammer, Adventures of Taura, Part 1, Starslammer: The Escape and Prison Ship Star Slammer, is a 1986 American science...

Maximum security prisons and supermax prisons are grades of high security level used by prison systems in various countries, which pose a higher level...

In His Majesty's Prison Service, a local prison is a type of prison where a person is detained before a trial or directly after a conviction. As of 2012...

Plötzensee Prison (German: Justizvollzugsanstalt Plötzensee, JVA Plötzensee) is a men's prison in the Charlottenburg-Nord locality of Berlin with a capacity...

as five weapon charges, which required a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. On May 12, 2016, Wallace was acquitted...

A prison consultant provides newly convicted criminals with advice on how to cope and survive in prison. Prison consultants may also provide a client's...

Suomenlinna prison is an open prison in Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland, founded in 1971. It was previously known as the Suomenlinna penal colony. The prison is...

prisons spread over more than 400 acres. Run by Department of Delhi Prisons, the prison contains nine central prisons, and is one of the three prison...

The fifth and final season of Prison Break (also known as Prison Break: Resurrection) is a limited event television series and a revival of the original...

The Montelupich Prison (Polish: Więzienie Montelupich) is a historic prison in Kraków, Poland. It was built in the 16th century and converted into part...

Diyarbakır Prison (Turkish: Diyarbakır Cezaevi; Kurdish: Girtîgeha Amedê) is a prison located in the city of Diyarbakır, in southeastern Turkey. It was...

The Spaç Prison (Albanian: Burgu i Spaçit) was a political prison in Communist Albania at the village of Spaç. The former prison is listed as a second-category...

HM Prison Wandsworth is a Category B men's prison at Wandsworth in the London Borough of Wandsworth, South West London, England. It is operated by His...

Prison literature is the literary genre of works written by an author in unwilling confinement, such as a prison, jail or house arrest. The writing can...

Bao'anzhao Prison (Chinese: 保安沼监狱; pinyin: Bǎo'ānzhǎo Jiānyù), formally the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Bao'anzhao Prison (内蒙古自治区保安沼监狱), is a prison in Jalaid...

HM Prison Channings Wood is a Category C men's prison, located in the parish of Ogwell (near Newton Abbot) in Devon, England. The prison is operated by...

Prison is an American nu-metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed in 2014. The band's lineup consists of vocalist Johnny Crowder, guitarist David Kislik...

The women-in-prison film (or WiP film) is a subgenre of exploitation film that began in the early 20th century and continues to the present day. Their...

Spanish: [alkaˈtɾas] "the gannet") or The Rock, was a maximum security federal prison on Alcatraz Island, 1.25 miles (2.01 km) off the coast of San Francisco...

The Leopoldov Prison (Slovak: Ústav na výkon trestu odňatia slobody a Ústav na výkon väzby Leopoldov) is a Slovak state-operated penitentiary facility...

The Mangaung Prison (Afrikaans: Mangaung-gevangenis) is a maximum security prison in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa. The prison is privately owned...

مرکزی تهران بزرگ) is a prison approximately 32 km (20 mi) south of Tehran. Sometimes called Tehran Central Prison, it is a large prison, also known as "فشافویه...

Kresty (Russian: Кресты, lit. 'Crosses') prison, officially Investigative Isolator No. 1 of the Administration of the Federal Service for the Execution...

Are Prisons Obsolete? is a 2003 book by Angela Y. Davis that advocates for the abolition of the prison system. The book examines the evolution of carceral...

sentences in the prison. Brigitte Kerzl serves as the director of the prison. On 26 November 2009, two dangerous prisoners escaped from the prison but were later...

Prison Gothic is a Chinese character typeface project started in 2016. The typeface is based on street signs in Hong Kong made by Stanley Prison inmates...

Prison violence refers to physical assaults, sexual abuse, riots, and other forms of aggressive behavior that occur within correctional facilities. It...

Tora Prison (Egyptian Arabic: سجن طره Segn Tora; Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [seɡn tˤurˤɑ]) is an Egyptian prison complex for criminal and political...

Jinzhong Prison is a prison in Jinzhong District in Shanxi province of China. It has or has had 13 jail areas. It is connected to prison enterprises....

The Al-Aqrab Prison (Arabic: سجن العقرب, romanized: Sign al-ʿAqrab, lit. 'The Scorpion Prison'; official name Tora Prison 992 Maximum-Security) is a supermax...

This is a list of longest prison sentences ever given to a single person, worldwide. Listed are instances where people have been sentenced to jail terms...

HM Prison Manchester is a Category A and B men's prison in Manchester, England, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. It is still commonly referred...

Prison reform is the attempt to improve conditions inside prisons, improve the effectiveness of a penal system, reduce recidivism or implement alternatives...

Carabanchel Prison (Spanish: Cárcel de Carabanchel) was a prison located in the Carabanchel neighbourhood of Madrid, Spain. It was opened in Francoist...

Fleet Prison was a notorious London prison by the side of the River Fleet. The prison was built in 1197, was rebuilt several times, and was in use until...

Gherla Prison is a penitentiary located in the Romanian city of Gherla (Hungarian: Szamosújvár), in Cluj County. The prison dates from 1785; it is infamous...

Terrorismo, abbreviated CECOT) is a maximum security prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador. The prison was built in late 2022 amid a large-scale gang crackdown...

Prison of peoples or prison of nations (Russian: тюрьма народов) is a phrase popularized by Vladimir Lenin in 1914. He applied it to Russia, describing...

Bukhara Prison is a fortified building that traditionally served as the prison of the Amir of Bukhara, in Uzbekistan. In the late 18th century, during...

HM Prison Whitemoor is a Category A men's prison near March, Cambridgeshire, England, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. Whitemoor Prison was built...

Roumieh prison (Arabic: سجن رومية) is the largest and most notorious prison in Lebanon, located in Roumieh, Matn district. It was designed to hold 1,050...

Mokotów Prison (Polish: Więzienie mokotowskie, also known as Rakowiecka Prison) is a prison in Warsaw's borough of Mokotów, Poland, located at 37 Rakowiecka...

securities fraud and one count of conspiracy. He was sentenced to seven years in prison and up to $7.4 million in fines. In the civil antitrust case, Shkreli was...

Millbank Prison or Millbank Penitentiary was a prison in Millbank, Westminster, London, originally constructed as the National Penitentiary, and which...

Lefortovo Prison (Russian: Лефортовская тюрьма, romanized: Lefortovskaya tyurma, Russian: [lʲɪˈfortəvə] ) is a prison in Moscow, Russia, which has been...

Castlerea Prison (Irish: Príosún an Chaisleáin Riabhach) is a closed category, medium-security prison in Castlerea, County Roscommon, Ireland. It houses...

The Midlands Prison (Irish: Príosún Lár na Tíre) is a medium security prison in Portlaoise, County Laois. It receives prisoners who are aged 17 years...

Municipal Qingpu Prison (Chinese: 上海市青浦监狱) is in Qingpu District on the outskirts of Shanghai, China. Supervised under Shanghai Municipal Prison Administration...

Jilava Prison (Romanian: Penitenciarul București–Jilava) is a prison located in Jilava, a village south of Bucharest, Romania. The prison began as Fort...

Baumettes Prison (also known as the Centre pénitentiaire de Marseille) is a prison in the 9th arrondissement of Marseille. The prison is named after the...

Turku Prison (Finnish: Turun vankila, Swedish: Åbo fängelse) is the main correctional facility in southwestern Finland, located in the Saramäki district...

Poggioreale Prison (Italian: Carcere di Poggioreale) officially the "Giuseppe Salvia" Circondarial House of Naples Poggioreale (Italian: Casa circondariale...

incarceration rate of each. The data below is the latest available at the World Prison Brief (WPB) at the time the data was copied here. See the individual WPB...

Angunakolapelessa Prison (Sinhala: අගුණකොලපැලැස්ස බන්ධනාගාරය, romanized: aguṇakolapælæssa bandhanāgāraya), is a maximum security prison in the Hambantota...

Fremantle Prison, sometimes referred to as Fremantle Gaol or Fremantle Jail, is a former Australian prison and World Heritage Site in Fremantle, Western...

Lukianivska Prison (Ukrainian: Лук'янівська в'язниця, romanized: Lukianivka viaznytsia) is a famous historical prison in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, located...

Prison Fight is a controversial rehabilitation program for inmates through combat sports organized in partnership with the Thai Department of Corrections...

Prison (MCSP) is a California State Prison for men. It was opened in June 1987, and covers 866 acres (350 ha) located in Ione, California. The prison...

Casuarina Prison is the main maximum-security prison for Western Australia, located in the Perth, Western Australia suburb of Casuarina. The prison accommodates...

Clairvaux Prison was a high-security prison in France, on the grounds of the former Clairvaux Abbey. Clairvaux Abbey was founded in 1115 by Bernard of...

Outram Prison, also known as Pearl's Hill Prison or Civil Jail, was a prison at Pearl's Hill, Outram, Singapore. Originally occupied and known as the...

Let's Go to Prison is a 2006 American comedy film directed by Bob Odenkirk and starring Dax Shepard, Will Arnett, and Chi McBride. The film was loosely...

His Majesty's Prisons (Her Majesty's Prisons in the case of a female monarch) is the name given to prisons in the United Kingdom, as well as some in Australia...

The Bordeaux Prison (French: Prison de Bordeaux), also known as the Montreal Detention Centre, is a provincial prison in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is...

Ekwulobia Prison is a federal medium security prison sited closely to the former vice President Alex Ekwueme's Oko Community in Aguata Local Government...

high-security prison in June. In August 2023, he received another sentence of 19 years on extremism charges. In December 2023, Navalny went missing from prison for...

My Own Prison is the debut studio album by American rock band Creed, released in 1997. The album was issued independently by the band's record label, Blue...

Taubaté Prison is a correctional facility in the city of Taubaté, São Paulo state, Brazil. The facility has the distinction of being the birthplace of...

Limerick Prison in Limerick is an Irish penal institution. It is a closed, medium security prison, and has an official capacity of 290 male beds and 20...

Gikondo Prison or Kigali City Prison is a prison in Kigali, Rwanda. It was built in the 1930s, and was only intended originally to house a few thousand...

managed by the Scottish Prison Service and prisons in Northern Ireland are managed by the Northern Ireland Prison Service. Prisons in England and Wales are...

Ilseng Prison (Norwegian: Ilseng fengsel) is a prison in Ilseng, Innlandet county, Norway. Official site 60°46′45″N 11°13′42″E / 60.77917°N 11.22833°E...

"Folsom Prison Blues" is a song by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash, based on material composed by Gordon Jenkins. Written in 1953, it was first...

Prison Bound is the second studio album by Social Distortion, released in 1988. It was the first album with bass guitarist John Maurer and drummer Christopher...

Botafuegos Prison (Spanish: Cárcel de Botafuegos) is one of the main prisons in Andalusia, located in the municipality of Algeciras. ETA (separatist group)...

California State Prison, Corcoran (COR) is a male-only state prison located in the city of Corcoran, in Kings County, California. It is also known as Corcoran...

and Hexengefängnis) was a famous special prison for people accused during the Bamberg witch trials. The prison was constructed in 1627 on the order of...

The Dubrava Prison (Albanian: Burgu i Dubravës) is a correctional facility located near Istog, Kosovo. It is the largest prison in the country. On 19...

Ullersmo Prison (Norwegian: Ullersmo fengsel) is a prison in Ullensaker, Akershus. It was opened in 1970. The prison was intended as a replacement for...

Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison, which chronicles her experiences in a women's prison. The series' protagonist is Piper Chapman, a...

The Zenica prison (Kazneno-popravni zavod zatvorenog tipa Zenica, KPZ Zenica, K.P. DOM, Zenička kaznionica) is a closed-type prison located in Zenica,...

A prison island is an island housing a prison. Islands have often been used as sites of prisons throughout history due to their natural isolation preventing...

Långholmen Prison, officially Långholmen Central Prison (Swedish: Långholmens centralfängelse), was historically one of the largest prison facilities...

Schrassig Prison (Officially:"Centre pénitentiaire de Schrassig") is the only closed penitentiary in Luxembourg. The prison is located near the towns...

Acacia Prison is a medium security prison facility located in Wooroloo, Western Australia. The prison was opened in May 2001. Acacia was the first privately...

guilty of two of five felony counts. Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison on March 11, 2020. On July 20, 2021, Weinstein was extradited to Los Angeles...

Ice-T. Prison Ball is about prison basketball as practiced by prisoners within prison walls. The documentary interviews various inmates and prison officials...

Prison overcrowding is a social phenomenon occurring when the demand for space in a prison exceeds the capacity for prisoners. Amnesty International reported...

Werl Prison has about 900 inmates, and is one of the largest prisons in Germany. It is located in the town of Werl in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia...

Anglin escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, the maximum-security prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California, United States. Having...

various computer and communications-related crimes, and spent five years in prison after being convicted of fraud and illegally intercepting communications...

76.913556°W / -12.042861; -76.913556 Barbadillo Prison (Spanish: Penal de Barbadillo) is a prison facility located in Lima, Peru administered by the...

Maafushi Prison is a prison in Maafushi on Kaafu Atoll in the Maldives, 18 miles (29 km) south of the capital, Malé. It is the largest prison on the islands...

The Österåker Prison (Swedish: Anstalten Österåker, commonly known as Österåkersanstalten) is a prison located in Österåker Municipality, thirty kilometers...

Pink Prison is a 1999 erotic film for women, directed by Danish director Lisbeth Lynghøft, and produced by Puzzy Power, a division of Lars von Trier's...

Ruzyně Prison (Czech: Vazební věznice Praha Ruzyně) is a prison in the Ruzyně neighborhood of Prague 6, Czech Republic. Construction began in April 1949...

British slang term for a prison sentence, derived from the traditional breakfast that used to be served in British prisons. Porridge was critically acclaimed...

Megiddo Prison (Hebrew: כלא מגידו, Kele Meggido) is an Israeli prison facility located near the Megiddo Junction. It has gained notoriety for reports...

serve other members of the prison community, such as the inmates' families and prison staff. Key differences that set a prison library apart from other...

Maula Prison is a maximum-security prison located in Lilongwe, Malawi. The overcrowded prison is for men, women, and young offenders. The shortages include...

parole at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women, a maximum security prison in Westchester County, New York. Smart was born Pamela Ann Wojas in Coral...

was sentenced to 15 years in prison on April 8, 2026. On May 13, 2026, Erik Fleming was sentenced two years in prison. On May 27, 2026, Kenneth Iwamasa...

South Africa and the only prison located in the Durban area. As of 2005, there were 40,000 inmates at Westville Prison. The prison is located on the southern...

The Corradino prison, officially known as the Corradino Correctional Facility (Maltese: Faċilità Korrettiva ta' Kordin) is a prison located in Paola,...

HM Prison Barlinnie is the largest prison in Scotland. It is operated by the Scottish Prison Service and is located in the residential suburb of Riddrie...

Doftana was a Romanian prison, sometimes referred to as "the Romanian Bastille". Now a ruin, it was built in 1895 in connection with nearby salt mines...

Burrel Prison (Albanian: Burgu i Burrelit) is a high security prison located outside the town of Burrel, in northeastern Albania at the District Police...

Nafha Prison Neve Tirtza Women's Prison Ayalon Prison Ofer Prison Giv'on Prison Rimonim Prison Damun Prison Gilboa Prison Tzalmon Prison Hermon Prison Shata...

Qarchak Prison (Persian: زندان قرچک, romanized: Zendân-e-Qarchak) is a prison for women located in Qarchak, in Qarchak County, previously part of Varamin...

Aiud Prison is a prison complex in Aiud, Alba County, located in central Transylvania, Romania. It is infamous for the treatment of its political inmates...

The Maracaibo National Prison (Sabaneta Prison) was a notoriously violent prison in the city of Maracaibo, Venezuela in the state of Zulia.[not verified...

supporting the initial guilty verdicts. In 2011, after nearly four years in prison, Knox and Sollecito were released following their acquittal at a second-level...

Ofer Prison (Hebrew: כלא עופר, Kele Ofer), formerly officially known as Incarceration Facility 385 (מתקן כליאה 385), is an Israeli military incarceration...

Suai Prison (Portuguese: Prisão de Suai; Tetum: Prizaun Suai) is a prison located in East Timor. In 2022, 110 criminals were held in the prison, of which...

Prison (Danish: Vestre Fængsel, Western Prison) is the main jail of the Danish capital, Copenhagen. Erected in 1895, it is Denmark's largest prison with...

A prison commissary or canteen is a store within a correctional facility, from which inmates may purchase products such as hygiene items, snacks, writing...

history of Tallinn Prison began in 1919 when Patarei Sea Fortress was transformed into a prison (Patarei Prison). In 2000, Patarei Prison became obsolete...

Makindye Prison is a Uganda government state-run prison which became notorious for extrajudicial killings and execution of government opponents during...

The Federal Bureau of Prisons of the United States Department of Justice classifies prisons into seven categories: United States penitentiaries Federal...

birth to Fualaau's daughter. With the state seeking a seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence, she reached a plea bargain calling for six months in jail with...

formerly known as San Quentin State Prison, is a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison for men, located north of San Francisco...

Vestoppland Prison (Norwegian: Vestoppland fengsel) is a prison in the county of Innlandet, Norway. It consists of two correctional facilities, located...

Cahaba Prison, also known as Castle Morgan, held prisoners of war in Dallas County, Alabama, where the Confederacy held captive Union soldiers during the...

Closed prisons are prisons with the high level of supervision of the inmates. The opposite is an open prison. Closed prisons may have further categorization...

Clerkenwell (old) Prison, also known as the Clerkenwell House of Detention or Middlesex House of Detention was a prison in Clerkenwell, London, opened...

Prison Commission may refer to: Prison Commission (England and Wales) (1877–1963) Prison Commission (Scotland) (later "Prison Department", 1877–1939)...

Drapchi Prison, or Lhasa Prison No. 1 (Tibetan: གྲྭ་བཞི་, Wylie: grwa bzhi, lit. "four corners"; simplified Chinese: 拉萨第一监狱; traditional Chinese: 拉薩第一監獄)...

Venom Prison are a Welsh death metal band. Stephen Hill of Metal Hammer described their second album as "2019’s most anticipated extreme metal albums"...

A prison break is an unlawful act under Nigerian law involving a prisoner escaping or forcing their way out of a prison. Prison breaks in Nigeria are...

24°59′42″N 121°20′17″E / 24.9950°N 121.3380°E / 24.9950; 121.3380 The Taipei Prison, Agency of Corrections, Ministry of Justice (Chinese: 法務部矯正署臺北監獄; pinyin:...

There are 18 adult prisons in New Zealand. Three prisons house women, one each in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The remaining fifteen house men;...

The Tilanqiao Prison (Chinese: 提篮桥监狱), formerly known as the Ward Road Gaol or Shanghai Municipal Gaol, is a prison located in Qingpu, Shanghai. It was...

A prison film is a film genre concerned with prison life and often prison escape. These films range from acclaimed dramas examining the nature of prisons...

convicted of child sex trafficking, and in 2022 was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Born in France and raised in Oxford, England, she attended Balliol College...

Botoșani Prison (Romanian: Penitenciarul Botoșani) is a prison located in Botoșani, Romania. A house of correction first existed in Botoșani as early...

Cloverhill Prison (Irish: Príosún Chnoc na Seamar), officially Cloverhill Remand Prison, is a remand prison in Dublin, Ireland. It is on Cloverhill Road...

CIA officer identities to reporters, receiving a sentence of 30 months in prison after pleading guilty. After his two-year imprisonment ended in 2015, Kiriakou...

Antanimora Prison, also known as Central Prison of Antanimora, officially Maison Centrale Antanimora – Antanarivo, is a prison in Antanimora, Antananarivo...

(Russian: Сухановская особорежимная тюрьма) 'Sukhanovo special-regime prison,' was a prison established by the NKVD under N. I. Yezhov in 1938 for "particularly...

trafficker extradited to the United States, after which he was released from prison in the United States after 33 years in 2020. Originally from Armenia, Colombia...

Târgșor Prison is a prison complex in Târgșoru Nou, a component village of Ariceștii Rahtivani commune, Prahova County, located in central Muntenia, Romania...

Serpentine Prison is the debut solo studio album by Matt Berninger, lead singer and co-songwriter of The National, released on October 16, 2020. It was...

Prison education is any educational activity that occurs inside prison. Courses can include basic literacy programmes, secondary school equivalency programmes...

Vridsløselille Prison (Danish: Vridsløselille Fængsel) is a former state prison located in Albertslund in the western suburbs of Copenhagen in Denmark...

Lincoln Prison may refer to: HM Prison Lincoln, a men's prison in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England Port Lincoln Prison, a low security prison in Port Lincoln...

Paşakapısı Prison is a small prison located in Üsküdar district of Istanbul, Turkey. First built in 1799 on orders of the Ottoman sultan Selim III as a...

Penal labour or prison labour is a term for various kinds of forced labour that prisoners are required to perform, typically manual labour. The work may...

Mandera Prison, also sometimes spelled as Mandhera or Mandheera Prison, is an isolated, high-security central prison located in the town of Mandera in...

States for the Colombian Medellín Cartel. Jung was sentenced to 60 years in prison in 1994 on conspiracy charges, but was released in 2014. Jung was portrayed...

HM Prison Pentonville (informally "The Ville") is an English Category B men's prison, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. Pentonville Prison is...

2021. Retrieved October 6, 2020. "Suspected Serial Killer Gets Life in Prison For Murdering Prostitute, Charged in 6 Other Killings". Fox News. March...

The Slaves' Prison (Italian: Bagni degli Schiavi, Maltese: Il-Ħabs tal-Iskjavi) officially known as the Grand Prison (Italian: Gran Prigione; Maltese:...

Antwerp prison (Gevangenis van Antwerpen) is a nineteenth-century prison complex located at Begijnenstraat in the port city of Antwerp, Belgium. Built...

manufacturing goods, providing services, or working in maintenance roles within prisons. The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits slavery and involuntary...

is an American actor known for playing the role of Michael Scofield in Prison Break, for which he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for...

Qara Prison or Habs Qara (Moroccan Arabic: حبس قارا; also Moroccan Arabic: حبس د النصارى, lit. 'Prison of the Christians'), also known as the Prison of...

Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) is a federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Justice that is responsible for all federal prisons in the...

Justice (TDCJ) prison for men, located in unincorporated Houston County, Texas. Formerly called the Eastham Unit or "The Ham," the prison was renamed the...

A prison nursery is a section of a prison that houses incarcerated mothers and their very young children. Prison nurseries are not common in correctional...

Blackshear Prison was a temporary prisoner of war camp located in Blackshear, Georgia, during the American Civil War. During Union Maj. Gen. William T...

Prison Oval is a multi-use stadium in Spanish Town, Jamaica, currently used mostly for football matches. It serves as the home ground of Dunbeholden F...

Leipzig Prison (Strafvollzugseinrichtung Leipzig, later Justizvollzugsanstalt Leipzig) was a prison in Leipzig, Germany. Built together with an adjacent...

The dispersal prisons are five secure prisons in the United Kingdom that house Category A prisoners. The idea of the prisons was initiated after a report...

Indiana Women's Prison was established in 1873 as the first adult female correctional facility in the country. The original location of the prison was one mile...

Maasiyahu Prison is a minimum-security prison in Ramle, Israel, run by the Israel Prison Service. Prisoners who have proven responsible have access to...

prison system to discipline or separate incarcerated individuals who are considered to be security risks to other incarcerated individuals or prison staff...

Spirit prison may refer to: Spirits in prison, a recurrent minor subject in the writings of Christianity a concept in the spirit world according to the...

indictment laid out a scenario where a prison key would be traced and then a duplicate created. Early in 2012, prison personnel received information about...

Insein Prison (Burmese: အင်းစိန်ထောင်) is located in Yangon Division, near Yangon (Rangoon), the old capital of Myanmar (formerly Burma). From 1988 to...

period of prison time. This means that a convict could be entitled to spend the rest of the sentence (until that individual dies) outside prison. Early release...

Hamar Prison (Norwegian: Hamar fengsel) is a correctional facility located in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet County, under the Northeast Region of the...

HM Prison Dartmoor is a Category C men's prison, located in Princetown, high on Dartmoor in the English county of Devon. Its high granite walls dominate...

Kasungu Prison, also known as Kasungu Central Prison, is a maximum-security prison located in Kasungu, Malawi. Kasungu Prison was established in 1930...

A prison cemetery is a graveyard reserved for the dead bodies of prisoners. Generally, the remains of inmates who are not claimed by family or friends...

La Santé Prison (named after its location on the Rue de la Santé) (French: Maison d'arrêt de la Santé or Prison de la Santé) is a prison operated by the...

The prison abolition movement is a network of groups and activists that seek to reduce or eliminate prisons and the prison system, and replace them with...

falsely stated he ate part of the brain of one of the men he killed in prison, which earned him the nickname "Hannibal the Cannibal" from parts of the...

colloquially as Joliet Prison, Joliet Penitentiary, the Old Joliet Prison, and the Collins Street Prison) is a former prison in Joliet, Illinois, United...

Chichiri Prison, also known as Blantyre Central Prison, is a maximum-security prison located in Blantyre, Malawi. Blantyre Central Prison was established...

Acre Prison (Arabic: سجن عكا; Hebrew: כלא עכו), also known as Akko Prison, is a former prison and current museum in Acre, Israel. The citadel in the old...

Visual Prison (Japanese: ヴィジュアルプリズン, Hepburn: Vijuaru Purizun) is an original Japanese anime television series produced by A-1 Pictures. The series aired...

Efterskole. (in English) Website of the Frøslev Prison Camp Museum Wikimedia Commons has media related to Frøslev Prison Camp. 54°50′34.38″N 9°19′41.70″E / 54...

faced up to 65 years in prison, and a fine of $1.25 million. In January 2023, he was sentenced to three and a half years in prison plus forfeiture of over...

Dogg's Doggystyle in 1993. Knight is currently serving a 28-year sentence in prison for a fatal hit-and-run in 2015. Before founding Death Row Records, Knight...

eponymous prison holds 352 women and 1927 men. It has entrances on vias Bartolo Longo and Tiburtina. It is one of the major Italian prisons intended for...

The Pagliarelli Prison is a maximum security prison in the Pagliarelli neighbourhood of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Pagliarelli was built in 1980, became...

Hall Prison (Swedish: Anstalten Hall) is a prison facility 5 kilometres southeast of Södertälje, Sweden. The prison is one of the largest in Sweden and...

author Alan C. Logan published an investigation drawing on public records, prison documents, and newspaper archives that concluded the majority of Abagnale's...

Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) is a supermax prison in Crescent City, California. The 275-acre (111-hectare) prison takes its name from a shallow bay...

Mislea Prison was a prison located in Mislea, Prahova County, Romania. The prison was established in 1869 on the site of the Mislea Monastery [ro]. Founded...

Phillips, and bassist Brian Marshall. Creed's first two studio albums, My Own Prison (1997) and Human Clay (1999), were released to commercial success despite...

HM Prison Birmingham is a Category B men's prison in the Winson Green area of Birmingham, England, operated by HM Prison and Probation Service. HM Prison...

Kaliti Prison is a maximum security prison in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Commonly referred to as a gulag (locally known as "Maremiya" which means correction...

The Stinche Prison (Italian: carcere delle Stinche) was a prison on Via Ghibellina in the city of Florence, Italy. It stood more or less on the site now...

Albany Prison may refer to: Albany Regional Prison, in Albany, Western Australia HM Prison Albany, on the Isle of Wight, England This disambiguation page...

Kristiansand Prison (Norwegian: Kristiansand fengsel) was a prison in Kristiansand, Norway. It was the southernmost prison in the country. It belonged...

Prisons in Russia consist of four types of facilities: pre-trial institutions; educative or juvenile colonies; corrective colonies; and prisons. A corrective...

Cork Prison (Irish: Príosún Chorcaí) is an Irish penal institution on Rathmore Road, Cork City, Ireland. It is a closed, medium security prison for males...

Province in Turkey. The prison complex consists of two T-type buildings. The current prison director is Zeki Uzun. The Metris prison is situated in the Havaalanı...

Berrimah Prison, was an Australian maximum security prison formerly located in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The centre was managed by Northern...

crimes. He was sentenced to forty years in prison. He is currently serving his sentence at Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina, after originally...

Prison divestment is a movement that aims to stop institutions from investing in private prison corporations. It highlights the problem of mass incarceration...

appears to be the newest prison of the seven prisons of this type in Russia. The Snowflake became the first and only prison for life prisoners in the...

Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (French: Surveiller et punir – Naissance de la prison) is a 1975 book by French philosopher Michel Foucault...

historically infamous prison escapes, and of people who escaped multiple times: There have been many infamous escapes from prison throughout history: In...

HM Prison Dorchester was a local men's prison, located in Dorchester in Dorset, England. The prison was operated by His Majesty's Prison Service, and...

world until he was extradited to the United States and sentenced to life in prison. Guzmán was born in Sinaloa and raised in a poor farming family. He endured...

also known as Hunan No.1 Prison (Chinese: 湖南省第一监狱), is a prison in Hunan of the People's Republic of China. China's prisons are used to hold individuals...

Kumla Prison (Swedish: Anstalten Kumla) is a prison facility in Kumla Municipality, Sweden. It was opened in 1965 and is Sweden's largest prison. Kumla...

Oslo Prison (Norwegian: Oslo fengsel) is the district prison of Oslo, Norway. It is the largest prison in Norway, with a capacity of around 350 detainees...

HM Prison Whatton is a Category C men's prison, located in the village of Whatton, near Bingham in Nottinghamshire, England. The prison is operated by...

Prison Fellowship is the world's largest Christian nonprofit organization for prisoners, former prisoners, and their families, and a leading advocate for...

Saltvik Prison (Swedish: Saltviksanstalten or Anstalten Saltvik) is a prison located in Härnösand Municipality, Sweden. This prison has 134 cells. In...

Patarei Prison (Estonian: Patarei vangla), also known as Patarei Sea Fortress and Tallinn Central Prison (Tallinna Keskvangla), commonly known as The Battery...

Montluc prison (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃lyk]) is a former prison located on rue Jeanne Hachette in the 3rd arrondissement of Lyon, France. It was known...

Prison of Secrets is a 1997 American television film directed by Fred Gerber. The film is based on a true story and focuses on a female prison inmate who...

The 2018 U.S. prison strike was a series of work stoppages and hunger strikes in prisons across the United States from August 21 to September 9, 2018....

criminal notorious for his violent life both between and during multiple prison sentences. He has spent periods detained in the Rampton, Broadmoor, and...

ʽUlaysha Prison (also ʽUlaisha, Alisha, Olisha, سجن عليشة) is a prison in Riyadh run by the Saudi Arabian secret police agency Mabahith for arbitrary...

second military prison for IDF soldiers, after Prison Four in Tzrifin (Camp Yadin). Prison Six can contain about 350 prisoners. Prison Six generally contained...

Haren Prison (French: Prison de Haren; Dutch: Gevangenis van Haren) is a new prison in Haren in the north-eastern part of Brussels, Belgium. It is 9.8...

The Basra prison incident was an event involving British troops in Basra, Iraq. On 19 September 2005, two undercover British Special Air Service (SAS)...

London, England. The Prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service, and is situated next to Belmarsh Prison and Thameside Prison. In May 2009, the Ministry...

Federal Prison Camp, Bryan, a minimum-security federal prison in Bryan, Texas. Holmes reported to prison on May 30, 2023. The Federal Bureau of Prisons projected...

Prison religion includes the religious beliefs and practices of prison inmates, usually stemming from or including concepts surrounding their imprisonment...

Lgov Prison (Russian: Льго́вская коло́ния), officially Correctional Colony No. 3 (Федеральное бюджетное учреждение "Исправительная колония №3" УФСИН России...

Hakea Prison is a maximum security prison for males, located in Canning Vale, Western Australia. The facility is managed by the Department of Justice...

African-American inmates charged with the murder of a prison guard, John Vincent Mills, at California's Soledad State Prison on January 16, 1970. George Jackson, Fleeta...

The prison–industrial complex (PIC) is a term, coined after the "military–industrial complex" of the 1950s, used by scholars and activists to describe...

Lantin Prison is a minimum detention centre located in Lantin near Liège in Belgium. The prison holds 694 male prisoners and 61 female prisoners. In July...

The Hindelbank Prison (German: Justizvollzugsanstalt Hindelbank) is a Swiss prison for women located in the municipality of Hindelbank in the Canton of...

Lubyanka prison, the headquarters of the Border Guard Service, a KGB museum and a subsection of the FSB. Part of the prison was turned into a prison museum...

Guernsey Prison (also known as Les Nicolles Prison) is a mixed-use prison on the island of Guernsey. Opened in 1989, it is currently Guernsey's only prison, and...

a 16-year-old boy. He was sentenced to serve two years in a California prison, during which he admitted to being a member of the North Side Gangster Crips...

Valley State Prison (VSP), previously the Valley State Prison for Women (VSPW), is an American state prison in Chowchilla, California. It is across the...

HM Prison Pentridge, better known as the Pentridge Prison and officially, Her Majesty's Prison Pentridge, is a former prison in Coburg, an inner northern...

Prison visitation, in which someone held in prison is allowed to meet non-prisoners, is allowed in many jurisdictions, although rules differ by jurisdiction...

There are currently 14 prison complexes and 2 correctional treatment facilities, for state prisoners in the U.S. state of Arizona. This number does not...

confiscated during the Liberal Reform in 1857. The prison was replaced as the main prison by Lecumberri prison, becoming the equivalent of a county or city...

1971 after the opening of Trondheim Prison at Tunga. Trondheim Prison (Norwegian: Trondheim fengsel) is a prison that belongs to the Northern Region of...

HM Prison Albany is a Category B men's prison, situated on the outskirts of Newport on the Isle of Wight, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's...

His Majesty's Prison Service (HMPS) is a part of HM Prison and Probation Service (formerly the National Offender Management Service), which is the part...

Risdon Prison Complex is an Australian medium to maximum security prison for males located in Risdon Vale, a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania. The facility...

Qanater Prison (Sijn al-Qanāṭir) is a major prison complex located in the Qalyubia Governorate of Egypt, approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi) north of Cairo...

James died in 1894. The facility opened as a state prison in 1901. The state began transferring prison facilities out of the old penitentiary into Angola...

Prison art is art that is created by persons who are imprisoned. Prison art is unique in several ways. Due to the low social status of prisoners, art...

particularly those who have committed atrocious crimes, receive "fan mail" in prison that is sometimes amorous or sexual, presumably because of this phenomenon...

Heshmatiyeh Prison (Persian: زندان حشمتیه, romanized: Zendān-e Heshmatiyeh) is a prison in Iran, located on a Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) base, in the...

Attica Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison campus in the town of Attica, New York, operated by the New York State Department of Corrections...

Megrahi was sent to Barlinnie Prison in Scotland to serve his sentence. In February 2005, he was transferred to HM Prison Greenock. Megrahi's appeal against...

Ecclesiastical prisons were penal institutions maintained by the Catholic Church. At various times, they were used for the incarceration both of clergy...

Pavoncito Prison (Spanish: Prisión de Pavoncito) is a prison in Guatemala. It is located in the municipality of Fraijanes south of Guatemala City. In December...

Allison Mack were given lesser prison sentences, and defendants Lauren Salzman and Kathy Russell were each given non-prison sentences. Since Raniere's conviction...

Mzimba Prison is a Malawian prison located in Mzimba District, Northern Region. The prison has a 500-hectare farm in Kamwanjiwa, Mzimba district, and...

Herstedvester Prison (Danish: Herstedvester Fængsel) is a prison in Herstedvester, Greater Copenhagen, Denmark, for treatment by the Danish Prison and Probation...

Yongchuan Prison is a prison in the municipality of Chongqing, China. It was established in 1952. It is located on the Xinsheng Tea Farm, and is the largest...

Prison (Icelandic: Fangelsið Kvíabryggju [ˈfauɲcɛlsɪð ˈkʰviːaˌprɪcːʏ]) is a prison in Iceland, located in Snæfellsnes. Kvíabryggja is an open prison and...

The Sighet Prison, located in the city of Sighetu Marmației, Maramureș County, Romania, was used by Romania to hold criminals, prisoners of war, and political...

Prison Girl (女囚アヤカ　いたぶり牝調教, Joshū Ayaka: Itaburi Mesu Chōkyō) also titled Female Prisoner Ayaka: Tormenting and Breaking in a Bitch (女囚アヤカ　いたぶり牝調教, Joshū...

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people in prison face difficulties which non-LGBTQ prisoners and non-incarcerated LGBTQ people do...

known as Estremera Prison (Spanish: Prisión de Estremera) is a prison in Estremera, in the Community of Madrid, Spain. The prison was opened on 15 July...

medium-security federal prison for male inmates in Leavenworth, northeast Kansas, United States. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of...

This is a list of longest prison sentences served by a single person, worldwide, without a period of freedom followed by a second conviction. These cases...

HM Prison Durham is a Georgian era reception Category B men's prison, located in the Elvet area of Durham in County Durham, England. Built in 1819, the...

The third season of Prison Break, an American serial drama television series, commenced airing in the United States on September 17, 2007, on Mondays at...

HM Prison Styal is a Closed Category prison for female adults and young offenders in Styal, Cheshire, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's...

Taganka Prison (Russian: Таганская тюрьма) was built in Moscow in 1804 by Alexander I, emperor of Russia. It gained notoriety for its use as a prison for...

was released from prison and violated supervised release and was sent back to prison. On November 10, 2017, he was released from prison. In May 2018, DeSimone...

The Bayrampaşa Prison (Turkish: Bayrampaşa Cezaevi) is a former prison in the Bayrampaşa district of Istanbul Province in Turkey. It was established in...

Mezzeh prison (Arabic: سجن المزة) is a now-defunct Syrian prison overlooking the capital, Damascus operated by Ba'athist Syria. Mezzeh (also transcribed...

Riihimäki Prison (Finnish: Riihimäen vankila) is the main correctional facility in southern Finland, located in Riihimäki. It is a closed prison, with capacity...

From Prisons to Prisons (French: De prisons en prisons) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Steve Patry and released in 2014. The film profiles...

Guiana. Opened in 1852, the Devil's Island system received convicts from the Prison of St-Laurent-du-Maroni, who had been deported from all parts of the Second...

Shikma Prison (Hebrew: בית סוהר שקמה) is an Israeli prison located in Ashkelon. There are many Palestinian prisoners there including the engineer Dirar...

Grootvlei Prison is situated just southwest of the city of Bloemfontein in South Africa. "Sub Place Grootvlei Prison". Census 2011. v t e...

school that had been turned into an internment facility known as Security Prison 21 (S-21) by the Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 until its fall in 1979. From...

sentenced to four years in prison, followed by a conviction for extortion in 1985 and an additional sentence of 10 years in prison. He died on May 3, 1988...

HM Prison Haverigg is a Category D men's prison, located in the village of Haverigg (near Millom) in Cumbria, and historically in Cumberland, England....

Zonderwater Prison, also known as Zonderwater Correctional Services, is a prison in Cullinan, 10 km outside Rayton in Gauteng, South Africa. It is managed...

Stavanger Prison (Norwegian: Stavanger fengsel) is a prison, located in Stavanger, Norway The prison was opened in its present form in 2001. The building...

Prison sans barreaux (lit. Prison Without Bars) is a 1938 French film directed by Léonide Moguy. It is set in a reformatory for young girls. It was awarded...

HM Prison Full Sutton is a Category A and B men's prison in the village of Full Sutton, near Pocklington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Full...

The Angola Prison Rodeo, staged at the Louisiana State Penitentiary since 1965, is the longest running prison rodeo in the United States. It is held on...

jails. The Department of Prison operates seven divisional prison and 68 prisons. Bangladesh Jail is under the Department of Prison which is under the Ministry...

Remetinec Correctional Facility (officially Prison in Zagreb, Croatian: Zatvor u Zagrebu) is a closed-type prison located in Remetinec, a southwestern neighbourhood...

years to life in prison. Smith was granted parole in October 2021, after 27 years in prison. He was officially released from prison on February 1, 2022...

Prison Radio is a San Francisco–based radio and activist project whose mission statement is "Prison Radio's mission is to include the voices of incarcerated...

Gilboa Prison (Hebrew: בית הסוהר גלבוע) is a high security prison in northern Israel, less than 6 km (4 mi) from the West Bank. It was built in 2004. Several...

The penal system of Japan (including prisons) is part of the criminal justice system of Japan. It is intended to resocialize, reform, rehabilitate and...

The Aryan Brotherhood (AB or The Brand) is a neo-Nazi prison gang and an organized crime syndicate that is based in the United States and has an estimated...

San Pedro prison or El penal de San Pedro (Saint Peter's Prison) is the largest prison in La Paz, Bolivia, and is renowned for being a society within itself...

Chikurubi Prison is a maximum security prison in Zimbabwe. Located on the outskirts of the country's capital, Harare, the prison is notorious for alleged...

Crossmore Prison is a British prison previously known simply as 'Crossmoor'. Deadpool and Juggernaut were its known inmates. The Cube is a prison for super-powered...

received a second conviction and was sentenced to an additional 129 years in prison. Peter Scully lived in the suburb of Narre Warren in Melbourne with his...

Titan Prison or Titan gaol was a proposed new classification of prison in England and Wales, designed to increase the overall prison capacity and improve...

are used as a torture prison in Donetsk, Ukraine, created after the city's capture in 2014 by Russian armed forces. The prison was established after representatives...

In most jurisdictions, prison inmates are forbidden from possessing mobile phones due to their ability to communicate with the outside world and other...

Waldheim Prison is a 310-year-old federal prison in Waldheim, Saxony, Germany. As of April 2016[update], the Waldheim penal institution held 373 men (aged...

Prison Nurse is a 1938 American drama film directed by James Cruze and written by Earl Felton and Sidney Salkow. It is based on the 1934 novel Prison...

HM Prison Littlehey is a Category C male prison in the village of Perry near Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire, England. Littlehey Prison is operated by His...

staged protests surrounding the events of the Toul prison riot in December 1971, alongside other prison riots that it sparked off; in doing so it faced a...

list of notable people who have died in prison, whether in prison or in hospital while still serving a prison sentence. This list does not include inmates...

Prison Song is a 2001 American film directed by Darnell Martin. A prison film, its plot concerns a boy brought up in group homes who has a gift and passion...

Victoria Prison was the first and longest-running prison to date in Hong Kong. It is located on Old Bailey Street in Central, Hong Kong Island. Named...

Bredtveit Prison (formally Bredtveit Prison Service, Custody and Supervision Unit, Norwegian: Bredtveit fengsel, forvarings- og sikringsanstalt) is a prison located...

confinement or captivity in a prison or physical restraint. The term usually applies to one serving a sentence in prison. "Prisoner" is a legal term for...

The Oakalla Prison Farm (also known as the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre or LMRCC) was a model prison farm on 185 acres (75 ha) of land...

jail, the original sentence being 90 months. After being released from prison, he resumed his professional ice hockey career in various European leagues...

The King's Bench Prison was a prison in Southwark, south London, England, from the Middle Ages until it closed in 1880. It took its name from the King's...

1930) was an American rapist, serial killer, and habitual offender. In prison confessions and in his autobiography, Panzram confessed to having murdered...

A Prison Diary is a series of three books of diaries written by Jeffrey Archer during his time in prisons following his convictions for perjury and perverting...

Prisons in Pakistan and their administration, is a Provincial competency under the Constitution of Pakistan. Pakistan has the 23rd largest prison population...

Detention (Irish: Príosún Pháirc na Cruithneachta) is a closed, medium security prison located on Cloverhill Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. It receives male prisoners...

The Maine State Prison was erected in Thomaston, Maine in 1824 and relocated to Warren in 2002. This maximum-security prison has a capacity of 916 adult...

New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum security federal prison. Produced by Tilted Productions...

Chí Hòa Prison (Vietnamese: Khám Chí Hòa or Nhà Tù Chí Hòa) is a prison located in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. The prison is an octagonal building...

time. Urban prisons include San Pedro Prison and Chonchocoro Prison in La Paz, and San Sebastian Prison in Cochabamba and Palmasola Prison in Santa Cruz...

related to the ImClone stock trading case; she served five months in federal prison for fraud and was released in March 2005. There was speculation that the...

United States federal prison for male offenders in New Jersey. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. A satellite prison camp houses minimum-security...

secret prisons". BBC News. September 7, 2006. Retrieved April 15, 2007. Priest, Dana (November 2, 2005). "CIA Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisons". The...

Thomas E. Dewey. Although he was sentenced to thirty to fifty years in prison, an agreement was struck with the United States Department of the Navy through...

to prison in 2010 for possessing child pornography images on his computer, was released on parole again in 2013, before being returned to prison in November...

Härlanda fängelse (Härlanda Prison) is a defunct prison in Härlanda borough, Gothenburg, Sweden. Under the name Härlanda park, it is now home to, among...

Napier Prison is a former prison in Napier, New Zealand. Built in 1862 and decommissioned as a prison in 1993, it is the country's oldest prison complex...

Penguin Prison (born 1983) is an electropop project composed solely of New York City singer, musician, producer and remixer Chris Glover. His stage name...

The Prison Show is a news program and radio call-in show created by Ray Hill to serve prison inmates and formerly incarcerated persons. It reaches approximately...

Prison Train is a 1938 American crime drama film directed by Gordon Wiles. Released by Equity Pictures Corporation, the film stars Fred Keating and Dorothy...

HM Prison Swansea (Welsh: Carchar Abertawe EF) is a Category B/C men's prison, located in the Sandfields area of Swansea, Wales. The prison is operated...

The Prison of Anemas (Turkish: Anemas Zindanları) is a large Byzantine building attached to the walls of the city of Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul...

Prison Four (Hebrew: כלא ארבע, Kele Arba), officially Confinement Base 394 (Hebrew: בסיס כליאה 394, Bsis Kli'a 394) was an Israeli military prison for...

to a minimum of 30 years in prison with a recommendation that he never be released. He was repeatedly told while in prison that he would never be released...

The Caseros Prison (Spanish: Cárcel de Caseros) was a panopticon prison in Parque Patricios, a neighborhood in the southern part of Buenos Aires, Argentina...

Vladimir Prison, popularly known as Vladimir Central (Russian: Владимирский централ), is a prison in Vladimir, Russia. It is the second-largest prison in Russia...

HM Prison Millsike, situated in the East Riding of Yorkshire and opened in 2025, was built by Kier and commenced with a 10-year operational contract by...

Prison Princess (プリズンプリンセス) is a 2020 adventure video game produced by Qureate for Nintendo Switch and Windows. The player helps two captured princesses...

Highpoint Prison may refer to two prisons located in Stradishall, Suffolk, England: HM Prison Highpoint North, a Category C men's prison (previously known...

California Men's Colony (CMC) is an American male-only state prison located northwest of the city of San Luis Obispo in unincorporated San Luis Obispo...

but was kicked out in 2008 after being sentenced to prison for violating probation. While in prison, Radke started a new band called From Behind These...

Pavon Prison (Granja Penal de Pavón) is a prison in Guatemala. It is located outside the town of Fraijanes near Guatemala City. It is a part of the Dirección...

Prison 21 may refer to: Cárcel la 21 in León, Nicaragua Security Prison 21, now the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh This disambiguation page...

Balaka Prison, also known as Balaka Maximum Security Prison, is a prison located in Balaka, Malawi. The prison has a capacity of approximately 1,500 inmates...

Horfield Prison) is a Category B men's local prison, located in the Horfield area of Bristol. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service....

conduct a prison escape, which led to the murders of four prison staff members and many others injured. On that day at 3pm, at the prison's sewing plant...

The Kuline prison was a military prison, operational from March 1992 to 1993, where Serb POWs and civilians were held during the Croatian War of Independence...

The Bocardo Prison in Oxford, England existed until 1771. Its origins were medieval, and its most famous prisoners were the Protestant Oxford martyrs (Thomas...

voice, and appearance. Archer-as-Castor is taken to the same high-security prison where Pollux is being held in order to obtain information on the bomb's...

Vakilabad Prison (زندان وکیل‌آباد), also called Central Prison of Mashhad (زندان مرکزی مشهد), is a prison in Iran, located in the city of Mashhad in the...

criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jails, and private correctional facilities, funding and certain...

Prison (Chinese: 东莞监狱) is located in the Shilong area of Dongguan, Guangdong, China. According to the Laogai Research Foundation, the Dongguan Prison...

HM Prison Winchester is a Category B men's prison, located in Winchester, Hampshire, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service....

Gatehouse Prison was a prison in Westminster, built in 1370 as the gatehouse of Westminster Abbey. It was first used as a prison by the Abbot, a powerful...

The fourth season of Prison Break, an American serial drama television series commenced airing in the United States on September 1, 2008, on Fox. It consists...

The Jokela Prison (Finnish: Jokelan vankila) is a prison located near the Jokela railway station in the Jokela village of Tuusula, Finland, opened in...

Prison of the Annamites (French: Bagne des Annamites or Camp Crique Anguille) is a former prison in the commune of Montsinéry-Tonnegrande in French Guiana...

Michigan State Prison or Jackson State Prison, which opened in 1839, was the first prison in Michigan. It was located, for a period, in Jackson, Michigan...

The New Jersey State Prison (NJSP), formerly known as Trenton State Prison, is a state men's prison in Trenton, New Jersey operated by the New Jersey Department...

also known as The M (Spanish: La eMe), is a predominantly Mexican American prison gang and criminal organization in the United States. Despite its name, the...

and was sentenced to 2 years in prison, he was released from prison in April 2025 after serving 11 months in prison. Staten Island faction James "Jimmy...

Maze Prison escape (known to Irish republicans as the Great Escape) took place on 25 September 1983 in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. HM Prison Maze...

Suzhou Prison is a prison in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. In spring 1950, the Suxian Prefectural Commissioner's Office established the Sucheng LGB at present...

Clothing Factory (皿海服装厂). Other prisons in Guangdong: Panyu Prison Foshan Prison Gaoming Prison Jiaoling Prison Lianping Prison Laogai (reform through labour)...

Mandela served 27 years in prison, initially on Robben Island, and later in Pollsmoor Prison and Victor Verster Prison. Amid growing domestic and international...

Gohardasht Prison (Persian: زندان گوهردشت) is a prison in Gohardasht, a town in the northern outskirt of Karaj, approximately 20 km (12 miles) west of...

HM Prison Long Lartin is a Category A men's prison, located in the village of South Littleton (near Evesham) in the Wychavon district in Worcestershire...

Prisons in North Korea have come under immense scrutiny for poor living and working conditions. A significant number of inmates perish every year, many...

Timișoara Prison is a prison located in Timișoara, Romania. It is intended for convicts with sentences of up to three years, classified under open regime...

Flowers of the Prison (Korean: 옥중화; Hanja: 獄中花; RR: Okjunghwa) is a 2016 South Korean drama television series starring Jin Se-yeon, Go Soo, Kim Mi-sook...