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Abashiri Prison
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Background
Abashiri Prison (Japanese: 網走ååæ, Hepburn: Abashiri Keimusho) is a prison in Abashiri, Hokkaido that opened in 1890. The northernmost prison in Japan, it is located near the Abashiri River and east of Mount Tento. It holds inmates with sentences of less than ten years. Older parts of the prison were relocated to the base of Mount Tento in 1983, where they operate as the country's only prison museum.
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1890
Operational
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Facility profile
Operator
Ministry of Justice of JapanPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1890
Region
åæµ·é
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
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Visiting
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Mailing
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Practical info
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Known issues
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Data completeness
24%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q11607211)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Abashiri Prison. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/abashiri-prison
Chicago
"Abashiri Prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/abashiri-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-abashiri-prison,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Abashiri Prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/abashiri-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}