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World Prisons

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18 facilities with photographs. All images sourced from Wikimedia Commons under their respective licenses (attribution shown on each detail page).

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Alipore Women's Correctional Home

India

Black Hole of Calcutta

India

Cellular Jail

India

Central Prison, Kannur

India

Central Prison, Poojappura

India

Chanchalguda Central Jail

India · Hyderabad

Chennai Central Prison

India

Colonel Bailey's Dungeon

India

Hijli Detention Camp

India

Hooghly District Correctional Home

India

Musheerabad Jail

India

Palayamkottai Central Prison

India · Palayamkottai

Pulhal Central Prison

India

Ross Island Penal Colony

India

Tihar Jail

India · New Delhi

Trimulgherry jail

India

Warangal Central Jail

India

Yerawada Central Jail

India · Pune