🔒 Africa Prisons

43 prisons · 23 countries

A profile for each of the 43 notable prisons in Africa — location, country, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia. These 43 prisons span 23 countries.

Abu Salim prison

Libya

Aït Melloul Prison

Morocco

Alem Bekagn

Ethiopia

Altes Gefängnis

Namibia

Antanimora Prison

Madagascar

Black Beach

Equatorial Guinea

Brandvlei Correctional Centre

South Africa

Breakwater Lodge

South Africa

Chichiri Prison

Malawi

Conakry central prison

Guinea

Dar Naim Prison

Mauritania

Drakenstein Correctional Centre

South Africa

Freetown Central Prison

Sierra Leone

Gikondo Prison

Rwanda

Kaliti Prison

Ethiopia

Kamiti Maximum Security Prison

Kenya

Kgosi Mampuru prison

South Africa

Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison

Nigeria

Kitalya Maximum Security Prison

Uganda

Kobar Prison

Sudan

Kondengui Central Prison

Cameroon

Luzira Maximum Security Prison

Uganda

Mageragere Prison

Rwanda

Maiduguri Maximum Security Prison

Nigeria

Maktab al-Nasser prison

Libya

Mandera Prison

Somalia

Mangaung Prison

South Africa

Mile 2 Prison

The Gambia

Ngaragba Central Prison

Central African Republic

Pollsmoor Prison

South Africa

Qanater Prison Complex

Egypt

Qara Prison

Morocco

Robben Island (prison)

South Africa

Scorpion Prison

Egypt

Serkadji Prison

Algeria

Sinop Fortress Prison

Ottoman Empire

Tora Prison

Egypt

Villa Susini

Algeria

Wadi el-Natrun Prison

Egypt

Wehni

Ethiopia

Westville Prison

South Africa

Zomba Central Prison

Malawi

Zonderwater Prison

South Africa

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