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ABU DHABI PRISONS
ABU DHABI Al-wathba prison in Abu Dhabi has 10 clandestine blocks where over 2,000 people from the Third World countries are detained.
AFGHANISTAN PRISONS
AFGHANISTAN Prisons in Afghanistan are currently undergoing reforms with the assistance of the US Government. Many prisons have been upgraded and prisoners are provided a stable diet, access to education, rehabilitation and medical attention.Prison Information
AFRICAN PRISONS
AFRICA African prisoners continue to face serious abuses. Poor conditions and lack of funds have turned many African prisons into places of coruption, abuse, HIV, drugs & voilence.
AUSTRALIAN PRISONS
AUSTRALIAN PRISONS There are many Australian Prisons in various states in Australia. Australia also his home to several private run-at-a-profit prisons and new Supa-Max prisons for high risk offenders. You will be able to find information, and where available, photographs of Australian prisons all categorized by state and/or security divisions.
BURMA PRISONS
There are 38 major prisons currently in Burma. Over 20 house political prisoners. At least 1500 Political Prisoners [that we know of] are currently incarcerated in Burmese Prisons. Many of these are women.
CAMBODIAN PRISONS
CAMBODIA Due to the increasing prison population conditions in Cambodian prisons have deteriorated. In one year alone, from 2000 to 2001, the prison population increased by 10%, that is 471 more inmates than the previous year. The majority of inmates are male, women and minors comprising a small percentage of the population (5.9% and 4.5% respectively).
CHINA PRISONS
Drapchi Prison is the largest prisons in Tibet (Lhasa City) which holds prisoners sentenced through the judicial system that technically involves investigation, arrest, procuratorial investigation and court verdict. 
HONG KONG PRISONS
HONG KONG Over the years Hong Kong has developed an internationally acclaimed correctional system, which places increasing emphasis on correction and rehabilitation of offenders. The Correctional Services Department (CSD) runs a comprehensive range of rehabilitation programmes targeting different types of persons in custody such as young offenders, drug dependants, first-time offenders and recidivists.
INDIAN PRISONS
INDIAN Prison conditions vary from state to state. The more prosperous states have better facilities and attempt rehabilitation programs; the poorer ones can afford only the most bare and primitive accommodations. Women prisoners are mostly incarcerated in segregated areas of men's prisons. Conditions for holding prisoners also vary according to classification.
INDONESIAN PRISONS
INDONESIAN There are over 450 prisons in Indonesia at a district-level. The corrections system is designed to ensure prisoners are aware of their wrongdoing, improve themselves, do not again commit crimes, are received back into their communities, take an active role in development and live freely as upstanding and responsible citizens

JAPAN PRISONERS & PRISONS
All penal institutions in Japan are national facilities under the jurisdiction of the Correction Bureau of the Ministry of Justice.
KANATER PRISON EGYPT
KANATER Kanater has both a male & a female prison, both of which are known for their poor conditions, torture and general human rights abuses.
KAZAKHSTAN PRISONS
KAZAKHSTAN
The facilities remaining from the Soviet period are badly overcrowded and understaffed. Government funding of prisons is less than half the amount required, and corruption and theft are common throughout the prison system. The total prison population in 1996 was 76,000, and about 1,300 died of tuberculosis in 1995. Health conditions are extremely poor.
LAOS PRISONS
LAOS
Amnesty International and other credible organisations have reported on the Lao prison system over the last decade. Many reports accuse the government in Laos of torturing prisoners and denying them medical care. Many call for prison reform. Prisoners are routinely denied basic human rights and some are subjected to torture. Others are prevented access to medical care. The Lao judicial system is arbitrary and holds suspects without proper court hearings. Anybody who is arrested in Laos, be that for an alleged criminal offense or for some kind of religious or political dissent, is at risk. The Lao authorities restrict access to the prisons, blocking independent assessments of the system.
MAURITIUS PRISONS
MAURITIUS There are several prisons in Mauritius, and reports show that inmates endure very poor conditions in all of them.
MEXICAN PRISONS
MEXICO Overcrowding of prisons in Mexico is chronic. Mistreatment of prisoners, the lack of trained guards, and inadequate sanitary facilities compound the problem. The United States Department of State's country reports on human rights practices for 1992 and 1993 state that an entrenched system of corruption undermines prison authority and contributes to abuses. Authority frequently is exercised by prisoners, displacing prison officials. Violent confrontations, often linked to drug trafficking, are common between rival prison groups.
NIGERIAN PRISONS
WANDSWORTH Nigerian prisons have no toilet facilities, and cells lacked water. Medical facilities were severely limited, food was inadequate, Malnutrition and disease were rampant. Mistreatment of inmates was common, abuse frequent, and torture occasional.
NORTH KOREAN GULAGS
NORTH KOREA In the far north of North Korea, in remote locations not far from the borders with China and Russia, gulags not unlike the worst labor camps built by Mao and Stalin in the last century hold some 200,000 men, women and children accused of political crimes.
PAKISTAN PRISONS
PAKISTAN Pakistan Prisons are known for their harsh conditions, poor food & hygene and ill treatment of prisoners

PANKRAC PRISON - CZECH REPUBLIC
PANKRAC Pankrac Prison located in Prague has been in violation of human rights for many years. Phisical & mental abuse is standard treatment and politcal prisoners from many countries are held there with no hope of release.

RUSSIAN GULAGS
RUSSIA One in every four adult men in Russia is a former prisoner. The prison population has reached the size of the Stalin's GULAG, more than one million people are held in prisons in inhumane conditions, suffering from hunger, disease, and unemployment

SINGAPORE PRISONS
SINGAPORE Prisons in Singapore are know for their poor conditions, lack of rehabilitation, and human rights abuses. Caning is still considered a fair punishment in Singapore and the use of other torture techniques have been reported as being in use.
SOUTH AMERICAN PRISONS
SOUTH AMERICAN PRISONS South America has some of the most notoriously bad prisons in the world! The prison riots, mostly over poor conditions have been frequent & brutal, as the graphic images of Carandru prison show.
    Venezuelan Prisons (pending)
SOUTH KOREAN PRISONS
SOUTH KOREAN PRISONS South Korea has had a long history of incarceration without sentencing, the incarceration of political prisoners without charges, very poor prison conditions and reported humans rights abuses.

THAILAND PRISONS
THAILAND PRISONS

The latest prison statistics for April 2012 have been released. On 5th December 2011, the King’s Pardon resulted in a number of releases and a drop in the prison population. It is assumed that about 26,948 inmates were released by pardon. Since January, each month has seen a slight increase.

Prison Population:

1 Dec 2011: 215,924 men & 35,888 women = 251,812
1 Jan 2012: 192,054 men & 32,810 women = 224,864
1 Feb 2012: 194,256 men & 33,494 women = 227,750
1 Mar 2012: 196,819 men & 34,308 women = 231,127
1 Apr 2012:  199,884 men & 34,794 women = 234,678

USA PRISONS
USA PRISONERS The link below has a listing of inmates serving time in US prisons who have requested contact with the public.
VIETNAM PRISONS
VIETNAM There are many Foreigners and Political prisoners who are incarcerated in extremely poor conditions in Vietnam.
WANDSWORTH
WANDSWORTH Wandsworth Prison in the UK holds UK inmates as well as many foreign nationals. 
ZAMBIA MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON
ZAMBIA The Maximum Security prison in Zambia is infamous for it's human rights violations. Because of the economy of the country the inmates live in a constant state of poverty with minimal food and little to no medical care.
ZIMBABWE PRISON
ZIMBABWE The men confined here are held in overcrowded cells, measuring 9m by 4m. Typically speaking there are 25 men per cell. Each day the men are confined to their squalid cells between the hours of 3:30pm and 7:00am.
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