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The Goulburn Correctional Centre, (also known as The Circle, top) is an Australian supermaximum security prison for males. The facility was opened on July 1st 1884. In 2001 a High-Risk Management Correctional Centre was added (middle). The structure incorporates a massive hand-carved sandstone gate and façade based on designs by the colonial architect James Barnet (bottom, picture by Matilda from Wikimedia Commons). The complex is listed on the Register of the National Estate and the New South Wales State Heritage Register as a site of State significance.

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Al-Ha'ir Prison

Saudi Arabian maximum-security prison located approximately 25 miles south of Riyadh. It is the largest prison complex in Saudi Arabia and houses both men and women. Reportedly, a number of members of al-Qaeda are held in this facility. According to the Washington Post "the al-Hair high-security prison looks remarkably like a hotel". Images from Google Earth.

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Johannesburg Prison, also known as Sun City Jail, in Sun City, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. The four modules are identical in design but different in size. Photo Apple maps.

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The town of Malone, NY (population 14.000) has 3 prisons within 1 km (top): Upstate Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison (left), Bare Hill Correctional Facility, medium security (right), and Franklin Correctional Facility, another medium security prison (bottom). Together they house 4752 inmates.

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Seoul Detention Center, South Korea

There has been a prison on this site since 1911, although the present center was opened in 1967. The two round structures (bottom picture) are individual yards.

N 37° 23' 47.9472 E 126° 59' 29.1516

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As of 2017, Cook County operated the third-largest jail system in the United States by inmate population after Los Angeles and New York City. Located on 96 acres (39 hectares) in South Lawndale, Chicago (top left), this prison complex has 7 active and 3 inactive divisions. Division XI (top right and bottom), opened in 1995 is, according to the Cook County Sheriff's website, "a state of the art 640,000 square foot, medium-security facility. Consisting of central core surrounded by four housing PODS, Division XI can house 1,536 male individuals in custody of all security level classifications. All activity is controlled and monitored by a touch screen security system."

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The Casa circondariale dell'Aquila, also known as carcere delle Costarelle, is perhaps the highest security prison in Italy. The jail, which has less than 200 inmates (male and female), is among those where the controversial 41-bis regimen is enforced:

The system was essentially intended to cut inmates off completely from their original milieu. Measures normally include bans on:

all personal belongings including photos;

the use of the telephone;

all association or correspondence with other prisoners;

meetings with third parties;

receiving or sending sums of money over a set amount;

receiving parcels (other than those containing linen) from the outside;

organizing cultural, recreational or sporting activities;

voting or standing in elections for prisoner representatives;

taking part in arts-and-crafts activities, etc.

as well as restrictions on visits from members of the family (once per month, visitors are only allowed to communicate by intercom through thick glass).

Among many notable inmates is Matteo Messina Denaro, a 30 year fugitive mafia boss caught yesterday.

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The Japanese penal system is somewhat obscure outside Japan. This is the Sapporo Prison, which can house over 1.000 inmates of the following categories: YB grade (young repeat offender), B grade (repeat offender), M grade (mentally disabled), P grade (physically disabled).

43°5'0.2 N 141°23' 54.2 E

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