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Prisons

Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana

The Transportation Camp

Over 70,000 prisoners were “transported” to a brutal life of forced labor in this French penal colony.

Cape Town, South Africa

Poolsmoor Prison Cantina

Breakfast and lunch in a canteen where the servers and kitchen staff are prison inmates.

Hermosillo, Mexico

Old Penitentiary of Sonora

The site of Mexico’s last civilian execution is now a museum dedicated to regional history.

Teresina, Brazil

Box 43

Hidden beneath a craft market, this underground cell preserves a physical space from Brazil’s military dictatorship.

Raeford, North Carolina

Sandhills Youth Complex

This abandoned building with a murky history has been both a school and a prison.

Berlin, Germany

Memorial SA Prison Papestraße

Early Nazi prison for political prisoners.

Kingston, Ontario

Kingston Penitentiary

Canada’s infamous maximum-security prison, now open for guided tours with former guards.

Guelph, Ontario

Guelph Correctional Centre

An abandoned Ontario prison turned over to time and nature.

Dalkeith, Scotland

Dalkeith Tolbooth

This building has been a courtroom, a prison, and the location of the last public hanging in Dalkeith.

Fremantle, Australia

Fremantle Prison

One of the world’s oldest surviving convict prisons, once the scene of daring escapes and riots.

L'Orignal, Ontario

L'Orignal Old Jail

This historic prison is the oldest in Ontario and the second oldest in Canada.

Lilly, Pennsylvania

Cresson Sanatorium and Prison

This sanitorium-turned-asylum-turned-prison is now abandoned and a hotspot for enjoyers of the paranormal.

Ulucanlar Prison Museum

A prison-turned-museum sheds light on modern Turkish history.

Longwood House, where Napoleon Bonaparte spent his final years.

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The Longwood House: Napoleon Bonaparte’s Beautiful Prison

Napoleon spent his final years in exile throwing dinner parties for his generals.

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Torreón de Pinto (Tower of Pinto)

A mid-14th-century tower that served as a prison for Spanish nobles.

Utrecht, Netherlands

Wolvenplein Prison

The imposing structure was originally established in 1580 as a military stronghold.

National Human Rights Museum

This abandoned prison is now a museum chronicling the oppression of political prisoners in the not-so-distant past.

El Trapiche, Panama

Coiba Island Penal Colony

An infamous former prison is now a biodiverse national park.