Prisons

A discarded umbrella stand from a women's prison is an object of pride at a library that is dedicated to women's culture and achievements.

Hidden under a center for the elderly are the dungeons which were used during the Spanish Inquisition.

A look into the life of a Victorian-era prisoner.

The last remnant of Kuala Lumpur’s old prison complex now stands on the edge of a Japanese shopping mall.

Housed in a 20th-century prison, this small museum recounts local Nicaraguan myths.

The oldest church in Inverness witnessed the brutal executions of many Scottish soldiers.

A historic jail preserves etchings from over a century of incarcerated people in a town with a rough and tumble past.

A prison with a more than 200-year history.

This abandoned prison was so notorious that its name has become a metaphor throughout Albania.

The ruins of Brisbane’s own Alcatraz now sit in the middle of a national park.

Memorials are nearly all that remains of this Arkansas prison camp, where thousands of Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated during World War II.