30 surprising pictures that reveal how prisons look in different countries around the world

Landsberg Prison, Germany

The house where Adolf Hitler wrote his book “Mein Kampf,” in which 278 Nazis were executed for war crimes after its end

Onomichi Prison, Japan

A prison for the elderly, with special conditions suitable for prisoners in their senior years.

Prison Quezon City Jail, Philippines
Within the walls of this prison there is a daily struggle for places, air, food, water and basic living conditions. With between 160 and 200 people in a cell suitable for 20, the prisoners are sleeping shifts on the concrete floor of a fenced basketball court near the cabin

UN Detention Unit, Netherlands
A UN prison built in 1993 during the war in Yugoslavia, where people who have committed war crimes, crimes against humanity or people accused of genocide are being held, and the conditions are very good, but many of those present have not survived.

Black Dolphin Prison, Russia
The prison on the Kazakhstan border consists of a 20-square-meter facility where prisoners are behind three steel bars, and prisoners are monitored 24 hours a day, and all the prisoners are responsible for the deaths of more than 3,500 people.

Evin Prison, Iran
The torture house under the guise of a prison, in which thousands of prisoners, men and women, died. Terrible density, 45 degrees without summer conditioning, the cells are filled with the smell of sweat and needs. The water is poor quality, the food is almost inedible. Successfully.

Champ-Dollon Prison, Switzerland
A special prison under very high conditions for pre-trial prisoners.

San Diego Women’s Prison, Colombia
A women’s rehabilitation facility where most of the women prisoners are close to liberation and run a “regular” daily schedule, including various kinds of work, cooking, gardening and more.

The prison Luzira Prison, Uganda
In the Ugandan prison, the prisoners take care of the household of each building. They admire him, raise their food, live a community life and even get an opportunity to acquire an academic education. The ratio of prisoners to guards is 1.35 prison guards per prisoner.

San Quentin State Prison, California
One of the oldest prisons in the United States has been operating for over 150 years (!!). And during this time he “won” to host one of the most famous murderers in history, Charles Manson. A large proportion of the prisoners in the prison are those who are sentenced to death and are waiting to be executed. By 2015 more than 700 men had been executed

HMP Addiewell Prison, Scotland
A rehabilitation prison where inmates are given the opportunity to lead a life similar to that outside with work, chores, studies, and a rehabilitation program.