List of prisons in Namibia

Prison in Swakopmund, used since the time of German South West Africa

This is a list of the penal institutions in Namibia .

All prisons in Namibia are managed by the Namibia Correctional Service (formerly Namibia Prisons Service ) under the umbrella of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Immigration and Security (formerly the Ministry of Security ). In October 2017, 4,041 prisoners were held nationwide .

There are 13 prisons nationwide:

1. Windhoek correctional facility in Windhoek (formerly Windhoek Central Prison)
2. Penitentiary Walvis Bay
3. Hardap correctional facility
4. Lüderitz correctional facility
5. Keetmanshoop correctional facility
6. Gobabis correctional facility
7. Penitentiary Omaruru
8. Swakopmund correctional facility in Swakopmund
9. Grootfontein correctional facility
10. Divundu correctional facility
11. Penitentiary Farm Scott
12. Elizabeth Nepemba correctional facility ( Rundu )
13. Rehabilitation Center Oluno

Web links

• Prison Administration (English)
• Ministry of Security (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Prisons serious about rehabilitation. The Namibian, November 17, 2017.
2. ^ Correctional Facilities. Namibian Correctional Services. Retrieved November 22, 2017.