Windhoek correctional facility

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Information about the institution
Surname Windhoek correctional facility
Reference year 1963
Detention places 900
Institution management Namibia Correctional Services

The Windhoek prison ( english Windhoek Correctional Facility ), formerly the Windhoek Central Prison (English Windhoek Central Prison ), since 1963 the main prison of the Namibian capital Windhoek .

The institution has 900 prison places. It is the largest of the 13 prisons in the country and (as of November 2017) accommodates around 1,300 prisoners . Thus, around a third of all 4,041 prisoners in the country (as of October 2017) are in the Windhoek correctional facility.

Like all correctional facilities in the country, the prison is administered by the Namibia Correctional Services of the Ministry of Security .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Prisons serious about rehabilitation. The Namibian, November 17, 2017.
  2. ↑
  3. ^ Correctional Facilities. Namibian Correctional Services. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
  4. ↑ World Prison Brief - Namibia. International Center for Prison Studies, 2015. Accessed November 22.

Coordinates: 22 ° 32 ′ 24.7 ″  S , 17 ° 4 ′ 15.2 ″  E