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Ai Pelo Prison

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Background

Ai Pelo Prison or Aipelo Prison (Portuguese: Prisão do Ai Pelo / Aipelo, Tetum: Prizaun Ai Pelo / Aipelo) is an historic late nineteenth-century Portuguese colonial prison in the Lauhata suco, East Timor, adjacent to the Savu Sea. It was deactivated in 1939 and is now a ruin.

Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.

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Death-row facility

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Ai Pelo Prison. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/ai-pelo-prison
Chicago
"Ai Pelo Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/ai-pelo-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-ai-pelo-prison,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Ai Pelo Prison},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/ai-pelo-prison},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}