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Altes Gefängnis

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  • Altes Gefängnis Swakopmund (2014).jpg

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  • Namibia - Prison Building 01.jpg

    Photo by National Heritage Council of Namibia via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

  • Namibia - Prison Building 02.jpg

    Photo by National Heritage Council of Namibia via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

  • Namibia - Prison Building 03.jpg

    Photo by National Heritage Council of Namibia via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

  • Swakopmund Prison.jpg

    Photo by Raymond June via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

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Operational

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Facility profile

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Population held

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Death-row facility

No

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Mailing

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Altes Gefängnis. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/altes-gefangnis
Chicago
"Altes Gefängnis." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/altes-gefangnis.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-altes-gefangnis,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Altes Gefängnis},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/altes-gefangnis},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}