Black Beach
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How to send mail, money, and visit Black Beach
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Background
Black Beach (Spanish: Playa Negra) is a prison located on the island of Bioko, in the former capital city of Malabo in Equatorial Guinea. It is considered one of Africa's most notorious prisons. The prison has a reputation of systemic brutality and negligence towards the prisoners. Medical care is often denied to prisoners and food rations are scarce, despite the United Nations' Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners requiring minimal medical treatment for all prisoners. Torture, beatings, and rape are commonplace in the prison, as well as forced labor.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1940
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 22 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1940
Region
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
Ramón Esono1977 · illustratorRamón Nse Esono Ebalé (born 22 November 1977) is an Equatorial Guinean illustrator and comics artist.
- Ramón Esono1977 · illustrator
Ramón Nse Esono Ebalé (born 22 November 1977) is an Equatorial Guinean illustrator and comics artist.
- Ramón Esono1977 · illustrator
Ramón Nse Esono Ebalé (born 22 November 1977) is an Equatorial Guinean illustrator and comics artist.
- Ramón Esono1977 · illustrator
Ramón Nse Esono Ebalé (born 22 November 1977) is an Equatorial Guinean illustrator and comics artist.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
Data completeness
16%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q4567104)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Black Beach. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/black-beach
"Black Beach." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/black-beach.
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title = {Black Beach},
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