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Brygidki

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Gallery

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  • 20 Horodotska Street, Lviv (01).jpg

    Photo by Aeou via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)

  • 20 Horodotska Street, Lviv (02).jpg

    Photo by Aeou via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • Kościół Brygidek we Lwowie (-1914).jpg

    Photo by Unknown authorUnknown author via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Lwow-Brygidki.jpg

    Photo by Stanisław Kosiedowski, Original uploader was Stako at pl.wikipedia via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • Prokuratura Lwowska.jpg

    Photo by Radosław Drożdżewski (Zwiadowca21) via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Razor Wire atop Wall of Brygidki Prison - Where Jews Were Murdered in Prison Aktion - Lviv - Ukraine (26592938344) (2).jpg

    Photo by Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • View over Wall of Brygidki Prison - Where Jews Were Murdered in Prison Aktion - Lviv - Ukraine (26594329353) (2).jpg

    Photo by Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • Бригидки.jpg

    Photo by User:Russianname via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Background

Brygidki (Ukrainian: Бригідки) is a prison in the building of a former Bridgettine nunnery in Lviv, Ukraine.

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

Capacity

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1614

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Operator

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Population held

Male

Opened

1614

Region

Lviv

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

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

Contact & address

No public contact details available.

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Data completeness

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Brygidki. Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/brygidki
Chicago
"Brygidki." World Prisons. Accessed October 26, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/brygidki.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-brygidki,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Brygidki},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/brygidki},
  urldate = {2026-10-26}
}