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Kumla Prison

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Kumla Prison is a Swedish custodial facility operated by Kriminalvården, the Swedish Prison and Probation Service.

Capacity

420

Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1965

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1965

Region

Kumla Municipality

Security level

—

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

  • Clark Olofsson
    Clark Olofsson
    1947–2025 · bank robber

    Clark Oderth Olofsson (later known as Daniel Demuynck; 1 February 1947 – 24 June 2025) was a Swedish criminal.

  • Mijailo Mijailović
    Mijailo Mijailović
    1978

    Mijailo Mijailović (Serbian: Мијаило Мијаиловић; born 6 December 1978) is a Swedish convicted murderer who was convicted of stabbing Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Anna Lindh, on 10 September 2003 at the NK department store in Stockholm.

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

Contact & address

4 Viagatan, Kumla 692 35
Official site

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Compared to other facilities in Sweden

89 peers
Capacity (beds)this: 420 · peers avg: 134 (+214%)

Data completeness

56%

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World Prisons. (2026). Kumla Prison. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/kumla-prison
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"Kumla Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/kumla-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-kumla-prison,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Kumla Prison},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/kumla-prison},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}