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Nuuk prison

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Capacity

56

Current population

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Occupancy

—

Year opened

2100

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

2100

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

  • Paul Watson
    Paul Watson
    1950 · sailor

    Paul Franklin Watson (born December 2, 1950) is a Canadian-American environmental, conservation and animal rights activist, who founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an anti-poaching and direct action group focused on marine conservation activism.

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

Contact & address

Official site

Conditions Risk Score

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Related facilities

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Compared to other facilities in Greenland

10 peers
Capacity (beds)this: 56 · peers avg: 19 (+197%)

Data completeness

30%

How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.

Sources

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