Poland · Warsaw

Pawiak

Low

Verified 29 May 2026

Aging · 5mo ago

Sources last reviewed on 29 May 2026

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Capacity

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1835

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Operator

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1835

Region

Warsaw

Security level

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Death-row facility

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

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Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Notable inmates

Zygmunt DuszyÅski
1914–1973 · politician
Karol Kumuniecki
1894–1945 · military officer
Józef Balcerzak
1903–1942 · trade unionist
Maurycy Orzech
1891–1943 · economist
Maurycy Orzech (Polish pronunciation: [mawËrÉ¨tÍ¡sÉ¨ ËÉÊÉx]; nom de guerre: Janczyn; 1891 â August 1943 in Pawiak, Warsaw) was a Polish Jewish economist, journalist, politician and a leader of the Jewish Bund in interwar Poland.
Benedykt Bornstein
1880–1948 · philosopher
Jan Krawczyk
1888–1940 · Catholic priest
Leon Wanat
1906–1977 · teacher
WÅodzimierz Wilkanowicz
1904–1964 · painter
Stefan Sikorski
1907–1940 · athletics competitor

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Contact & address

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Conditions Risk Score

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Data completeness

16%

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

Sources

Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
Wikidata (Q116366)
Wikipedia
Wikimedia Commons
See /data-sources for our overall methodology.

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APA

World Prisons. (2026). Pawiak. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/pawiak

Chicago

"Pawiak." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/pawiak.

BibTeX

@misc{worldprisons-pawiak,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Pawiak},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/pawiak},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}