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Photo by Tahmineh Rahmani via Wikimedia Commons (Attribution)
Photo by Tahmineh Rahmani via Wikimedia Commons (Attribution)
Photo by Tahmineh Rahmani via Wikimedia Commons (Attribution)
Photo by Tahmineh Rahmani via Wikimedia Commons (Attribution)
Photo by Tahmineh Rahmani via Wikimedia Commons (Attribution)
Photo by Tahmineh Rahmani via Wikimedia Commons (Attribution)
Photo by Tahmineh Rahmani via Wikimedia Commons (Attribution)
Photo by Tahmineh Rahmani via Wikimedia Commons (Attribution)
Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
2010
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
2010
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
- Zeynab Jalaliyan1982 · entrepreneur
Zeynab Jalalian (Persian: زÙÙب جÙاÙÙاÙ; born March 10, 1982, in Dim Qeshlaq, Maku County) is a Kurdish Iranian who has been convicted a mohareb and sentenced to death by an Islamic Revolutionary Court for allegedly being a member of the Kurdish militant group PJAK, which she denies.
Nasrin Sotoudeh1963 · lawyerNasrin Sotoudeh Langarudi (Persian: ÙسرÛ٠ستÙد٠ÙÙگرÙدÛ; born 1963) is an Iranian human rights lawyer known for her defense of activists, opposition politicians, and individuals facing human rights violations.
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Forough Alaei1989 · photographerForough Alaei (Persian: ÙرÙغ عÙائÛ; born 1989) is an Iranian documentary photographer and photojournalist.
Shokoufeh Yadollahi1969 · psychologist- Kylie Moore-Gilbert1987 · memoirist
Kylie Moore-Gilbert is an Australian-British academic in Middle Eastern political science.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
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Related facilities
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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 (Q20110355)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Qarchak Prison. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/qarchak-prison
Chicago
"Qarchak Prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/qarchak-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-qarchak-prison,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Qarchak Prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/qarchak-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}