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Shita prison

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Verified 29 May 2026
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    Photo by ביתמונה via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Capacity

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

1953

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1953

Region

Security level

Death-row facility

No

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.

Contact & address

No public contact details available.

Conditions Risk Score

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Insufficient data
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Data completeness

16%

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