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Sinop Fortress Prison
High-securityClosed 1999Low
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1887
Closed 1999
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1887
Region
Sinop
Security level
High-security
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.
Contact & address
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Data completeness
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Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q7524921)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Sinop Fortress Prison. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/sinop-fortress-prison
Chicago
"Sinop Fortress Prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/sinop-fortress-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-sinop-fortress-prison,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Sinop Fortress Prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/sinop-fortress-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}