World Prisons
All prisons

Bulgaria · София

Sofia Prison

Low
Verified 29 May 2026
Fresh · 0d ago

Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always verify with primary sources before acting on any figure. See data sources.

For families

How to send mail, money, and visit Sofia Prison

Step-by-step guidance using the Bulgaria system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.

Open toolkit
Photograph of Sofia Prison

Gallery

From Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA where not otherwise stated).

  • Sofia Central Prison Corner Tower 01.jpg

    Photo by DemieK07 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

  • Sofia Central Prison Entrance 01.jpg

    Photo by DemieK07 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

  • Sofia Central Prison Wall 01.jpg

    Photo by DemieK07 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

  • Sofia Central Prison Wall 02.jpg

    Photo by DemieK07 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

  • Sofia prison, Bulgaria 2012 PD 01.jpg

    Photo by Bin im Garten via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • Sofia prison, Bulgaria 2012 PD 02.jpg

    Photo by Bin im Garten via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • Sofia prison, Bulgaria 2012 PD 03.jpg

    Photo by Bin im Garten via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • Sofia prison, Bulgaria 2012 PD 04.jpg

    Photo by Bin im Garten via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Capacity

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

1911

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Execution of Punishments General Directorate

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1911

Region

София

Security level

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

21 бул. Ген. Столетов, София 1233

No public contact details available.

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

Insufficient data
We don't have enough public data on this facility to score it. Have something to add? Send us a correction.

Data completeness

30%

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

Sources