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Umeå Old Prison

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Capacity

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

1861

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Kriminalvården

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1861

Region

Umeå

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

1 Mejerivägen, Umeå 90622

Conditions Risk Score

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Data completeness

34%

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