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Umeå Old Prison
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Umeå Old Prison is a Swedish custodial facility operated by Kriminalvården, the Swedish Prison and Probation Service.
Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1861
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1861
Region
Umeå Municipality
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
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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Data completeness
50%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata entity
- Kriminalvården facility directory
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Kriminalvården — anstalt och häktesdirectory — Swedish Prison and Probation Service
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q4491003)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
Under CC-BY-4.0. Include the URL and access date; the site is a living reference and entries can change.
World Prisons. (2026). Umeå Old Prison. Retrieved October 27, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/umea-old-prison
"Umeå Old Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 27, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/umea-old-prison.
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