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Freetown Central Prison

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Freetown Central Prison
Freetown Central Prison. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Freetown Central Prison, commonly known as Pademba Road Prison, is a prison on Pademba Road in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The prison was built to house 220 prisoners in the pre-independence era and now holds around 2,000 prisoners. Many prisoners were subject to prolonged stays in holding cells because of a massive backlog in court cases.

Prison data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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