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unusual facts about Central Prison


Elias Syriani

Syriani was pronounced dead at 2:12 a.m. on November 18, 2005 at the Central Prison.



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Butana Almond Nofomela

Former apartheid Askari was released from the Pretoria Central Prison on parole after he had served 22 years of a life sentence.

Helsinki Prison

The Helsinki Prison, also known as Sörnäinen Prison (earlier known as Helsinki Central Prison) is a prison located in the Kalasatama district of Helsinki, Finland, opened in 1881.

Liberty Village

Instead, Liberty Village became home to several institutions, including the Toronto Central Prison, opened in 1873, and the Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women (on the site of today’s Lamport Stadium), opened in 1878 for women convicted of "vagrancy", "incorrigibility", or "sexual precociousness." Provincial Secretary William John Hanna forced the closure of Central Prison in 1915, and all its buildings were demolished except for the paint shop and chapel.

Yusuf Salman Yusuf

The three were transferred from the death row at Abu Ghraib to Baghdad Central Prison and then to Kut Prison.