The prison, up to 2003, contained around 1,000 prisoners, mostly administrative detainees and including 30-60 boys under 18 years.

The prison contains several subterranean corridors that connect the prison's buildings with each other.

The prison also contains cottages in both C1 and C2 classifications.

The prison opened in 1979 and contains about 1000 male and female prisoners of various nationalities.

One prison in Orenburg contained over 6000 people, of whom 500 were killed just during interrogations.

He imagined the darkness this prison contained and saw the tortured souls stored there.

Human rights groups say its prisons contain hundreds of political prisoners.

By the end of the year, the country's prisons contained a virtual "who's who" of Chadian politicians.

But in recent weeks it has become clear that Mexican prisons have not contained the drug war.

The prison covers some 30,000 m2 and contains 1,380 cells housing approximately 1,700 prisoners, mostly men, around a quarter of whom are not French.