Editing Political prisoner (section)

== Notable political prisons ==
The following prisons have been recognized as incarcerating primarily political prisoners and have therefore been called "political prisons":
* [[Bereza Kartuska Prison|Bereza Kartuska]], interwar Poland<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lptWAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Bereza+Kartuska%22+%22Political+prison%22|title=Acta Poloniae Historica|date=2004|publisher=Państwowe Wydawn. Naukowe|page=180|quote=Bereza Kartuska was a political prison with the hardest conditions in prewar Poland}}</ref>
*[[Evin Prison]], Iran<ref>{{cite journal|last=Talebi|first=Shahla|date=21 January 2014|title=Children as Protectors: The Conditions of Parenthood in a Political Prison in Iran|url=http://journals.openedition.org/champpenal/8770|journal=Champ pénal/Penal field|volume=XI|doi=10.4000/champpenal.8770|issn=1777-5272|quote=Evin, one of the most notorious political prisons in Iran}}</ref>
* [[Peter and Paul Fortress]], Imperial Russia<ref>{{cite thesis|last=Bujalski|first=Nicholas|date=May 2020|title=Russia's Peter and Paul Fortress: From Heart of Empire to Museum of the Revolution, 1825–1930|url=https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/70407|type=PhD thesis|publisher=Cornell University |doi=10.7298/6qr1-2g32|quote=Russia's Peter and Paul Fortress – the founding site of St. Petersburg, the imperial mausoleum of the royal family, and the most notorious political prison of the Romanov regime}}</ref>
* [[Shlisselburg Fortress]], Imperial Russia<ref>{{cite web|title=Шлиссельбургская крепость|trans-title=Shlisselburg Fortress|url=http://bse.sci-lib.com/article124170.html|access-date=14 July 2021|website=[[Great Soviet Encyclopedia]]|language=ru|quote=После постройки Кронштадта (1703) утратила военное значение и превращена в политическую тюрьму.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=17 January 2005|title=Крепость Орешек|trans-title=Oreshek Fortress|url=http://www.towns.ru/other/oreshek.html|access-date=14 July 2021|website=towns.ru|language=ru}}</ref>
* [[Spaç Prison]], Albania<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Eaton|first1=Jonathan|last2=Bllaci|first2=Mirian|last3=Petri|first3=Nedi|last4=Hadžić|first4=Lejla|last5=Mamani|first5=Elena|date=2018|title=Heritage-making and Democratic Ideals in Albania: Spaç Prison as a Site of Dialogue|url=http://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/1977/|journal=ICOMOS 19th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium "Heritage and Democracy", 13–14th December 2017, New Delhi, India|language=fr|location=New Delhi, India|quote=Spaç Prison developed into a notorious political prison and forced labour camp}}</ref>
* [[Peniche Fortress]], Estado Novo, Portugal<ref>{{cite web |last=da Cruz |first=Carlos |date=2013 |title=Praça-Forte de Peniche |url=https://fortalezas.org/?ct=fortaleza&id_fortaleza=690&muda_idioma=PT |access-date=23 February 2023 |website=Fortalezas: Fortificações do Mundo}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Carvalho |first1=Patrícia |last2=Miranda |first2=Adriano |date=6 January 2019 |title=Cumpre-se o sonho dos presos: serem libertados e terem à sua espera uma multidão |work=Público |url=https://www.publico.pt/2019/01/06/politica/reportagem/cumprese-sonho-presos-libertados-terem-espera-multidao-1856565 |access-date=23 February 2023}}</ref>
* [[Pishchalauski Castle]], Belarus<ref name=story>{{cite web |title= "Володарка". История одной тюрьмы |trans-title= Volodarka: history of a prison |date= 30 January 2013 |publisher=[[Tut.By]] |location= Minsk |url= http://news.tut.by/society/332586.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160414011209/http://news.tut.by/society/332586.html |archive-date= 14 April 2016 |access-date= 29 March 2016}}</ref>