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The prison hegningarh si
Hegningarhúsið (English: The Penalty House) at Skólavörðustígur 9 in Reykjavík was a prison run by the Icelandic Prison Service. It was last used as a reception prison, where prisoners stayed for a short period of time when at the beginning of serving a sentence. All operations in Hegningarhúsið was ceased 1 June 2016.
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History
Hegningarhúsið is a piled stone house constructed in 1872 by Páll Eyjólfsson goldsmith.
There were 16 prison cells in Hegningarhúsið, small and narrow with poor ventilation. The cells were without toilets and sinks.
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Hegningarhúsið Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA