Talk:Tag:amenity=prison

Is there any countries where different grades of prison are named very differnetly? For most places I imagin if this needs to be tagged it can be an addional tag, rather than there being a range of abutters for the differnt grades of prison.

Also if there is a vote, could it be stuck on teh proposed features page when it starts and ends? Ben. 18:24 18th Decemeber 2006 (UTC)

What about the area arround the prison building, that can be pretty big. landuse=prison perhaps ? --Onion 07:14, 8 June 2007 (BST)

Disused prisons?

How should one tag prisons that are now just tourist attractions or museums? Samwilson 03:53, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Have just spotted an old jail (disused for many years) that has been tagged as historic=fort, which is obviously wrong! What's the best option? historic=building + tourism=attraction + name=Old Bannockburn Jail? --Fizzie41 (talk) 02:41, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

tourism=museum / tourism=attraction is definitely taggable

name=* is definitely taggable

historic=building is definitely fitting for historic buildings, though not always will be fitting (sometimes building is ruined, someone it is memorial with recent buildings)

disused:amenity=prison / abandoned:amenity=prison / historic=prison seems fitting if there are some remains

Mateusz Konieczny (talk) 09:58, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

Area?

I think it should be possible to tag an area with the prison tag. Outline the fence or something.--Bengibollen 18:31, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

This is indeed essential, as prison grounds are usually off-limits for the general public. Should this be landuse=? or something --Pfr 12:53, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

I am trying to trace a "correctional village", that is a large prison ground with several prisons of various levels of security as well as a more open village inside. I am now putting the tag landuse=prison on the ground, and amenity=prison on the various parts inside. --Skippern (talk) 14:17, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Landuse=prison far more logical

Just to be sure: should the area having amenity=prison include the entire property, e.g. also the visitors parking? Or only the area having prisoners? Bxl-forever (talk) 15:19, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Why not building=prison? Rickyrab (talk) 20:13, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

building=prison is to indicate the kind of building, i.e. where prisoners are detained. On the contrary, amenity=prison is for the entire area, which is usually larger than the building. Should the area be identical to the building, both tags can be put on the building, of course. Bxl-forever (talk) 15:19, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Still seems strange to refer to prisons as an "amenity".

So the amenity would be for the general public and not the criminals? Rickyrab (talk) 20:13, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Buildings

Mention how to deal with the buildings inside the prison grounds. Jidanni (talk) 02:09, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Wall, fence

Mention how to deal with the outer prison wall / fence. Jidanni (talk) 02:10, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Office etc.

Mention how to tag the prison office, etc. Jidanni (talk) 02:10, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Nice try mate, but you’d have better luck tattooing the plans on your back. Joke aside take a look at Indoor mapping.--Lejun (talk) 16:45, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

Juvenile prisons

How should we tag prisons for juveniles? (aka juvy, youth detention center, etc.) Pwhite119 (talk) 23:46, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Same question here. prison:for=juvenile perhaps? Invidious (talk) 04:21, 19 October 2020 (UTC)