🔒 Tacumbú prison

The Tacumbú National Penitentiary (Penitenciaria Nacional de Tacumbú), also known as the Penal de Tacumbú, Penitenciaría de Tacumbú o simply Tacumbú, was a penitentiary operated by the Ministry of Justice of Paraguay, located in the eponymous neighborhood of Asunción. It was the largest penal facility in the country and was considered one of the most dangerous prisons in the world. The facility housed over 4,000 inmates until its temporal closure in 2026. Tacumbú was reopened as a "Detention Center", and as of 2026 houses over 1000 inmates, all of whom have no official conviction.