Åna Prison

Åna Prison
Åna fengsel
Åna Prison
Location in Norway / Rogaland County
Åna Prison
Åna Prison (Rogaland)
Location3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of the village center of Nærbø
Coordinates58°38′37.286″N 5°40′59.227″E / 58.64369056°N 5.68311861°E / 58.64369056; 5.68311861
Security classDepartments, with high and lower security
Opened1912 as a forced labour institution
Former nameOpstad tvangsarbeidshus,
Åna kretsfengsel
CityNærbø
Postal code4365
CountryNorway

Åna Prison (Norwegian: Åna fengsel) is a prison in municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It is one of the largest prisons and has capacity for 219 inmates, 140 in a closed prison and 24 in a department with an open prison. The prison is for male inmates. There is no wall around the prison, but there are still very few escapes. The prison is located approximately an hour's drive south of Stavanger. There is no bus service to the prison. Åna is the largest correctional institution in the Southwestern Region of the Norwegian Correctional Services.

Åna prison is also one of the largest Norwegian governmental owned farms.