Prisons in Belarus

castle and prison in Minsk, Belarus

Okrestina Detention Centre, Akrestsina Detention Centre, officially, the Criminal Detention Centre of the Minsk Executive Committee’s Main Internal Affairs Directorate (, ), is a pre-trial detention centre in Minsk, Belarus. The prison is known as a detention centre for activists of the Belarusian opposition arrested during mass protests against the government of president Alexander Lukashenko. On 21 June 2021, the U.S. Treasury has added Okrestina Detention Centre to its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List.

The Pre-Trial Detention Centre of the KGB of Belarus (; , СИЗО КГБ, SIZO KGB, also informally called Amerikanka (; ) is a pre-trial prison in the centre of Minsk, operated by the KGB of Belarus.