[HPforGrownups] Azkaban, Dementors, and the Prison system

[Melanie Bond]

No: HPFGUIDX 59899

Everyone here knows that Azkaban is Wizard prison...but with wizards 
in every country in the world, does it make sense for it to be the 
*only* wizard prison? Is Azkaban just for criminals in the same range 
that Hogwarts has (England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales), or does it 
extend further to include Western Europe? Furtheremore, are dementors 
used universally as Enforcers in Wizarding prisons? If not, what 
methods are used to keep the prisoners in, and how reliable are they? 
Thoughts? Opinions? Comments? Rotton fruit? I'd welcome all, this has 
been plauging my mind all day.
                               - Joe S.
 
Very interesting question.  I would assume that Dementors are a fairly staple case in most Wizarding prisons.  Given that I believe that a Dementor's Kiss is like the death penalty only worst because it requires that one live in tourment and torture their entire life.  
 
As for other wizarding prisons there might be some but I think they are not very many of them..certainly not as many as muggle prisons have.  Just because it's easier for crimes to be committed in in various countries..it seems easier to travel in the wizarding world.  That in fact in some ways they are more connected than the muggle world.

"Melanie"


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