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List of prisons in India
The list of prisons in India covers 1,333 jails run by state governments as of December 2024, including central, district, sub, women's, open, and special jails.
List of prisons in the United Kingdom
List of prisons in the United Kingdom: the three UK prison systems, England and Wales (HMPPS, about 120 prisons), Scotland (SPS, 17 prisons), and Northern Ireland (3 prisons), with categories, capacity, and recent builds.
List of prolific inventors
List of prolific inventors: inventors named on unusually many granted patents. Shunpei Yamazaki leads USPTO counts (6,739; Guinness 11,353), ahead of Tao Luo and Kia Silverbrook; counts depend on name disambiguation.
List of public inquiries in the United Kingdom
A list of public inquiries in the United Kingdom, the formal independent investigations ministers set up into events of public concern, from Bloody Sunday to the Covid-19 Inquiry.
List of punishments for murder in the United States
Punishments for murder in the United States, also called murder sentencing laws, range from prison terms to life without parole to capital punishment; 27 states, the federal government, and the military authorize the death penalty, with penalties varying by murder degree.
List of red-light districts
List of red-light districts: urban areas concentrating commercial sex and erotic businesses, also called RLDs. Covers definitions, notable districts such as De Wallen, Reeperbahn, Storyville, and Soho, Progressive Era closures, and zoning laws.
List of Roman consuls
List of Roman consuls (consular fasti): year-by-year record of Rome's eponymous chief magistrates from 509 BC to AD 541, based on the Fasti Capitolini, Varro, and Broughton, with suffects and imperial multiplication.
List of school attacks in the United Kingdom
School attacks in the United Kingdom: violent incidents on school premises, dominated by the 1996 Dunblane massacre (16 children and a teacher killed) and, since the handgun ban, by knife attacks such as the 2025 Sheffield killing.
List of school attacks in Turkey
List of school attacks in Turkey: chronological record of armed attacks at Turkish K-12 schools, universities and school buses, 1978–2026, including the April 2026 Siverek and Kahramanmaraş shootings (16 wounded, 10 dead).
List of serial killers before 1900
List of serial killers before 1900: Caligula, Gilles de Rais, Báthory, Stumpp, the Harpe brothers, Lydia Sherman, Thomas Neill Cream, Jack the Ripper, and H.H. Holmes, with evidence quality and definition notes.
List of serial killers by country
List of serial killers by country: unofficial compilations of identified serial murderers attributed to nations. No standardized international statistic exists; totals reflect FBI-style definitions, differing homicide counting rules, and detection capacity.
List of serial killers by number of victims
Rankings of serial killers by victim count, distinguishing proven convictions from claimed totals: Samuel Little 60+, Gary Ridgway 49, Donald Harvey 37, Pickton, Kraft, Bundy, Gacy; FBI two-victim definition and uncaught-killer estimates.
List of serial killers in Brazil
List of serial killers in Brazil: documented offenders such as Albino Santos de Lima (Maceió), Jorlan Lopes da Silva (Paraíba), and Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha (Goiânia); term not recognized in Brazilian law or psychiatry.
List of serial killers in the United States
United States serial killers: offenders who unlawfully kill two or more victims in separate events (FBI definition). Covers Ted Bundy, Dennis Rader, Gary Ridgway, DeAngelo, Heuermann, FBI behavioral analysis, and prevalence estimates from 10-500 active killers.
List of sexual abuses perpetrated by groups
Survey of sexual abuses perpetrated by organized groups: state forces, armed groups, gangs, and peacekeepers. Covers the UN definition of conflict-related sexual violence, documented cases in Sudan, Ukraine, CAR, Israel and Gaza, Mali, and Haiti, organizational patterns, and accountability.
List of sitting judges of the high courts of India
Sitting judges of India's 25 High Courts: 1,122 sanctioned posts, 789 judges working, and 333 vacancies as of 1 June 2026; lists Chief Justices, per-court strength, and appointment procedure.
List of smoking bans
List of smoking bans: laws prohibiting smoking in indoor workplaces, public transport, and public spaces, first national law Ireland 2004; WHO FCTC Article 8 benchmark; 2025 extensions to outdoor areas, cars, and the Maldives' first generational ban.
List of smoking bans in the United States
Smoking bans in the United States: state and local smokefree indoor air laws. 28 states plus DC have comprehensive laws covering bars, restaurants, worksites; 61.1% of the population covered; first state smoking-area law Arizona 1973.
List of solved missing person cases (1990s)
Solved missing person cases from the 1990s, including Glennon, Gallagher, Parham, Livingston, Klaas, and Bradbury, resolved decades later through DNA databases, fingerprint systems, and genetic genealogy.
List of solved missing person cases (2010s)
List of solved missing person cases (2010s): disappearances reported 2010-2019 later resolved by locating the person, identifying remains, or conviction. Covers 38 documented cold cases, the Gilgo Beach 2010 search, Rose Goggins, Rudy Farias, and NamUs resolution statistics.
List of solved missing person cases (2020s)
Solved missing person cases (2020s): disappearances resolved in the 2020s, including Gabby Petito, Cleo Smith, Kevin Graves, and Reba C. Bailey (Seven Doe), via DNA, genetic genealogy, tips, and database cross-matching.
List of states with nuclear weapons
Nine states possess nuclear weapons: the NPT-recognized US, Russia, UK, France, and China, plus India, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea, holding an estimated 12,187 warheads as of January 2026.
List of stolen paintings
List of stolen paintings: catalog of major art thefts, from the unsolved 1990 Gardner heist ($500M, 13 works) to the 1911 Mona Lisa theft by Peruggia, repeatedly stolen works like Jacob de Gheyn III and The Scream, and INTERPOL/FBI databases.
List of Texas state prisons
Texas state prisons are TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division units, begun with the 1849 Huntsville Walls Unit; about 100 facilities in six regions hold over 130,000 inmates, the largest US state system.
List of The Godfather characters
Characters of The Godfather: the Corleone family of Mario Puzo's 1969 novel and Coppola's films, including Don Vito, Michael, Sonny, Fredo, Tom Hagen, Kay, Connie, Vincent Mancini, and their allies and enemies across the trilogy.
List of the largest stations in Australia
The list of the largest stations in Australia ranks the country's biggest cattle and sheep stations, all covering more than 4000 km², mostly on pastoral lease.
List of the United States treaties
Official listing of United States treaties: Treaties in Force (annual, January 1 cutoff), TIAS texts since 1945, UST 1950-1982, Senate records from 1975, depositary for 200+ multilateral treaties.
List of treaties
List of treaties: systematic compilations of international agreements, chiefly the UN Treaty Series (over 250,000 treaties and treaty actions since 1945 under Article 102), the League of Nations Treaty Series, and multilateral depositary lists.
List of treaties by number of parties
A list of multilateral treaties ranked by how many states are bound, topped by the 1985 Vienna Ozone Layer Convention and the 1987 Montreal Protocol at 198 parties each.
List of types of killing
The list of types of killing sets out the legal categories of homicide, from murder and its degrees through manslaughter and felony murder to justifiable homicide, where no crime occurred.