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General Directorate of Penitentiary Administration

state agency

99 facilities in France.

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Facilities map (99 of 99 with coordinates)

Centre penitentiaire de Bordeaux-Gradignan

France

Type

—

Capacity

407

Held

—

Centre pénitentiaire de Caen Ifs

France

Type

Centre pénitentiaire

Capacity

691

Held

747

Overcrowded (108%)

Centre pénitentiaire de Chateauroux

France

Type

Centre pénitentiaire

Capacity

363

Held

397

Overcrowded (109%)

Centre pénitentiaire de Ducos

France · Ducos

Type

Centre pénitentiaire

Capacity

738

Held

1,110

Overcrowded (150%)

Centre pénitentiaire de Grenoble Varces

France · VARCES

Type

Centre pénitentiaire

Capacity

258

Held

472

Overcrowded (183%)

Centre pénitentiaire de Laon

France · Laon

Type

Centre pénitentiaire

Capacity

387

Held

546

Overcrowded (141%)

Centre pénitentiaire de Longuenesse

France · Longuenesse

Type

Centre pénitentiaire

Capacity

732

Held

843

Overcrowded (115%)

Centre pénitentiaire de Majicavo

France · MAMOUDZOU-MAYOTTE

Type

Centre pénitentiaire

Capacity

278

Held

678

Overcrowded (244%)

Centre pénitentiaire de Maubeuge

France · Maubeuge

Type

Centre pénitentiaire

Capacity

398

Held

464

Overcrowded (117%)

Centre pénitentiaire de Mulhouse Lutterbach

France

Type

Centre pénitentiaire

Capacity

691

Held

812

Overcrowded (118%)

Centre pénitentiaire de Remire Montjoly

France · REMIRE-MONTJOLY

Type

Centre pénitentiaire

Capacity

616

Held

1,071

Overcrowded (174%)

Centre pénitentiaire de Rennes

France

Type

Centre pénitentiaire

Capacity

209

Held

221

Overcrowded (106%)Low

Centre penitentiaire de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon

France · Saint-Pierre Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Type

—

Capacity

11

Held

—

centre penitentiaire de Toulouse-Seysses

France

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

Centre pénitentiaire de Troyes Lavau

France · Lavau

Type

Centre pénitentiaire

Capacity

476

Held

437

Under capacity (92%)

Centre pénitentiaire de Valence

France · Valence

Type

Centre pénitentiaire

Capacity

578

Held

703

Overcrowded (122%)

Centre pénitentiaire de Vendin Le Vieil

France · Vendin-le-Vieil

Type

Centre pénitentiaire

Capacity

238

Held

92

Under capacity (39%)

Centre pénitentiaire de Villefranche Sur Saone

France · Villefranche-sur-Saône

Type

Centre pénitentiaire

Capacity

638

Held

908

Overcrowded (142%)

centre penitentiaire d'Orleans-Saran

France

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

centre penitentiaire du Havre

France

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

centre pénitentiaire of Mata-Utu

France

Type

—

Capacity

5

Held

—

Chateau-Thierry penitentiary center

France · Château-Thierry

Type

—

Capacity

113

Held

—

etablissement penitentiaire specialise pour mineurs de Quievrechain

France

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

Liancourt penitentiary center

France · Liancourt

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

Limoges prison

France

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

Lorient-Ploemeur Penitentiary Center

France

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

Maison d'arrêt d'Agen

France

Type

—

Capacity

146

Held

—

Maison d'arrêt de Bar-le-Duc

France · Bar-le-Duc

Type

—

Capacity

80

Held

—

Maison d'arrêt de Chaumont

France · Chaumont

Type

—

Capacity

78

Held

—

Maison d'arrêt de Douai

France

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

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BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-operator-general-directorat,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {General Directorate of Penitentiary Administration — operator profile},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/operators/general-directorate-of-penitentiary-administration},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}