Notable inmates

Juan Carlos Caguaripano Scott (born 12 April 1973) is a Venezuelan military officer and dissident, captain of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) graduated from the Officers Training School of the Armed Forces of Cooperation (EFOFAC).

Juan de Lanuza y Urrea (the Younger) (1564 – Zaragoza, 20 December 1591) was a Justice of Aragon, who was executed by order of King Philip II of Spain.

Juan Luria (20 December 1862 – 21 May 1943) was a Polish-Jewish operatic baritone.

Juan Ramón Matta-Ballesteros (also spelled Mata-Ballesteros; January 12, 1945 – October 30, 2025) was a Honduran major narcotics trafficker who has been credited with being one of the first to connect Mexican drug traffickers with the Colombian cocaine cartels.

Juan Bautista Peset Aleixandre, also known as Joan Baptista Peset Aleixandre (1886 – 24 May 1941) was a Spanish doctor, university professor and chancellor, and politician.

Juan Vallejo Corona (February 7, 1934 – March 4, 2019) was a Mexican serial killer who was convicted of the murders of 25 transient laborers found buried in peach orchards along the Feather River in Sutter County, California, in 1971.

Judah Samet (Hebrew: יהודה סמט; February 5, 1938 – September 27, 2022) was a Hungarian-American businessman, speaker, and Holocaust survivor.

Juda Lion Palache (October 26, 1886 – October 18, 1944) was a professor of Semitic languages (Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic) at the University of Amsterdam and a leader of the Portuguese Jewish community in that city.

Judikje "Jud" Simons (20 August 1904 – 20 March 1943) was a Dutch Jewish gymnast who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. In 1928 she was chosen as a reserve member of the Dutch gymnastics team and won the gold medal with her teammates.

Jules Allix (9 September 1818 – 1 September 1903) was a French feminist, socialist, political activist and eccentric inventor.