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Bagne of Toulon

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Gallery

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  • Weg naar Toulon Route de Toulon (titel op object) Allerlei soorten voertuigen (3) (serietitel) Panidochème ou toutes sortes de voitures (3) (serietitel), RP-P-1905-3377.jpg

    Photo by Rijksmuseum via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

  • Bagne de Toulon.jpg

    Photo by Pierre Zaccone via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Bastonnade in the Bagne de Toulon.jpg

    Photo by Pierre Zaccone via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Bazar Bagne de Toulon.jpg

    Photo by Pierre Zaccone via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Escape attempt in Bagne de Toulon.jpg

    Photo by Pierre Zaccone via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Ex-voto Jules Briand.jpg

    Photo by Tangopaso via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • L'Illustration 1862 gravure Incendie du Santi-Petri, Bagne maritime de Toulon.jpg

    Photo by Jules Gaildrau / Pierre Letuaire via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • The Chaine to Bagne of Toulon.jpg

    Photo by Pierre Zaccone via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Background

The Bagne of Toulon was a notorious bagne, or penal establishment in Toulon, France, made famous as the place of imprisonment of the fictional Jean Valjean, the hero of Victor Hugo's novel Les Misérables. It was opened in 1748 and closed in 1873.

Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.

Capacity

4,000

Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

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Operational

Facility profile

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

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Security level

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Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

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Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Contact & address

No public contact details available.

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Compared to other facilities in France

557 peers
Capacity (beds)this: 4000 · peers avg: 368 (+986%)

Data completeness

22%

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