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Carabanchel Prison

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    Photo by Mánel from Madrid, Spain via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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    Photo by gaelx from Madrid / A Coruña via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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    Photo by Mánel from Madrid, Spain via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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    Photo by gaelx from Madrid / A Coruña via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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    Photo by Mánel from Madrid, Spain via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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    Photo by Mánel from Madrid, Spain via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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    Photo by gaelx from Madrid / A Coruña via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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    Photo by Mánel from Madrid, Spain via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Background

Carabanchel Prison (Spanish: Cárcel de Carabanchel) was a prison located in the Carabanchel neighbourhood of Madrid, Spain. It was opened in Francoist Spain in 1944 to house political prisoners after the Spanish Civil War. Carabanchel Prison was one of the biggest prisons in Europe until its closure in 1998 and its demolition in 2008.

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