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Carmes Prison
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1613
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1613
Region
Paris
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
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
Marie-Auguste Luzeau de la Mulonnière1762–1792 · Catholic priest- Joseph Bécavin1767–1792 · cleric
- Karol Jeremiasz Bérauld du Pérou1737–1792 · Catholic priest
Louis René Quentin de Richebourg de Champcenetz1760–1794 · journalistLouis René Quentin de Richebourg de Champcenetz (1759, in Paris â 23 July 1794, Paris) was a French journalist guillotined for his writings.
- Thomas Millet1750
Armand de Foucauld de Pontbriand1751–1792 · Catholic priestArmand de Foucauld de Pontbriand (24 November 1751 â 2 September 1792) was a French Catholic prelate who served as vicar general of the Archdiocese of Arles and was one of the 191 Catholic Martyrs of September 1792, killed in the September Massacres during the French Revolution.
Jacques-Augustin Robert de Lézardière1768–1792 · Catholic deacon.jpg)
Pierre-Louis de La Rochefoucauld1744–1792 · politician
Antoine Destutt de Tracy1754–1836 · philosopherAntoine Louis Claude Destutt, comte de Tracy (French: [dÉstyt dÉ tÊasi]; 20 July 1754 â 9 March 1836) was a French Enlightenment aristocrat and philosopher who coined the term "ideology" and was the leading theorist of the idéologues.
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Contact & address
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Conditions Risk Score
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Data completeness
16%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q3403987)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Carmes Prison. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/carmes-prison
Chicago
"Carmes Prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/carmes-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-carmes-prison,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Carmes Prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/carmes-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}