Mexico · Estado de México · Almoloya de Juárez
CEFERESO No. 1 Altiplano
Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always verify with primary sources before acting on any figure. See data sources.
For families
How to send mail, money, and visit CEFERESO No. 1 Altiplano
Step-by-step guidance using the Mexico system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Mexico's flagship maximum-security federal prison. Holds senior cartel leaders.
Capacity
—
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1991
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
OADPRS — Federal Penitentiary System
Population held
male
Opened
1991
Region
Estado de México
Security level
Maximum
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
Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán (escaped 2015, recaptured 2016, extradited 2017), Rafael Caro Quintero (re-arrested 2022).
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Data completeness
58%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- OADPRS — Altiplano
- Sistema Penitenciario Federal y estatales — México (consolidated) — Órgano Administrativo Desconcentrado de Prevención y Readaptación Social + state penitentiary agencies
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.