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Centre de détention de Joux-la-Ville
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(selon l'OIP) Adresse : La Poste-aux-alouettes 89440 Joux-la-Ville. Date de mise en service : 1990. Nature : Centre de détention. Capacité opérationnelle : 599 places pour 564 personnes hébergées. Densité carcérale : 100,0 %.
Capacity
600
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1990
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 9 Jul 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1990
Region
Joux-la-Ville
Security level
—
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
(selon le CGLPL) Rapport de visite du centre de détention de Joux-la-Ville (Yonne). Date(s) de visite : Du 24/03/2009 au 26/03/2009.
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
- Taha Oualidat? · criminal
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
This facility scores 0. The national average across 732 scored France facilities is 12 — 12 points below national average.
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Compared to other facilities in France
731 peersData completeness
62%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- CGLPL – Rapport de visite
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q22248666)
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Centre de détention de Joux-la-Ville. Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/centre-de-detention-de-joux-la-ville
"Centre de détention de Joux-la-Ville." World Prisons. Accessed October 25, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/centre-de-detention-de-joux-la-ville.
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title = {Centre de détention de Joux-la-Ville},
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