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Centro Preventivo y de Reinserción Social Topo Chico (historic)

State (decommissioned)MaximummaleClosed 2019LowHigh
Verified 29 May 2026
Fresh · 0d ago

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Capacity

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

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Closed 2019

Facility profile

Operator

Nuevo León — Sistema Penitenciario (closed)

Population held

male

Opened

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Region

Nuevo León

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

Closed September 2019 after the February 2016 inmate-on-inmate riot that killed 49.

Contact & address

Avenida Rodrigo Gómez, Monterrey 64260
Official site

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

10/100
Low concern10/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
0/15
Death signals
10/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · In-custody-death signal in sources
  • · Mass-event keyword in sources (riot / massacre / uprising)

Compared to other facilities in Mexico

141 peers
Conditions risk scorethis: 10/100 · peers avg: 7/100 (+50%)

Higher risk than 67% of peer facilities in Mexico.

Data completeness

50%

How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.

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