Fort Dimanche
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For families
How to send mail, money, and visit Fort Dimanche
Step-by-step guidance using the Haiti system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Background
Fort Dimanche is a fortress and former prison in Haiti located near La Saline in Port-au-Prince that was notorious for torture and murder during the reign of François Duvalier. It was declared a monument in 1987. The original Fort Dimanche was built by the French when Haiti was a colony prior to 1804 and fell into disrepair. It became a military facility built by the US Marines in the 1920s during the American occupation of Haiti. Already prior to Duvalier it may have been used for the handling of political prisoners.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1804
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 22 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1804
Region
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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
- Jean-Jacques Dessalines Ambroise1923–1965 · politician
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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 (Q3077851)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Fort Dimanche. Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fort-dimanche
"Fort Dimanche." World Prisons. Accessed October 17, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fort-dimanche.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Fort Dimanche},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fort-dimanche},
urldate = {2026-10-17}
}