Brazil · Minas Gerais · São Lourenço
Presídio de São Lourenço
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Capacity
281
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1647
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 30 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1647
Region
Minas Gerais
Security level
—
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.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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Compared to other facilities in Brazil
3538 peersData completeness
48%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- SISDEPEN â Sistema de Informações do DEPEN/SENAPPEN — Brazilian Ministry of Justice (SENAPPEN)
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q18479278)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Presídio de São Lourenço. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/forte-de-sao-lourenco
"Presídio de São Lourenço." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/forte-de-sao-lourenco.
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title = {Presídio de São Lourenço},
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urldate = {2026-10-20}
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