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La Catedral
Closed 1992Low
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Background
La Catedral was a personal prison overlooking the city of MedellÃn, in Colombia. The prison was built to specifications ordered by MedellÃn Cartel leader Pablo Escobar, under a 1991 agreement with the Colombian government in which Escobar would surrender to authorities and serve a maximum term of five full years and the Colombian government would not extradite him to the United States. The prison has since been converted into a monastery by Catholic monks of the Benedictine Order.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1991
Closed 1992
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1991
Region
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
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Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
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Known issues
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Contact & address
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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 (Q1619360)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). La Catedral. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/la-catedral
Chicago
"La Catedral." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/la-catedral.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-la-catedral,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {La Catedral},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/la-catedral},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}