Colombia · Localidad Puente Aranda
La Modelo
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Background
La Modelo (English: The Model [Prison]) is a prison in Bogotá, Colombia. With 15,000 inmates, the facility is known for its violence. Different areas of the prison are controlled by different factions of paramilitaries, guerrilla fighters, and drug cartels. Most of the prisoners at La Modelo are not associated with any factions. Prison guards do not carry weapons in the prison, except for a baton.
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Capacity
2,907
Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 28 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
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Region
Localidad Puente Aranda
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.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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Data completeness
40%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q88801355)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). La Modelo. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/la-modelo
"La Modelo." World Prisons. Accessed October 23, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/la-modelo.
@misc{worldprisons-la-modelo,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {La Modelo},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/la-modelo},
urldate = {2026-10-23}
}