Libertad jail

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Verified 29 May 2026

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Sources last reviewed on 29 May 2026

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Capacity

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1972

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Operator

Joint Forces

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1972

Region

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Security level

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Death-row facility

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

Carlos Liscano
1949–2023 · translator
Wladimir Turiansky
1927–2015 · politician
Julio Battistoni
1945 · politician
Jorge Manera
1929 · civil engineer
Hugo Rodríguez Aldabalde
?–2011 · teacher
Juan Carlos Ibarguren Alzáibar
1943–2003 · visual artist
Hiber Conteris
1933–2020 · journalist
Hiber Conteris (PaysandÃº, 23 September 1933 â 2 June 2020) was a Uruguayan writer, playwright, and literary critic. He wrote extensively in the pages of Marcha and, as a Methodist, he was very influential in the Protestant world.
Juan Baladán Gadea
1942 · musician
Victor Rossi
1943 · politician
VÃctor Rossi (La Paz, Canelones Department, 10 April 1943) is a Uruguayan politician. A man of the Broad Front, he is serving his second office as Minister of Transportation and Public Works.

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

Contact & address

No public contact details available.

Conditions Risk Score

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Data completeness

20%

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Sources

Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
Wikidata (Q54849687)
Wikimedia Commons
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APA

World Prisons. (2026). Libertad jail. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/libertad-jail

Chicago

"Libertad jail." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/libertad-jail.

BibTeX

@misc{worldprisons-libertad-jail,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Libertad jail},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/libertad-jail},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}