France · Grand Est · Ville-sous-la-Ferté
Maison centrale de Clairvaux
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Founded by Napoleon on the site of the former Cistercian abbey. Closed in 2023 after 215 years of operation.
Background
Clairvaux Prison was a high-security prison in France, on the grounds of the former Clairvaux Abbey.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1808
Closed 2023
Facility profile
Operator
Administration pénitentiaire
Population held
male
Opened
1808
Region
Grand Est
Security level
Maximum
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
Data completeness
62%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Ministère de la Justice — MC Clairvaux
- Direction de l'administration pénitentiaire — France — Ministère de la Justice (République française)
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.