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Mazas Prison
Closed 1898Low
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1841
Closed 1898
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1841
Region
12th arrondissement of Paris
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.
Notable inmates
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Victor Pidoux1807–1879 · lawyer
Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière1806–1865 · politicianChristophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière (French: [lamÉÊisjÉÊ]; 5 September 1806 â 11 September 1865) was a 19th-century French general.
- Eugène Fombertaux1821–1896 · revolutionary
Jules Allix1818–1903 · activistJules Allix (9 September 1818 â 1 September 1903) was a French feminist, socialist, political activist and eccentric inventor.
Zo d'Axa1864–1930 · journalistAlphonse Gallaud de la Pérouse (28 May 1864 â 30 August 1930), better known as Zo d'Axa (French pronunciation: [zo daksa]), was a French adventurer, anti-militarist, satirist, journalist, and founder of two of the most legendary French magazines, L'EnDehors and La Feuille.
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Henri Ranvier1857–1918 · politician
Charles Chatel1868–1897 · journalist
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
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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
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q452741)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Mazas Prison. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/mazas-prison
Chicago
"Mazas Prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/mazas-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-mazas-prison,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Mazas Prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/mazas-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}