Mazas Prison
Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always verify with primary sources before acting on any figure. See data sources.
For families
How to send mail, money, and visit Mazas Prison
Step-by-step guidance using the France system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Gallery
From Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA where not otherwise stated).
Photo by Joseph Forest, Mbzt via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
Photo by Bruant, Aristide (1851-1925). Compositeur. Parolier via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Bruant, Aristide (1851-1925). Compositeur. Parolier via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Alphonse Bertillon via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)
Photo by Maximilien Luce via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by various via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Anonyme, graveur en médailles - Médailleur via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)
Photo by Anonyme, graveur en médailles - Médailleur via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)
Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1841
Closed 1898
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1841
Region
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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
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.