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Model Prison of Barcelona
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Background
The Barcelona Men's Penitentiary Center, more widely known as la Model (in Catalan language), is a former penitentiary center located in Barcelona, that was used as a prison until 2017. It currently serves as a memorial space, open to the public for visits.
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
1887
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1887
Region
La Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample
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
Lluís Martí Bielsa1921–2019 · politician.JPG)
Salvador Seguí1887–1923 · anarcho-syndicalist- Francisco Javier de la Rosa Martí1947 · broker
Francisco Javier de la Rosa (born 1947) is a Spanish lawyer and businessman. De la Rosa was the head of the Spanish conglomerate called Grupo Torras during the six years from 1986 to 1992, when the London-based Kuwait Investment Office (KIO) invested $5 billion in Torras.
- Josep Pujol i Capsada1869–1944 · physician
Pierre Dac1893–1975 · film actorAndré Isaac (15 August 1893 Châlons-sur-Marne, France â 9 February 1975 Paris, France), better known as Pierre Dac, was a French humorist.
Eveli Torent1876–1940 · painter- Lluís Martí Bielsa1921–2019 · politician
Manuel Otero Martínez1916–1944 · military personnel
Nazario Luque1944 · painterNazario Luque Vera (born January 3, 1944), known simply as Nazario, is a Spanish comics artist and painter, considered "the father of Spanish underground comics", and one of the most prominent names of gay comics, along with Tom of Finland and Ralf König.
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Contact & address
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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
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q3753103)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Model Prison of Barcelona. Retrieved July 22, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/model-prison-of-barcelona
Chicago
"Model Prison of Barcelona." World Prisons. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/model-prison-of-barcelona.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-model-prison-of-barcelona,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Model Prison of Barcelona},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/model-prison-of-barcelona},
urldate = {2026-07-22}
}