Model Prison of Barcelona
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For families
How to send mail, money, and visit Model Prison of Barcelona
Step-by-step guidance using the Spain system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Gallery
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Photo by Enric via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Photo by Enric via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Photo by Enric via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Photo by Enric via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Photo by Enfo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Photo by Enfo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Photo by Enric via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1887
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
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.