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Patarei prison

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  • AIDAaura anchored in Tallinn Bay Kalamaja Tallinn 28 July 2020.jpg

    Photo by Pjotr Mahhonin via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Barbed wire outside of Paterei prison.jpg

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  • Detail of Memorial to Murdered French Jews of Convoy 73 - Outside Patarei Prison - Tallinn - Estonia - 01 (36045852985).jpg

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  • Detail of Memorial to Murdered French Jews of Convoy 73 - Outside Patarei Prison - Tallinn - Estonia - 02 (36045671345).jpg

    Photo by Adam Jones via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • Doors - panoramio (4).jpg

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  • Hanging room at Patarei prison in Tallinn, Estonia.jpg

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  • Inner courtyard of Patarei prison.jpg

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Capacity

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

1920

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1920

Region

Security level

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

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Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Contact & address

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Data completeness

20%

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