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Patarei prison

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  • 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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  • 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

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1920

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Operator

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1920

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.

Notable inmates

  • Ants Kaljurand
    Ants Kaljurand
    1917–1951 · military personnel

    Ants Kaljurand (20 October 1917 – 13 March 1951) popularly known as Terrifying Ants, (Estonian: Hirmus Ants), was an Estonian anti-communist, and forest brother during and after World War II.

  • Sabine Zlatin
    1907–1996 · painter

    Sabine Zlatin (13 January 1907 – 21 September 1996) was a Polish-born Jewish Frenchwoman who hid Jewish children during World War II.

  • Miron Zlatin
    Miron Zlatin
    1904–1943 · French resistance fighter

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

Contact & address

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Patarei prison. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/patarei-prison
Chicago
"Patarei prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/patarei-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-patarei-prison,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Patarei prison},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/patarei-prison},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}