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Penal de El Dueso

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  • A Dueso (Espagne) - la cellule 52 où sera Sanjuyo - btv1b9035653w.jpg

    Photo by Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse. Agence photographique (commanditaire) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • A Dueso (Espagne) - les déportés dans la cour de la prison - btv1b9035655q.jpg

    Photo by Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse. Agence photographique (commanditaire) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • A Dueso (Espagne) - les déportés dans la cour de la prison - btv1b9035658z.jpg

    Photo by Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse. Agence photographique (commanditaire) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • A Dueso (Espagne) - vue intérieure de la prison où Sanjuyo purgera sa peine - une galerie de cellules - btv1b9035635z.jpg

    Photo by Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse. Agence photographique (commanditaire) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • A Dueso (Espagne) - vue intérieure de la prison où Sanjuyo purgera sa peine - une galerie de cellules - btv1b9035652g.jpg

    Photo by Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse. Agence photographique (commanditaire) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • ADueso (Espagne) - vue extérieure de la prison où Sanjuyo purgera sa peine - btv1b9035634j.jpg

    Photo by Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse. Agence photographique (commanditaire) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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    Photo by LBM1948 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Cantabria Santoña cementerio 02 lou.JPG

    Photo by Lourdes Cardenal via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Capacity

336

Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1907

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1907

Region

Santoña

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

2 Avenida de Berria, Santoña 39740
+34 942662012
administrador.eldueso@dgip.mir.es

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Compared to other facilities in Spain

239 peers
Capacity (beds)this: 336 · peers avg: 1164 (71%)

Data completeness

36%

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