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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)

  • Cantabria 1979 07.jpg

    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

Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1907

Region

Cantabria

Security level

—

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

  • Santiago Mainar Sauras
    1955 · Agente Forestal
  • Rafael Henche de la Plata
    1886–1961 · politician
  • Antonio Buero Vallejo
    Antonio Buero Vallejo
    1916–2000 · playwright

    Antonio Buero Vallejo (September 29, 1916 – April 29, 2000) was a Spanish playwright associated with the Generation of '36 movement and considered the most important Spanish dramatist of the Spanish Civil War.

  • Florencio Pla Meseguer
    Florencio Pla Meseguer
    1917–2004 · herder

    Florencio Pla Meseguer, known as La Pastora ("The Shepherdess") (Teresa Pla Meseguer; February 1, 1917 – January 1, 2004), was an intersex Spanish fighter in the Maquis, the anti-fascist guerrilla resistance during and after the Spanish Civil War.

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

Contact & address

Avenida de Berria, 2, Santoña 39740
+34 942662012
[email protected]

Conditions Risk Score

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Compared to other facilities in Spain

282 peers
Capacity (beds)this: 336 · peers avg: 1145 (71%)

Data completeness

48%

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Penal de El Dueso. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/penal-de-el-dueso
Chicago
"Penal de El Dueso." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/penal-de-el-dueso.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-penal-de-el-dueso,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Penal de El Dueso},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/penal-de-el-dueso},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}