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Penal de El Dueso
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Photo by Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse. Agence photographique (commanditaire) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse. Agence photographique (commanditaire) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse. Agence photographique (commanditaire) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse. Agence photographique (commanditaire) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse. Agence photographique (commanditaire) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse. Agence photographique (commanditaire) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
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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 Sauras1955 · Agente Forestal
- Rafael Henche de la Plata1886–1961 · politician
Antonio Buero Vallejo1916–2000 · playwrightAntonio Buero Vallejo (September 29, 1916 â 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.
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Florencio Pla Meseguer1917–2004 · herderFlorencio Pla Meseguer, known as La Pastora ("The Shepherdess") (Teresa Pla Meseguer; February 1, 1917 â 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.
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Conditions Risk Score
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Compared to other facilities in Spain
282 peersCapacity (beds)this: 336 · peers avg: 1145 (71%)
Data completeness
48%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- OpenStreetMap prison record
- SGIP — Instituciones Penitenciarias
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Spain SGIP + DGSP prison facilities — Secretaría General de Instituciones Penitenciarias / Departament de Justícia (Cataluña)
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q3754379)
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Penal de El Dueso. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/penal-de-el-dueso
Chicago
"Penal de El Dueso." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 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 = {2026-07-21}
}