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Prison Saint-Paul
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Gallery
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Photo by Jeanne Menjoulet from Paris, France via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Photo by Jeanne Menjoulet from Paris, France via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Photo by Jeanne Menjoulet from Paris, France via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Photo by Jeanne Menjoulet from Paris, France via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Photo by Jeanne Menjoulet from Paris, France via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Photo by Jeanne Menjoulet from Paris, France via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Photo by Jeanne Menjoulet from Paris, France via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Photo by Jeanne Menjoulet from Paris, France via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Capacity
550
Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
2015
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
2015
Region
2nd arrondissement of Lyon
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
Berty Albrecht1893–1943 · journalistBerty Albrecht (15 February 1893 â 31 May 1943) was a French feminist and French Resistance martyr of the Second World War.
- François Morin-Forestier1910–1980 · French resistance fighter
Jean Nocher1908–1967 · journalist
Jean-Jacques Brochier1937–2004 · journalistJean-Jacques Brochier (28 December 1937 â 29 October 2004), the son of a physician, was a French journalist, and chief editor of Le Magazine Littéraire from 1968 to 2004.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
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Compared to other facilities in France
731 peersCapacity (beds)this: 550 · peers avg: 343 (+60%)
Data completeness
22%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q3404020)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Prison Saint-Paul. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/prison-saint-paul
Chicago
"Prison Saint-Paul." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/prison-saint-paul.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-prison-saint-paul,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Prison Saint-Paul},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/prison-saint-paul},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}