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Centre penitentiaire de Bordeaux-Gradignan
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Capacity
407
Current population
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Year opened
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Operational
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Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
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Region
Gradignan
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
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Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- Claude Bez1940–1999 · Chartered Certified Accountant
Claude Bez (November 4, 1940 â January 26, 1999), former Bordeaux soccer team chairman, was a personality in French football culture of the 1980s.
- Bruno Sulak1955–1985 · gangster
- Patrice de Maistre1949 · financial adviser
- Lionel Cardon1958
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Maurice Papon1910–2007 · politicianMaurice Papon (French: [mÉÊis papÉÌ, moÊ-]; 3 September 1910 â 17 February 2007) was a French civil servant, mass murderer and Nazi collaborator who was convicted of crimes against humanity committed during the occupation of France.
- François Besse1944 · gangster
- Thierry Tilly1964 · con artist
- Ljubomir Barin1930–2017 · sports agent
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Compared to other facilities in France
731 peersCapacity (beds)this: 407 · peers avg: 344 (+18%)
Data completeness
34%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q3279230)
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Centre penitentiaire de Bordeaux-Gradignan. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/q3279230
Chicago
"Centre penitentiaire de Bordeaux-Gradignan." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/q3279230.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-q3279230,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Centre penitentiaire de Bordeaux-Gradignan},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/q3279230},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}