World Prisons
All prisons

Belgium

Saint-Gilles Prison

Low
Verified
Aging · 5mo ago
Sources last reviewed on

Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always verify with primary sources before acting on any figure. See data sources.

For families

How to send mail, money, and visit Saint-Gilles Prison

Step-by-step guidance using the Belgium system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.

Open toolkit
Photograph of Saint-Gilles Prison

Capacity

504

Current population

—

Occupancy

—

Year opened

1884

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 28 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1884

Region

—

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

  • Régine Krochmal
    1920–2012 · resistance fighter
  • Natalis Dumez
    1890–1976 · politician
  • Eva Kaili
    Eva Kaili
    1978 · journalist

    Eva Kaili (Greek: Εύα Καϊλή; born 26 October 1978) is a Greek former politician who was a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2014 to 2024.

  • Odile Henri-Ovart
    1892–1945 · pedagogue
  • Valentine Ployart
    1909–1945 · resistance fighter
  • Gabrielle Petit
    Gabrielle Petit
    1893–1916 · spy

    Gabrielle Alina Eugenia Maria Petit (20 February 1893 – 1 April 1916) was a Belgian spy who worked for the British Secret Service in German-occupied Belgium during World War I.

  • Marc Tarabella
    Marc Tarabella
    1963 · politician

    Marc Tarabella (born 11 March 1963) is a Belgian politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament for the French Community of Belgium from 2004 to 2007 and from 2009 to 2024.

  • Paul Halter
    1920–2013 · aristocrat
  • Elsie Maréchal
    Elsie Maréchal
    1924–2022 · resistance fighter

Showing 9 of 12. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

Contact & address

+32 2 543 56 11
Official site

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

—
Insufficient data
We don't have enough public data on this facility to score it. Have something to add? Send us a correction.

Related facilities

All in Belgium →

Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.

Compared to other facilities in Belgium

78 peers
Capacity (beds)this: 504 · peers avg: 264 (+91%)

Data completeness

34%

How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.

Sources

Cite this page

Under CC-BY-4.0. Include the URL and access date; the site is a living reference and entries can change.

APA
World Prisons. (2026). Saint-Gilles Prison. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/saint-gilles-prison
Chicago
"Saint-Gilles Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 16, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/saint-gilles-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-saint-gilles-prison,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Saint-Gilles Prison},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/saint-gilles-prison},
  urldate = {2026-10-16}
}