Tarrafal camp
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How to send mail, money, and visit Tarrafal camp
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1936
Closed 1974
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
PIDEPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1936
Region
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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
Mário Castelhano1896–1940 · workerMário Castelhano (1896â1940) was a Portuguese anarcho-syndicalist, railway worker and journalist.
- António Jacinto1924–1991 · poet
António Jacinto do Amaral Martins (28 September 1924 â 23 June 1991) was an Angolan poet and politician.
- Luís de Matos Monteiro da Fonseca1944 · politician
LuÃs de Matos Monteiro da Fonseca (born 17 May 1944 in Santo Antão, Portuguese Cape Verde) is a Cape Verdean diplomat and civil servant.
- Vicente José da Costa Pinto de Andrade1950 · politician
- Cândido de Oliveira1896–1958 · association football player
Cândido Plácido Fernandes de Oliveira (24 September 1896 â 23 June 1958) was a Portuguese football player, coach, and sports journalist. The Portuguese Super Cup is named after him, being officially known as Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.
- José Luandino Vieira1935 · writer
José Luandino Vieira (born José Vieira Mateus da Graça on 4 May 1935) is an Angolan writer of short fiction and novels.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
Data completeness
20%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q1031493)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Tarrafal camp. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/tarrafal-camp
"Tarrafal camp." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/tarrafal-camp.
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title = {Tarrafal camp},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-10-15}
}