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Carabanchel Prison
Closed 2008Low
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Photo by Mánel from Madrid, Spain via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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Photo by Mánel from Madrid, Spain via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Photo by gaelx from Madrid / A Coruña via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Photo by Mánel from Madrid, Spain via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Photo by Mánel from Madrid, Spain via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Photo by gaelx from Madrid / A Coruña via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Photo by Mánel from Madrid, Spain via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Background
Carabanchel Prison (Spanish: Cárcel de Carabanchel) was a prison located in the Carabanchel neighbourhood of Madrid, Spain. It was opened in Francoist Spain in 1944 to house political prisoners after the Spanish Civil War. Carabanchel Prison was one of the biggest prisons in Europe until its closure in 1998 and its demolition in 2008.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
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Closed 2008
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
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Region
Madrid
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
- Julio Martínez Victoria1931–1990 · shipbuilder
Jaume Pérez Montaner1938 · university teacher
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
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Data completeness
16%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q3817241)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Carabanchel Prison. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/carabanchel-prison
Chicago
"Carabanchel Prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/carabanchel-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-carabanchel-prison,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Carabanchel Prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/carabanchel-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}