All prisonsAll in France →
France · Mauzac-et-Grand-Castang · Mauzac-et-Grand-Castang
centre de detention de Mauzac
LowLow
Verified
Fresh · 12d 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Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date.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 centre de detention de Mauzac
Step-by-step guidance using the France system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
(selon l'OIP) Adresse : Sablières 24150 Mauzac. Date de mise en service : 1986. Nature : Centre de détention. Capacité opérationnelle : 369 places pour 365 personnes hébergées. Densité carcérale : 98,9 %.
Capacity
332
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1939
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 9 Jul 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1939
Region
Mauzac-et-Grand-Castang
Security level
—
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
(selon le CGLPL) Rapport de visite du centre de détention de Mauzac (Dordogne). Date(s) de visite : Du 09/08/2010 au 13/08/2010 et du 13/09/2010 au 14/09/2010.
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
.jpg)
Magda Fontanges1905–1960 · journalistMagda Fontanges (10 May 1905 â 1 October 1960), also known as Madeleine Coraboeuf, was a French actress, journalist and a spy for the Germany Secret Service between 1940 and 1943.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
0/100
Low concern0/100
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
This facility scores 0. The national average across 732 scored France facilities is 12 — 12 points below national average.
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
- Maison d'arrêt BayonneBayonnepretrialMaison d'arrêt209% occupancy
- Maison d'arrêt CarcassonnepretrialMaison d'arrêt236% occupancy
- Maison d'arrêt LimogesLimogespretrialMaison d'arrêt219% occupancy
- Maison d'arrêt VannespretrialMaison d'arrêt200% occupancy
- Maison d'arrêt AuxerreAuxerrepretrialMaison d'arrêt208% occupancy
- Maison d'arrêt AmiensAmienspretrialMaison d'arrêt212% occupancy
Compared to other facilities in France
731 peersCapacity (beds)this: 332 · peers avg: 344 (3%)
Data completeness
62%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- CGLPL – Rapport de visite
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q21858378)
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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). centre de detention de Mauzac. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/centre-de-detention-de-mauzac
Chicago
"centre de detention de Mauzac." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/centre-de-detention-de-mauzac.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-centre-de-detention-de-mauz,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {centre de detention de Mauzac},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/centre-de-detention-de-mauzac},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}