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Centre de détention de Melun
Centre de détentionMediummaleLowHigh
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(selon l'OIP) Adresse : 12 rue du Président Despatys 77012 Melun. Date de mise en service : 2006. Nature : Centre de semi-liberté. Capacité opérationnelle : 43 places pour 56 personnes hébergées. Densité carcérale : 130,2 %.
Capacity
308
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
2006
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 9 Jul 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Administration pénitentiairePopulation held
male
Opened
2006
Region
Ãle-de-France
Security level
Medium
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
(selon le CGLPL) Rapport de visite du centre de semi-liberté de Melun (Seine-et-Marne). Date(s) de visite : Du 19/02/2013 au 21/02/2013.
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
Jean-Jacques Pillot1808–1877 · writerJean-Jacques Pillot (9 August 1808 â 13 June 1877) was a French revolutionary and republican communist.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
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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.
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Compared to other facilities in France
731 peersCapacity (beds)this: 308 · peers avg: 344 (10%)
Data completeness
78%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Ministère de la Justice â Melun
- CGLPL – Rapport de visite
- Direction de l'administration pénitentiaire â France — Ministère de la Justice (République française)
- Wikidata (Q20754641)
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Centre de détention de Melun. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/centre-de-detention-de-melun
Chicago
"Centre de détention de Melun." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/centre-de-detention-de-melun.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-centre-de-detention-de-melu,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Centre de détention de Melun},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/centre-de-detention-de-melun},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}