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Cherche-Midi prison
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Background
The Cherche-Midi prison was a French military prison located in Paris, France. It housed military prisoners between 1851 and 1947. Construction on the prison began in 1847, when the former convent of the Daughters of the Good Shepherd was demolished on Rue du Cherche-Midi in Paris. The prison was modeled after the Auburn prison in Auburn, New York, and consisted of 200 solitary confinement cells. The prison population consisted of military personnel convicted of crimes by military tribunal, draft dodgers, deserters and occasional political prisoners.
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Facility profile
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Region
6th arrondissement of Paris
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Death-row facility
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Notable inmates
- Raymond Justice1920–1941 · stevedore
- Abel Bouyer1889–1942 · cultivator
- Jacques Nicolaï1881–1942 · banker
- Paul Grossin1914–1941 · sewerage cleaner
- Louis Blaise1891–1942
- Albert Antoine1889–1941 · inspector
- Louis Labonne1902–1942 · painter and varnisher
- Gaston Dourdin1904–1942
- Hermann Dorian Hartung1886–1941 · journalist
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Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q2719058)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Cherche-Midi prison. Retrieved July 22, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/cherche-midi-prison
Chicago
"Cherche-Midi prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/cherche-midi-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-cherche-midi-prison,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Cherche-Midi prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/cherche-midi-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-22}
}