All prisons
All in France →
France · Ãle-de-France · Fresnes
Maison d'arrêt de Fresnes
Maison d'arrêtMixedmixedHigh
Verified
Fresh · 2mo 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Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date.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 Maison d'arrêt de Fresnes
Step-by-step guidance using the France system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Gallery
From Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA where not otherwise stated).
Photo by Jules Beau via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Jules Beau via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Jules Beau via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Jules Beau via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Chabe01 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Photo by Beau, Jules (1864-1932). Photographe via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Siren-Com via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)
Photo by Scanné par Like tears in rain via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
One of the three largest French prisons. Includes a national hospital establishment for inmates.
Background
Fresnes Prison (French Centre pénitentiaire de Fresnes) is the second largest prison in France, located in the town of Fresnes, Val-de-Marne, south of Paris. It comprises a large men's prison (maison d'arrêt) of about 1,200 cells, a smaller one for women and a penitentiary hospital. Fresnes is one of the three main prisons of the Paris area, Fleury-Mérogis (Europe's largest prison) and La Santé (located in Paris) being the other two.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
—
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1898
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Administration pénitentiairePopulation held
mixed
Opened
1898
Region
Ãle-de-France
Security level
Mixed
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
- André Cholet1901–1943
- Louis Le Guen1907–1943 · factory worker
- Chuna Bajtsztok1923–1943 · electrician
- Raymond Jaclard1920–1944
- Jean Letienne1910–1942
- Simone Michel-Lévy1906–1945 · French resistance fighter
Simone Michel-Lévy (19 January 1906 â 13 April 1945) was a French Resistance worker.
- Pierre Doucet1912–1943
- Roger Comte1922–1943 · cabinetmaker
- François Sachetti1923–1944
Showing 9 of 12. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
—
Insufficient data
We don't have enough public data on this facility to score it. Have something to add? Send us a correction.
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
- Maison d'arrêt de NiceNiceMixedMaison d'arrêt
- Maison d'arrêt de BesançonBesançonMixedMaison d'arrêt
- Maison d'arrêt de BourgesBourgesMixedMaison d'arrêt
- Maison d'arrêt de VillepinteVillepinteMixedMaison d'arrêt
- Maison d'arrêt de StrasbourgStrasbourgMixedMaison d'arrêt
- Maison d'arrêt de GrasseGrasseMixedMaison d'arrêt
Data completeness
62%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Ministère de la Justice â Fresnes
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Direction de l'administration pénitentiaire â France — Ministère de la Justice (République française)
- Wikidata (Q5503154)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- 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). Maison d'arrêt de Fresnes. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/maison-d-arret-de-fresnes
Chicago
"Maison d'arrêt de Fresnes." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/maison-d-arret-de-fresnes.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-maison-d-arret-de-fresnes,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Maison d'arrêt de Fresnes},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/maison-d-arret-de-fresnes},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}