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Montluc prison
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1921
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1921
Region
3rd arrondissement of Lyon
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
- Hélène Metzger1889–1944 · philosopher
Hélène Metzger (26 August 1889 â 7 March 1944) was a French philosopher of science and historian of science.
- Jean Gay1907–1984 · French resistance fighter
- Maurice Sauthier1918–1958 · French resistance fighter
André Devigny1916–1999 · military personnelAndré Devigny (25 May 1916 â 12 February 1999) was a French soldier and member of the Résistance.
- Ãmile Terroine1882–1974 · physiologist
- René Gimpel1881–1945 · publisher
René Albert Gimpel (4 October 1881â3 January 1945) was a French art dealer of Alsatian Jewish descent who died in 1945 in Neuengamme concentration camp, near Hamburg, Germany.
- Francisque Payé1904–1944 · railway worker
- Simone Lagrange1930–2016 · Judaism
- Nazi roundup of the children of Izieu (1944)?
Izieu (French pronunciation: [izjø]) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
Showing 9 of 12. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
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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
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q13518318)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Montluc prison. Retrieved July 22, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/montluc-prison
Chicago
"Montluc prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/montluc-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-montluc-prison,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Montluc prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/montluc-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-22}
}