 Front entrance to Saint-Gilles Prison | |
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| Coordinates | 50°49′17″N 04°20′51″E / 50.82139°N 4.34750°E |
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| Status | Operational (scheduled to close) |
| Capacity | 750 |
| Opened | 1884 |
| Street address | Avenue Ducpétiaux / Ducpétiauxlaan 106/N 242 |
| City | Saint-Gilles, Brussels-Capital Region |
| Postal code | 1060 |
| Country | Belgium |
| Notable prisoners | |
| Edith Cavell, Louise de Bettignies, Gabrielle Petit, Alexander von Falkenhausen | |
Saint-Gilles Prison (French: Prison de Saint-Gilles, Dutch: Gevangenis van Sint-Gillis) is a prison in Brussels, Belgium, that opened in 1884.[1] It is located on the borders of the municipalities of Saint-Gilles, Ixelles and Forest, next to Forest Prison and Berkendael Prison.
Representative of the cellular system established during the 19th century,[2] Saint-Gilles Prison was for a long time emblematic of overcrowding in Belgian prisons. Its infrastructure being in very poor condition, it is scheduled to close at the end of 2024, when it will be replaced by Haren Prison.[3]
- ^ "Plus d'infos sur la prison de Saint-Gilles" [More information on Saint-Gilles prison]. Service public fédéral de justice (SPF Justice) (in French). Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ Feyaerts 2018, p. 17–31.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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