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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 1200 cells, a smaller one for women and a penitentiary hospital.
Contributor: C. Peter Chen. The Fresnes Prison was located in the town of Fresnes south of Paris, France. It was constructed between 1895 and 1898. During the German occupation of France in WW2, it housed captured British Special Operations Executive agents and members of the Resistance.
By Roderick Miller. At least 24 Channel Islanders were incarcerated between late 1941 and 1944 in Fresnes Prison (Maison d’arrêt de Fresnes, Centre pénitentiaire de Fresnes), in the southern suburbs of Paris in the Val-de-Marne department of France. The prison was originally built between 1895 and 1898 and remains the second-largest ...
Jun 25, 2017 · With 2,500 inmates, the penitentiary institution of Fresnes, about 20 miles south of Paris, is one of the largest prisons in Europe. Like most French prisons, Fresnes is overcrowded. Built...
- Eleanor Beardsley
Le centre pénitentiaire de Fresnes, couramment appelé la prison de Fresnes, est un établissement pénitentiaire français situé à Fresnes, dans le département du Val-de-Marne, en région Île-de-France.
Apr 30, 2021 · Les prisons de Fresnes regroupent plusieurs établissements : la maison d'arrêt des hommes (le grand quartier qui fut prison allemande), le centre national d'observation (CNO) créé en 1985 (précédemment centre national d'orientation depuis 1950), la maison d'arrêt des femmes et l'établissement public de santé national de Fresnes (EPSNF) installé ...
Jan 15, 2019 · They were sent to Fresnes Prison in Paris, and soon were interrogated at 84 Avenue Foch, the notorious Gestapo headquarters.
