Saint-Michel Prison (Toulouse)
Saint-Michel prison is a former penal institution located in Toulouse, in service from 1872 to 2009, known for its role during the Occupation and its characteristic 19th century architecture. History Creation Saint-Michel prison, located at 18 bis de la Grande-rue Saint-Michel in Toulouse, was designed by architect Jacques-Jean Esquié in 1855. It was built between 1861 and 1869. Initially designed to accommodate 400 Prisoner, inmates, it opened in 1872 after temporarily serving as a hospital following the Franco-Prussian War. It was the first French prison built on the Panopticon, panoptic model, allowing a single guard to monitor all the cells on their floor from a central point. During World War II Between 1940 and 1942, the Vichy France, Vichy regime used the Saint-Michel prison to intern resistance fighters who had been arrested and sentenced to prison terms. Between November 11, 1942 and August 19, 1944, the Saint-Michel prison was a central location for Nazism, Nazi ...
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