Centre Penitenciari Obert 2 - Presó de dones de la Trinitat

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Centre Penitenciari Obert 2 - Presó de dones de la Trinitat

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Located in an enormous D-shaped block, with a central courtyard and sports facilities, this was a women’s prison during the Franco years but is now a centre for minors.

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The women’s prison of Trinitat Vella was opened in 1963. A high number of political prisoners were kept in the prison. The aim of the pro-Francoist nuns was to re-educate political prisoners. When Franco died, fourteen prisoners went on hunger strike in protest against the degrading treatment they had been receiving. The penitentiary reforms of 1978 led to the nuns’ replacement by officials and to the implementation of new prison regulations. The prison became a youth detention centre in 1983, for people under the age of 21. Work began on demolishing the old prison in 2009 and the site is now an open detention facility for youths.

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