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The Barcelona Men's Penitentiary Center, more widely known as la Model or la Modelo, is a former penitentiary center located in Barcelona, that was used as a prison until 2017. [1] It currently serves as a memorial space, open to the public for visits.
Taking place from 1976 to 1978, [3] during the so-called Transition, the plot is inspired by the real attempted prison break from Barcelona's Cárcel Modelo attempted by 45 inmates in 1978, after a rebellion led by the Coordinadora de presos en lucha (COPEL). [4]
The Cárcel Modelo massacre was the execution of roughly 30 politicians and soldiers by anarchist militiamen who occupied a Madrid prison on 22 August 1936, in the opening months of the Spanish Civil War.
Spain has a total of 92 prisons, also called penitentiary centers or penitentiary establishments. [1] They report to the General Secretariat for Penitentiary Institutions, a department of the Ministry of the Interior, with the exception of those located in the regions of Catalonia and the Basque Country, due to the delegation of powers from the Spanish government in 1984 [2] and 2021, [3 ...
Can Brians Prison, Sant Esteve Sesrovires, Barcelona Castellón Prison , Castellón de la Plana Centro Penitenciario de Valencia Prison , Picassent , Valencia
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Cárcel Modelo, also known as Cárcel Celular, was the main prison for men in Madrid at the turn of the 20th century. Located in the Moncloa-Aravaca district, it was inaugurated in 1884 after seven years of construction [ 1 ] and replaced the 18th century Cárcel del Saladero .
Arrested during the Francoist dictatorship, he spent time imprisoned in the Barcelona's Cárcel Modelo from 1969 to 1971 as a political prisoner. [ 3 ] Roures began a career as sports journalist in TV3 —the Catalan public television channel created in 1983—serving for eight years at the helm of the Department of Sports' News and Productions.