The cells are 4 metres long, 2.5m wide and 3m high. Initially, there were 500 cells at La Santé, which was increased to 1,000 cells in 1900. In 1899, following the closure and demolition of the Grande Roquette prison, convicts were transferred to La Santé either to await transfer to the Prison of St-Laurent-du-Maroni in French Guiana or to await execution. Previously, on the same site, was a Maison de la santé (House of Health), built on the orders of Anne of Austria and transferred in 1651 to what is now the Sainte-Anne Hospital Center. The prison is located on the site of a former coal market and replaced the Madelonnettes Convent in the 3rd Arrondissement, which had been used as a prison since the French Revolution. The architect Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer built the prison, which was inaugurated on 20 August 1867. La Santé prison in the 19th century as photographed by Charles Marville La Santé is one of the three main prisons of the Paris area, along with Fleury-Mérogis (Europe's largest prison) and Fresnes, both located in the southern suburbs. It is one of the most infamous prisons in France, with both VIP and high security wings. La Santé Prison (literally meaning Prison of la Santé Street) ( French: Maison d'arrêt de la Santé or Prison de la Santé) is a prison operated by the French Prison Service of the Ministry of Justice located in the east of the Montparnasse district of the 14th arrondissement in Paris, France at 42 Rue de la Santé. Jacques Mesrine, Manuel Noriega, Félicien Kabuga
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