Prison de Saint-Gilles

The prison de Saint-Gilles, which replaced Carmes prison in the Sablon, was built between 1878 and 1884 and was the work of the engineer, Francois Derré the architect, Joseph Dumont. The jail is in a purely Tudor style that resembles a medieval castle or fort and was built according to the ideas of 19th century criminologists, including the first General Inspector of prisons, Edouard Ducpétiaux (1804-1869).

Location of Prison of Saint-Gilles:


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Photos of Prison de Saint-Gilles:

Main towers and entrance gate

prison-saint-gilles-entrance

Definitely not what you would expect for a jail to look like…

Walls surrounding what is currently the biggest prison of Brussels

Corner shot

Main entrance again

6 Responses to “Prison de Saint-Gilles”
  1. Dave Sandberg 21 February 2011 at 8:37 am #

    In 1980 I lived at 96 avenu Albert in an apartment overlooking the prison yard. It is all red brick on the back side of the prison.

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    • Vincent 5 September 2011 at 5:42 am #

      It's a surprisingly nice neighbourhood for St-Gilles

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  2. Graham 4 September 2011 at 8:57 am #

    I am interested if anyone has information on the time when Edith Cavel was held in this prison

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    • Vincent 5 September 2011 at 5:41 am #

      Can't help you with that buddy, google and you shall find :)

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    • Amy 3 February 2012 at 1:26 am #

      "She was arrested on 3 August 1915 and charged with harbouring Allied soldiers. She was held in St Gilles prison for 10 weeks, the last two in solitary confinement,[6] and was court-martialled."
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Cavell – The wiki page where I found it :D

      I know its a bit late, but I don't care, I wanna sound smart :P

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    • Jon 22 March 2012 at 6:02 pm #

      She was held in the prison for over 6 weeks…from Aug until she was killed in Oct…cell 27 i think

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