Les Corts prison's history

The Provincial Prison for women in Barcelona, the main female penitentiary along the First Francoism, was originally a Correccional General de Dones (General Correctional for Women) of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Government, 1936-1939).

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The demolition of the Presó Vella

The demolition of the Presó Vella (Old Prison in Catalan, also known as Queen Amalia Prison), predecessor of Les Corts, started on the 21^st of August 1936. It had been emptied out of its female residents during the revolutionary backlash that followed the attempted military coup in Barcelona.