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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Escape of Adelaida Abarca and Ángela Ramis

314 women and 9 children were locked away in Les Corts on October 23, 1944. A little over a year later, according to the city census, the prison population did not exceed 224 women, watched over by 12 Sisters of Charity.