Presidio Modelo

E177569

former prison historical site prison complex

Presidio Modelo is a former Cuban prison complex on Isla de la Juventud, notorious for its panopticon design and for holding political prisoners including Fidel Castro before the Cuban Revolution.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Presidio Modelo canonical	3

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former prison ⓘ historical site ⓘ prison complex ⓘ
architecturalFeature	central inspection tower ⓘ circular multi‑story cell blocks ⓘ radiating corridors ⓘ
architecturalStyle	panopticon ⓘ
capacity	thousands of inmates ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Cuba ⓘ
currentUse	memorial site ⓘ museum ⓘ
event	detention of political opponents after the Cuban Revolution ⓘ detention of political opponents of Fulgencio Batista ⓘ imprisonment of Fidel Castro after the 1953 Moncada Barracks attack ⓘ
hasDesign	central watchtower ⓘ radial cell blocks ⓘ
hasLanguageOfOfficialName	Spanish ⓘ
heritageDesignation	national monument of Cuba ⓘ
inception	1920s ⓘ circa 1926 ⓘ
inspiredBy	Jeremy Bentham’s panopticon concept ⓘ
knownFor	harsh prison conditions ⓘ panopticon layout ⓘ role in Cuban revolutionary history ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Isla de la Juventud ⓘ surface form: Isla de la Juventud Special Municipality
locatedInBodyOfWater	Gulf of Batabanó ⓘ
locatedNear	Nueva Gerona ⓘ
locatedOn	Isla de la Juventud ⓘ
locatedOnIsland	Isla de la Juventud ⓘ
maintainedBy	Ministry of the Interior of Cuba ⓘ surface form: Cuban Ministry of the Interior
notablePrisoner	Fidel Castro ⓘ Raúl Castro ⓘ other Moncada barracks attackers ⓘ
numberOfCellBlocks	multiple circular blocks ⓘ
officialName	Presidio Modelo self-link ⓘ
opened	1930s ⓘ
openedToInmates	circa 1931 ⓘ
operator	Cuban government ⓘ surface form: Government of Cuba
partOf	Cuban penal system ⓘ
significantPeriod	Batista era ⓘ early years of the Cuban Revolution ⓘ
status	closed prison ⓘ
subjectOf	Cuban Revolution historiography ⓘ historical studies on panopticon prisons ⓘ
tourism	visited by tourists ⓘ
usedFor	incarceration of common criminals ⓘ incarceration of political prisoners ⓘ

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Input

Subject: Presidio Modelo
Description of subject: Presidio Modelo is a former Cuban prison complex on Isla de la Juventud, notorious for its panopticon design and for holding political prisoners including Fidel Castro before the Cuban Revolution.

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Isla de la Juventud → hasPrison → Presidio Modelo ⓘ

Presidio Modelo → officialName → Presidio Modelo self-link ⓘ

Isla de Pinos → hasPrison → Presidio Modelo ⓘ