Prisonnières - Les dernières années de la prison Saint-Lazare 1919-1932 # Les visites guidées

Médiathèque Françoise Sagan

Guided tours of the exhibition from September 17 to December 13 At the end of the Great War, all Parisians knew the dark façade of the Saint-Lazare prison, in the faubourg Saint-Denis. Behind the dilapidated walls of this former convent, people were punished and treated. The only women's prison in Paris, it held more than a thousand inmates: those awaiting trial, those sentenced to short terms, prostitutes who had violated regulations, or those suffering from syphilis. The latter were treated in the special infirmary, a veritable prison-hospital. The fate of this institution, often compared to a leprosy at the heart of the capital, was decided in the 1920s, marked by a repressive natalist policy and anxiety over the "venereal peril." In 1932, the prison closed before being partially demolished. The infirmary, first converted into a health facility for prostitutes, now houses the médiathèque Françoise-Sagan. Guided tours open to all will be offered as part of the Journées Européennes du Patrimoine and then throughout the exhibition from September 17 to December 13: - Saturday, September 19 at 10:30am and 2pm - Sunday, September 20 at 2pm and 4pm For group visits, please send your request to the following address: mediatheque.francoise-sagan@paris.fr

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