Mazas Prison

{{Short description|Prison in France}}

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The Mazas Prison (French: Prison de Mazas) was a prison in Paris, France.

Designed by architects Émile Gilbert and Jean-François-Joseph Lecointe, it was inaugurated in 1850 and located near the Gare de Lyon, on the Diderot boulevard.{{Cite book |last=Perrot |first=Michelle |title=História da vida privada |publisher=Companhia das Letras |year=2010 |isbn=9788571640825 |editor-last=Ariès |editor-first=Philippe |edition=2 |volume=4 |location=São Paulo |pages=289 |language=pt |trans-title=History of Private Life |chapter=À márgem: solteiros e solitários |trans-chapter=By the margins: the lone and unmarried |editor-last2=Duby |editor-first2=Georges}} The building was destroyed in 1900.