Clairvaux Prison is a high-security prison in France, on the site of the former Clairvaux Abbey.
1971 revolt
In 1971, convicts Claude Buffet and Roger Bontems take hostage, then murder a nurse and a prison guard. They were captured. Bontems, whose defense counsels included Robert Badinter, contended that the murder was Buffet's idea, while Buffet affirmed that he now desired death. Both were sentenced to death by the assize court in June 1972 and were guillotined.
In 1116 twelve monks from Clairvaux installed themselves at Trois-Fontaines in the Diocese of Chalons, under the guidance of Roger, one of the first converts St. Bernard by his eloquence had attracted from the celebrated school of Stephen of Vitry.
Clairvaux became the principal seat of the strict Observance.
Clairvaux became the property of the State, and during the Restoration its buildings were converted into a prison.
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