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Libya

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Prison population

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Sentenced + remand

Rate per 100,000

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Per 100,000 residents

Occupancy

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At or under capacity

Pre-trial / remand

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Share not yet sentenced

Female prisoners

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Foreign nationals

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Conditions risk — across 17 facilities

Average of our computed Conditions Risk Score across the country's facilities. Methodology · Browse highest-risk

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national average
17 unknown
retentionist on capital punishment. Last known execution: 2010.Methods: firing squadICCPR-OP2 (death-penalty abolition protocol): not a signatory

Seeded from Amnesty International 2024 categorisation + Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide.

Source: Amnesty International + Cornell Death Penalty Worldwide.
1 documented human-rights cases →

Prison population over time

Annual figures, latest survey year
2004: 9,763+95.7% over 19y2023: 19,103

Source: unodc

Prisons in Libya

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17 facilities in our database.

Abu Salim prison

Libya

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Capacity

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Held

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Abyar concentration camp

Libya

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Capacity

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Held

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Agedabia concentration camp

Libya

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Capacity

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Held

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Al Kuwayfiyah Prison

Libya

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Capacity

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Held

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Bani Walid detention camp

Libya

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Capacity

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Held

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Giado concentration camp

Libya

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Girnada Prison

Libya

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Capacity

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Held

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Mabani Detention centre

Libya

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Capacity

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Held

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Madjer’s Prison

Libya

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Capacity

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Held

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Maktab al-Nasser prison

Libya

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Capacity

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Held

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Sidi Azaz concentration camp

Libya

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Sidi Azaz labor camp

Libya

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Capacity

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Held

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Libya

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Capacity

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Held

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sjn lrwymy

Libya

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Capacity

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Held

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sjn lsk@

Libya

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Capacity

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Held

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Soluch concentration camp

Libya

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Capacity

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Held

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Surman Detention Centre

Libya · صرمان

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Capacity

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Held

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Data completeness

10%

Score based on how many fields are populated. We surface this so you know where the gaps are.

National population
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ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
LBY