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Adra Prison

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Background

Adra Prison (Arabic: سجن عدرا) is a prison in Syria, on the northeast outskirts of Damascus. Political prisoners are held in the prison, along with a mixture of civil prisoners such as traffic offenders, murderers, and drug dealers. In 2014, the prison held more than 7,000 inmates, a dozen of them women, in space designed for 2,500. The Washington Post referred to the prison as "infamous".

Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.

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Facility profile

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Death-row facility

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Practical info

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Known issues

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Notable inmates

  • Kamal al-Labwani
    1957 · politician

    Kamal al-Labwani (Arabic: كمال اللبواني; born October 10, 1957, in Zabadani, Syria) is a Syrian doctor and artist, known for being imprisoned for several years by Bashar al-Assad's regime.

  • Bassel Khartabil
    Bassel Khartabil
    1981–2015 · software developer

    Bassel Khartabil (Arabic: باسل خرطبيل; 22 May 1981 – 3 October 2015), also known as Bassel Safadi (باسل صفدي), was a Palestinian-Syrian open-source software developer.

  • Ragheed al-Tatari
    Ragheed al-Tatari
    1954 · fighter pilot

    Ragheed Ahmed al-Tatari (Arabic: رغيد أحمد الططري; born 25 December 1954) is a former military aviator from Syria, recognized as the longest-serving political prisoner in the country.

  • Massoud Hamid
    1953 · journalist

    Massoud Hamid is a Syrian Kurdish journalism student.

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Adra Prison. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/adra-prison
Chicago
"Adra Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/adra-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-adra-prison,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Adra Prison},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/adra-prison},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}