Bani Walid detention camp
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For families
How to send mail, money, and visit Bani Walid detention camp
Step-by-step guidance using the Libya system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Background
The Bani Walid detention camp is a secret prison in northwest Libya near the town of Bani Walid operated by human traffickers since at least 2009. Prisoners at the center often come from subsaharan Africa en route to Europe, and include adolescents and women. In order to extort their families, detention guards reportedly torture, rape, or threaten prisoners, who face similar conditions in other camps in the region. In May 2018, many Bani Walid prisoners attempted to escape, with most being shot or recaptured. Agence France Presse has reported that there are approximately 20 detention centers in and around the town of Bani Walid.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
2009
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
2009
Region
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Data completeness
10%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.