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Borg El Arab Prison

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Borg El Arab Prison is a prison located in Alexandria Governorate, Egypt. Large facility west of Alexandria. Egypt's Ministry of Interior publishes no official capacity or population data for its detention facilities. This record is sourced from the Human Rights First Egypt Prison Atlas and the Carnegie Endowment's 'Mapping Egypt's Prisons' dataset.

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

2004

Operational

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Facility profile

Operator

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

2004

Region

Alexandria

Security level

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Death-row facility

No

Conditions

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Visiting

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Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

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Known issues

Large facility west of Alexandria

Notable inmates

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@misc{worldprisons-borg-el-arab-prison,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Borg El Arab Prison},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/borg-el-arab-prison},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}