Dhahban Central Prison
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How to send mail, money, and visit Dhahban Central Prison
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Background
Dhahban Central Prison (Arabic: سج٠اÙ٠باØØ« اÙعا٠ة بذÙباÙ), also known as Dhahban Prison, is a maximum-security prison facility located near Dahaban, Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia. It was built in 2015 as part of a renovation of the Jeddah Prisons infrastructure, at a cost of SR400 million. It has the capacity to hold 7,500 inmates. When it opened, 3,000 inmates were transferred there from Braiman Prison. In 2015, the regional director for prisons Mani Al-Otaibi said it was the most advanced prison in Saudi Arabia, with state of the art surveillance technologies.
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Facility profile
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Death-row facility
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Visiting
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Mailing
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Practical info
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Contact & address
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Conditions Risk Score
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Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
Data completeness
16%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q59307726)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Dhahban Central Prison. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/dhahban-central-prison
"Dhahban Central Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/dhahban-central-prison.
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title = {Dhahban Central Prison},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-10-15}
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