Moscovia Detention Centre
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Background
The Al-Moskobiya, Moscobiyeh, Muscovite or Moscovia Detention Centre is an Israeli detention and interrogation facility and prison in the Russian Compound of West Jerusalem. The center is used to interrogate Palestinian detainees and prisoners from a variety of age groups, including children. It has been described by activists and human rights organizations as being notorious for underground dungeon cells and harsh methods of torture.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1860
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1860
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
16%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.