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Facility profile

Population held

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Death-row facility

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Conditions

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Practical info

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Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Notable inmates

  • Gul Rahman
    1953–2002

    Gul Rahman (Pashto: ګل رحمان; died November 20, 2002) was an Afghan man, suspected by the United States of being a militant, who was a victim of torture.

  • Khalid El-Masri
    1963 · political activist

    Khaled El-Masri (also Khalid El-Masri and Khaled Masri, Levantine Arabic pronunciation: [ˈxaːlɪd elˈmɑsˤɾi, -ˈmɑsˤɾe], Arabic: خالد المصري; born 29 June 1963) is a German, Lebanese and French citizen who was mistakenly abducted by the Macedonian police in 2003, and handed over to the U.S.

  • Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani
    1969–2024
  • Laid Saidi
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    Laid Saidi (born c.

  • Ghairat Baheer
    1956 · physician

    Ghairat Baheer is a citizen of Afghanistan who served as a Senator in the House of Elders of Afghanistan.

  • Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam Rabbani
    Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam Rabbani
    1970

    Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam Rabbani is a citizen of Pakistan who was extrajudicially detained by the United States military at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba from 2004 to 2023.

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

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World Prisons. (2026). Salt Pit. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/salt-pit
Chicago
"Salt Pit." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/salt-pit.
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@misc{worldprisons-salt-pit,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Salt Pit},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/salt-pit},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}