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Sednaya Prison

Closed 2024Low
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  • A woman is looking for a husband in the Syrian prison of Sednaya, December 16, 2024.jpg

    Photo by VOA photojournalist Yan Boechat via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Lectura de los registros de la prisión de Sednaya (cropped).png

    Photo by Voice of America via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Lectura de los registros de la prisión de Sednaya.png

    Photo by Voice of America via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Man attepts to break through concrete at Sednaya Prison.png

    Photo by Voice of America via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Sednaya prison after the Fall of Assad.png

    Photo by Voice of America via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Stanislav Aseyev on the territory of the Sednaya prison, Syria.jpg

    Photo by Stanyslav Asieiev via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

  • Syrian families’ wait at Sednaya prison.png

    Photo by Voice of America via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Syrian flock Sednaya Prison to help search effort.png

    Photo by Voice of America via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Capacity

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1987

Closed 2024

Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Operator

Syria

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1987

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

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Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Notable inmates

  • Bassel Khartabil
    Bassel Khartabil
    1981–2015 · software developer

    Bassel Khartabil (Arabic: باسل خرطبيل; 22 May 1981 – 3 October 2015), also known as Bassel Safadi (باسل صفدي), was a Palestinian-Syrian open-source software developer.

  • Mazen Hamada
    1977–2024 · technician

    Mazen al-Hamada (Arabic: مازن الحمادة, romanized: Māzin al-Ḥamāda; (1977-07-03)3 July 1977 - c.

  • Shibal Ibrahim
    1977 · activist

    Shibal Ibrahim (Arabic: شبال إبراهيم) (born c.

  • Zahran Alloush
    1970–2015 · military personnel
  • Ragheed al-Tatari
    Ragheed al-Tatari
    1954 · fighter pilot

    Ragheed Ahmed al-Tatari (Arabic: رغيد أحمد الططري; born 25 December 1954) is a former military aviator from Syria, recognized as the longest-serving political prisoner in the country.

  • Omar Alshogre
    Omar Alshogre
    1995 · human rights defender

    Omar Alshogre (Arabic: عمر الشغري) is a Syrian refugee, public speaker, and human rights activist.

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

Contact & address

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Sednaya Prison. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/sednaya-prison
Chicago
"Sednaya Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/sednaya-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-sednaya-prison,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Sednaya Prison},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/sednaya-prison},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}