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Abu Salim prison (Arabic: سج٠أب٠سÙÙÙ , romanized: Sijn AbÅ« SalÄ«m) is a maximum security prison in Tripoli, Libya. The prison was notorious during the rule of Muammar Gaddafi for alleged mistreatment and human rights abuses, including a massacre in 1996 in which Human Rights Watch estimated that 1,270 prisoners were killed. In 2011, when the National Transitional Council invited investigators from CNN and other organizations, it found only what appeared to be animal bones at that site and announced further investigations.
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Occupancy
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Year opened
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Closed 2011
Figures from official sources · verified 28 May 2026 · methodology
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
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Death-row facility
No
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World Prisons. (2026). Abu Salim prison. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/abu-salim-prison
"Abu Salim prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/abu-salim-prison.
@misc{worldprisons-abu-salim-prison,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Abu Salim prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/abu-salim-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}