Egypt · Cairo
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Badr Prison is a prison located in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Opened ~2016; holds female inmates and political detainees. Egypt's Ministry of Interior publishes no official capacity or population data for its detention facilities. This record is sourced from the Human Rights First Egypt Prison Atlas and the Carnegie Endowment's 'Mapping Egypt's Prisons' dataset.
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Occupancy
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Year opened
2021
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology
Operator
Ministry of Interior (Egypt)Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
2021
Region
Cairo
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
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Opened ~2016; holds female inmates and political detainees
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World Prisons. (2026). Badr Prison. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/badr-prison
"Badr Prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/badr-prison.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Badr Prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/badr-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}