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Tora Prison
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1908
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Ministry of Interior (Egypt)Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1908
Region
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Security level
Super-maximum
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.
Notable inmates
- Adel al-Gazzar1965
Hosni Mubarak1928–2020 · politicianMuhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak (Arabic: Ù Ø٠د ØسÙ٠اÙسÙد ٠بارÙâ; 4 May 1928 â 25 February 2020) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the 4th president of Egypt from 1981 until his resignation in 2011, following the Egyptian revolution.
Mohamed Morsi1951–2019 · politician- Mahmoud Abu Zeid1987 · photojournalist
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
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Data completeness
28%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q12215499)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Tora Prison. Retrieved July 22, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/tora-prison
Chicago
"Tora Prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/tora-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-tora-prison,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Tora Prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/tora-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-22}
}