Detention facility profile · Prison details
Pre-trial detention and execution of sentences · Overcrowding; substandard accommodation conditions.
Overview
Overcrowding; substandard accommodation conditions.
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Human rights situation
On 12 June 2025, the young Hazem Amara was arrested
On 12 June 2025, Hazem Amara (24, from Grombalia, diabetic and having undergone five open-heart operations) was arrested following a quarrel with a customer at the café where he worked as a waiter, after the latter filed a complaint…
Arrested in January 2025
Nabil Maalaoui was arrested in January 2025 without any judgment having been issued against him, and was committed to Belli Civil Prison in Nabeul. During his detention he developed cancer, without receiving serious medical care, as the prison administration merely…
Timeline
Date on which the facility entered into operation, according to the available data.
On 12 June 2025, Hazem Amara (24, from Grombalia, diabetic and having undergone five open-heart operations) was arrested following a quarrel with a customer at the café where he worked as a waiter, after the latter filed a complaint at the…
Nabil Maalaoui was arrested in January 2025 without any judgment having been issued against him, and was committed to Belli Civil Prison in Nabeul. During his detention he developed cancer, without receiving serious medical care, as the prison administration merely gave him pills…
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