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Sfax Civil prison — pre-trial detention and execution of sentences Category B Location: approximate

Detention facility profile · Prison details

Sfax Civil Prison

Pre-trial detention and execution of sentences · Overcrowding; substandard accommodation conditions.

1,385Original capacity
1,385Actual capacity
2,771Number of detainees
200%Declared occupancy rate

Capacity compared with the number of detainees

Original capacity1,385
Actual capacity1,385
Number of detainees2,771

Overview

About the detention facility

Overcrowding; substandard accommodation conditions.

Location note: Current coordinates are approximate and require editorial verification before the exact location is adopted.

Human rights situation

Documented violations

The absence of cases in the database does not mean that no violations have occurred; it only means that the team has not yet added a documented case linked to this facility.

Timeline

Key events

  1. Facility enters into operation

    Date on which the facility entered into operation, according to the available data.

  2. Wassim Hafedh Jaziri

    On 4 May 2025, Wassim Hafedh Jaziri was arrested by National Security forces following a complaint against him: the officers stormed his home without a judicial warrant and took him, handcuffed, to the Sakiet Ezzit police station, where he was questioned…

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