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Manouba Women's Prison

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

443Original capacity
443Actual capacity
680Number of detainees
154%Declared occupancy rate

Capacity compared with the number of detainees

Original capacity443
Actual capacity443
Number of detainees680

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

1Overcrowding
1Denial of family visits / contact with family
1Ill-treatment

Timeline

Key events

  1. Facility enters into operation

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

  2. Sonia Dahmani

    After she was committed to Manouba Women's Prison on 13 May 2024, she was subjected, on the occasion of an appeal hearing scheduled for 20 August 2024 (subsequently postponed), to a full body search while being transferred to attend the hearing. The prison administration refused to allow her…

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