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| Location | northeast outskirts of Damascus, Syria |
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| Coordinates | 33°35′24″N 36°26′26″E / 33.5901037°N 36.4404945°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Capacity | 2,500 |
| Population | 7,000 (as of 2014) |
| Notable prisoners | |
| Anwar al-Bunni, Bassel Khartabil, Mas'ud Hamid, Haitham al-Maleh | |
Adra Prison (Arabic: سجن عدرا) is a prison in Syria, on the northeast outskirts of Damascus.[1][2] Political prisoners are held in the prison, along with a mixture of civil prisoners such as traffic offenders, murderers, and drug dealers. In 2014, the prison held more than 7,000 inmates, a dozen of them women, in space designed for 2,500.[3][4][5][6][7] The Washington Post referred to the prison as "infamous".[8]
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