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The number of prisoners in Egypt by mid-August 2016 was around 106,000 prisoners, “including 60,000 political prisoners.”

Major General Mostafa Baz, the Director of the Prisons Authority, declared that the number of prisoners in Egypt in 2016 is estimated at “80,000”

ANHRI found out that the number of legal places of detention is more than (504), which fall into the following categories: –  The old prisons built before January 25 Revolution (43) prisons. – The new prisons built after the revolution, whether the ones that receive prisoners, or the ones that are still under construction (19) prisons. – The central prisons scattered all over the cities and governorates of Egypt, not including Cairo, (122) central prison. – The various police stations and police departments in all the provinces and cities of Egypt (320) station and department.