Adra Prison

Adra Prison
Locationnortheast outskirts of Damascus, Syria
Coordinates33°35′24″N 36°26′26″E / 33.5901037°N 36.4404945°E / 33.5901037; 36.4404945
Statusdefunct
Capacity2,500
Population7,000 (as of 2014)
Closed2024
Notable prisoners
Anwar al-Bunni, Bassel Khartabil, Mas'ud Hamid, Haitham al-Maleh

Adra Prison (Arabic: سجن عدرا) was a prison in Syria, on the northeast outskirts of Damascus. 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. The Washington Post referred to the prison as "infamous".