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Adra Prison
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<p>Adra Prison was a prison in <a href="/facts/Syria/7pDXGzq8">Syria</a>, on the northeast outskirts of <a href="/facts/Damascus/IL0Qwt6R">Damascus</a>. <a href="/facts/Political_prisoner/QwWMH57J">Political prisoners</a> 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. <i><a href="/facts/The_Washington_Post/dRvzvqJc">The Washington Post</a></i> referred to the prison as "infamous". </p>