Prison is very vapid. Books are prohibited, radio is prohibited – even comic books are not allowed in.
Over 100 female political prisoners are held in Egypt's jails due to their opposition to the Sisi regime and are systematically subject to psychological, health and physical violations.
The human rights organization We Record has documented several unprecedented violations inside Al-Qanatir women's prison.
They are held in solitary confinement, denied medical care and abused by prison staff and other detainees.
In Egypt, the arrest of women was previously seen as a red line but under the current regime they have been targeted, both for their opposition to the current government and as a way to get to their politically active family members.
Those pictures show a government-guided tour on December 27, 2020, at al-Qanatir women's prison, at the tip of the Nile delta in Qalyoubiya province, about 30 kilometers north of Egypt's capital.
