Kadhimiyya Women's Prison

Kadhimiyya Women's Prison is a correctional facility in Kadhimiyya, Baghdad, Iraq. As of 2006, it was one of the main three prisons in Iraq which housed women.Tarabay, Jamie. "Iraqi Women Claim Abuse in Prison" (Archive). National Public Radio. August 1, 2006. Retrieved on December 25, 2015. It was the only correctional facility in Baghdad which housed women until 2009."Iraq: Security Forces Abusing Women in Detention " (Archive). Human Rights Watch. February 6, 2014. Retrieved on December 25, 2015.

It was originally a palace of the mother of King Faisal of Iraq, Queen Aurea.

As of 2006 it housed prisoners convicted of prostitution, terrorism, and murder.

References

Further reading "Inside Iraq's Only Women's Prison" (Archive). CBS News. December 22, 2007.