Tunisia: Women Prisoners Account for 3 Percent of All Inmates in Tunisia

Tunis/Tunisia — Women represent 3% of jailed people in Tunisia, human rights activist Lina Ben Mhenni said at a meeting on "women prisoners" held Wednesday by the Centre for Research, Studies, Documentation and Information on Women (CREDIF).

"There is only one women's prison in Tunisia: the women's prison in Manouba, besides women's wards in other prisons," Ben Mehnni said, indicating that the women's prison in Manouba is not overcrowded, unlike other prisons in the country.

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