Egypt’s model prison rife with abuses, inmates’ families and activists say
FARAH SAAFAN and AIDAN LEWIS A new prison which Egypt touted as a model for reform and which holds some of its most prominent prisoners denies inmates healthcare and subjects them to punitive treatment including isolation, relatives of those inside and rights groups say. Many of the inmates now in Badr prison on the outskirts of Cairo were moved from Tora, an older facility in a southern suburb of the city that held prisoners including leaders of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and other political activists. Rights groups estimate tens of thousands of people have been jailed for political dissent under…