Kadhimiyya Women's Prison is a correctional facility in Kadhimiyya,

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. As of 2006, it was one of the main three prisons in Iraq which housed women.Tarabay, Jamie.
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. 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

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. 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.

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