It consists of six sections, and it was infamous for being the detention center for thousands of prisoners of conscience and politicians.

Its surface area is about five thousand square meters and was designed like prisons in the United Kingdom of the early 20th century.

[4][6] There is a special wing for political prisoners that has been used for the imprisonment or execution of former politicians or other well-known Sudanese personalities.

During the government of Omar al-Bashir, the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) was in charge of the prison's administration.

[7] It is located in the city of Khartoum North in the Kobar neighborhood, near the Blue Nile and next to the Signal Corps.