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The State Commissioners Authority has reportedly agreed to begin investigating a complaint filed by local NGOs and the family of inmate at the Tora prison\u2019s maximum security facility, according to Al Bawaba<\/a>. A committee of medical and human rights experts are conducting research to determine whether or not the facility \u2014 known as the Scorpion Prison \u2014 is fit for human habitation. The committee\u2019s final verdict is non-binding, however.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The State Commissioners Authority has reportedly agreed to begin investigating a complaint filed by local NGOs and the family of inmate at the Tora prison\u2019s maximum security facility, according to Al Bawaba. A committee of medical and human rights experts are conducting research to determine whether or not the facility \u2014 known as the Scorpion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9346],"tags":[2376,72],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-636847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-egypt-politics-economics","tag-egypt-politics-economics","tag-enterpriseam","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"32e047e3-3ba4-4f8e-8d77-ef7745a90355","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"section_story_id":"3956d2d9-bfc3-48e5-b382-b0ffed32f5e1","story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[636797],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nState Commissioners to investigate complaints raised against Tora\u2019s Scorpion Prison - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/11\/01\/state-commissioners-to-investigate-complaints-raised-against-toras-scorpion-prison\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"State Commissioners to investigate complaints raised against Tora\u2019s Scorpion Prison\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The State Commissioners Authority has reportedly agreed to begin investigating a complaint filed by local NGOs and the family of inmate at the Tora prison\u2019s maximum security facility, according to Al Bawaba. 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