Katie Price has announced that her husband Lee Andrews is no longer missing and is reportedly being held at Al Awir prison, which is notorious for its poor treatment of inmates
Katie Price’s husband Lee Andrews has ‘been found’ as she has announced today that he has called her for two minutes from Dubai Central Jail (also called Al Awir) located in the Al Aweer area of the city.
The star revealed that over two weeks ago on Wednesday 14 May he was allegedly detained on suspicion of espionage and has been detained since that date. The former glamour model, 47, announced: “I have found him – he is alive, and he is okay. I told him how worried I had been and told him I loved him.
“It was very rushed, but he said the authorities out there thought he was a spy. I don’t know much more than that right now,” she told The Sun.
The prison where Lee is allegedly being held is the emirate’s primary correctional facility and hosts male and female inmates. The prison has negatively hit the press many times over the years, with reports from multiple sources that the conditions are poor.
Detained in Dubai revealed that prisoners are unlikely to get a bed when they first arrive at the prison. “You may if you’re lucky get a bed, but more likely you’ll be on your blanket (which isn’t washed) on the floor. Each “Amber” – room – has 96 bunks making a total of 192 beds,” their site details.
Human Rights Watch reported human rights violations, including non-national detainees being denied essential HIV treatment. They also highlighted several other issues: “Prisons across the UAE held detainees in dismal and unhygienic conditions, where overcrowding and lack of adequate medical care is widespread.”
People who have been detained in the prison have also spoken out about the conditions. Londoner Suneet Jeerh, 25, was imprisoned at Al Awir prison in 2013 after being found with a synthetic cannabinoid “spice” in a car he was in with two friends.
Davena Kumar, Suneet’s sister, told the Ilford Recorder in 2013 that he brother was subjected to watching men be raped, and that he was “wasting away” in prison.
“He’s sharing a cell with someone who’s been sentenced for life,” she told the paper at the time.“They’ve made him watch other men being raped, like it’s a lesson.’
She then spoke of his appearance: “He was skinny and he wasn’t himself,” she said, adding: “He was banging on the door calling my name and I just wanted to hug him.”
Suneet and his friends were arrested in 2012 and released in 2013. Upon returning home, they claimed that they were tortured by Dubai police which included being beaten and forced to sign false confessions, which Dubai authorities denied.
Previous British inmates have painted a concerning picture of life inside the jail and a report from 2025 said sexual abuse and rape was an everyday occurrence.
Karl Williams, imprisoned in 2012 when drugs were found in his hire car by police, called Al-Awir the “Dubai version of Alcatraz”. He claimed he saw violent clashes in the jail, including ones where inmates were stabbed to death.
Albert Douglas told The Sun that a man in a bunk below him in his cell had his private parts burned off by a guard. He also said boys aged around 20 in his cell were hung upside down and beaten for fun. He also said boys aged 20 in his cell were hung upside down and beaten for fun.. The prison and Dubai’s government have continued to deny all of the claims.
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