  We give a holographic argument in favor of the AdS Penrose inequality, which
conjectures a lower bound on the total mass in terms of the area of apparent
horizons. This inequality is often viewed as a test of cosmic censorship. We
further find a connection between the area law for apparent horizons and the
Penrose inequality. Finally, we show that the argument also applies to
solutions with charge, resulting in a charged Penrose inequality in AdS.
