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Turkish prisons at 104 percent capacity, official says

Turkish prisons at 104 percent capacity, official says

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 15, 2016 | Today in Crackdown

Turkey’s General Director of Prisons and Detention Houses, Enis Yavuz Yıldırım, said on Friday that Turkey’s prisons are now over capacitated with nearly 40,000 new arrests following the failed coup attempt on July 15. According to the information shared by Yıldırım...
Ten prisoners stay in 16-square-meter custody cell, arrested lawyer says

Ten prisoners stay in 16-square-meter custody cell, arrested lawyer says

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 2, 2016 | Torture

Allegations of severe overcrowding in Turkey’s post-coup prisons have proven to be true with a recently-arrested lawyer complaining about lack of space in holding cells in an anonymous letter. Ten arrestees are being held in a custody cell as small as 16 square...

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