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38 new prisons built last year, another 76 under construction: gov’t

38 new prisons built last year, another 76 under construction: gov’t

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 15, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

The Turkish Justice Ministry has announced that out of 381 prisons in Turkey, 139 of them were built in the last 10 years and 38 were constructed last year, the Cumhuriyet daily reported on Tuesday. According to the report, 201,177 prisoners are currently being held...

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