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Report: 22,000 prisoners sleeping on the floor in Turkey’s overpopulated jails

Report: 22,000 prisoners sleeping on the floor in Turkey’s overpopulated jails

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 31, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

At least 22,000 inmates are forced to sleep on the floor as the prison population has exceeded 224,000 for the first time in Turkey’s history, the artigercek news website reported on Wednesday. According to the report, 202,000 inmates can be accommodated in current...

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