List Of Prisons In Turkey
The list of prisons in Turkey is based on official data provided by the Ministry of Justice in Turkey (as of December 2008). Prison types Type A Type B, C and D Type E and F Type K Type L and M Type H and T Closed and open prisons Women, children and juveniles ::{, class="wikitable" , align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;", Name/Place , align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;", Type , align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;", Capacity , - , Karataş , , Women (closed), , 144 , - , Ankara , , Women (closed), , 352 , - , Bakırköy, Istanbul , , Women (closed), , 912 , - , Denizli , , Women (open), , 350 , - , Ankara , , Children and Juveniles, , 324 , - , Maltepe, Istanbul , , Children and Juveniles, , 950 , - , İncesu , , Children (closed), , 60 , - , Ankara , , Educational Centre, , 108 , - , Elazığ , , Educational Centre, , 120 , - , İzmir , , Educational Centre, , 132 , - ! colspan=2 , Sum , , 3,452 Explanatory note ...
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Prisons In Turkey
There are three types of prison in Turkey: closed, semi-open, and open. A further distinction is made between ordinary closed prisons and high-security prisons. Many prisons have separate blocks (or wings) for women and some also for children (juveniles), but there are also some prisons which are exclusively for women or children. Prisoners in Turkey are divided, as in many other countries, into remand prisoners (those being held in pre-trial detention) and convicted prisoners (whose sentences are being carried out). History In the Ottoman Empire prisons were called dungeons (''zindan''). In Turkey, these were mostly dark and damp towers. The first prison was built in Sultanahmet quarter of Istanbul and it was called general prison (''Hapishane-i Umumi''). Besides the death penalty the Penal Code of 1858 included three different types of sentences: rowing on a galley (''kürek''), pillorying (''prangabentlik'') and imprisonment in a tower (''kalebentlik''). The Penal Code o ...
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