The list of prisons in Turkey is based on official data provided by the

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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

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Explanatory note

The lists were created using a table of the General Directorate for Penal and Arrest Centres (''Adalet Bakanlığı Ceza ve Tevkifevleri Genel Müdürlüğü'') as part of the

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It reflects the situation as of 1 December 2008. For the locations neither the districts nor the provinces were mentioned. In addition the General Directorate for Penal and Arrest Centres presents a total of 384 prisons (omitting prisons that have no separate administration) having a total capacity to accommodate 98,238 prisoners.

External links

* Website o
the General Directorate for Penal and Arrest Centres
(Turkish) ***

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