Turkey: Prison Plans Need Wider Debate

Human Rights Watch today urged the Turkish government to allow greater public debate on the issue of prison design and construction.

The humane language and talk of openness contained in the commentary on these laws is in stark contrast to the state's continuing suppression of criticism of the F-type project, and also with recent bloody and fatal events inside the prisons.

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In a four-page press backgrounder released today, Human Rights Watch said that Turkish police had forcibly dispersed peaceful protests against a new, high-security type of prison. It also urged the Justice Ministry to provide more information about new regulations for prisoners and prison construction.