Turkey: Draft Prison Laws Need Wider Debate

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Human Rights Watch welcomes the Justice Ministry's apparent abandonment of plans to impose a regime of isolation in its new F-type high security prisons. However, the organization believes that further work on the draft laws issued last week will be necessary in order to allay fears among prisoners and their families. In recent months the Turkish authorities have used violence and the law to suppress the debate on the future of its prison system.
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