page_title: Prisons in Turkey
section_title: Prison types
hierarchical_section_title: Prisons in Turkey / Prison types
caption_attribution_description: Sinop Cezaevi
context_page_description: There are basically 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 for women and some also for children, 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 and convicted prisoners.
context_section_description: Using the official material of the General Directorate for Penal and Arrest Centres the Democratic Turkey Forum prepared a table on prisons in Turkey as of October 2008. Further details have been included as "particulars".
caption: Sinop E-type Prison
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