In his speech at the program, Minister Gül stated that those who read books in prisons were given a positive score within the scope of "Good Manner Practices" and called on citizens to support the book donation campaign.
The "Cooperation Protocol on the Establishment of Libraries in the Campuses of the Penitentiary Institution" was signed between the Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gül and the Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy. In his speech at the program, Minister Gül stated that those who read books in prisons were given a positive score within the scope of "Good Manner Practices" and called on citizens to support the book donation campaign.
THE GOAL IS TO ACHIEVE THE SOCIETY
Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gül underlined that the education and improvement activities in the Penal Institutions are a very important process for the reintegration of convicts to the family and society, "The main purpose of the punishment in the face of a crime is not to commit that penalty again and to reintegrate the person who committed the crime to the society. It is essential to complete this punishment, not by staying in prison for a while, but through educational activities, cultural activities and rehabilitation work to be done there," he said.
"255 THOUSAND BOOKS BORROWED"
Recalling that a cooperation protocol was signed with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on October 24, 2019 on access to the book for convicts in prison, Minister Gül said that 17 million publications have been accessed by convicts and that since then, 255 thousand books have been borrowed by convicts and detainees. Stating that a protocol was signed for the establishment of a library in the Campus Penal Institutions in order for convicts and detainees to have access to periodical and indefinite broadcasts; He stated that a public library will be established in Silivri, Sincan, Maltepe, İzmir, Elazığ, Diyarbakır, Tarsus, Kocaeli, Hatay, Afyonkarahisar and Van Penal Institution campuses.
ERSOY: "IT IS NECESSARY TO MAKE A NEW PROTOCOL"
Culture and Tourism Minister Ersoy stated that with the normalization process, more books will be needed, "Especially when we look at prison campuses in the form of a campus as detainees, convicts, prison staff and families staying in lodgings, we are talking about a medium-sized district. A new protocol was required to meet their needs. Both Libraries and Publications General Directorate and Prison General Directorates worked together and decided to establish libraries in prisons that we call campus type. Libraries were first established in Ankara-Sincan and Kayseri-Bünyan prisons," he said.