The number of prisoners in prisons is increasing every day! While the number of detainees and convicts in prisons has increased rapidly, it is wondered what kind of measures the state will take.
According to TURKSTAT data, the number of detainees and convicts in prisons increased by 24 thousand between 2010 and 2013, and an increase of 88 thousand people emerged between 2014 and 2017.
It is stated that the number of convicts and prisoners in prisons, which was 232 thousand at the end of 2017, reached 270 thousand at the end of the first six months of 2019. The number of detainees and convicts in prisons is more than the previous year, while the most stable institution is the prisons.
Coming prisons in recent years one of the most stable institutions working in Turkey! Each year, one year earlier as more people in prison in Turkey dropped Scares official figures. According to TURKSTAT data, the number of detainees and convicts in prisons increased by 24 thousand between 2010 and 2013, and an increase of 88 thousand people emerged between 2014 and 2017. At the end of 2017, the number of convicts and prisoners in prisons is 232 thousand 340, while the first six months of 2019, this figure is based on 270 thousand is expressed. The number of detainees and convicts in prisons is more than the previous year, while the most stable institution is the prisons.
When the prisoners are examined according to the crimes committed in prisons, theft is leading with 17.3 percent, followed by the wounded with 12.3 percent. With 7.7 percent, the opposition to enforcement bankruptcy laws is among the third most found crimes, while the education of convicts and detainees is remarkable. According to the data of 2017, primary school graduates are the leading perpetrators, followed by high schools and equivalent schools. According to these data, crime rates increase as the level of education decreases.
NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH THEIR MOTHER 864
As of May 2018, the Ministry of Justice announced that there were 250 thousand 764 men, 10 thousand 285 women and 2 982 children in prison, while the number of children staying with her mother was 677. However, as of June 2019, 864 children are known to be in prison with their mother. On the other hand, after the FETÖ coup attempt, the rate of occupancy in the prisons has increased to over 120 percent, while the number of detainees and convicts in the prisons has multiplied the population of many provinces.
CAPACITY UP FROM 111 THOUSAND TO 213 THOUSAND
Following the coup attempt by the Ministry of Justice, the executions of thousands of prisoners and the eviction did not help the fullness of the prisons. Thereupon, the ministry has increased the capacity of the existing 389 prisons from 111 thousand to 213 thousand by making arrangements. However, as the FETÖ arrests continued, this capacity increase was not enough. The occupancy rate in prisons rose to 121 percent as of December 28th.