Print version| Country | TURKEY | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice (Adalet Bakanligi) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses (Ceza ve Tevkifevleri Genel Müdürlügü) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | Adalet Bakanligi, CTE Genel Müdürlügü, TR-06659 ANKARA, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +90 312 204 13 70 fax: +90 312 223 93 41 Web: www.cte.adalet.gov.tr |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Mustafa Onuk
Director General of Prisons and Detention Houses |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
129,506
at 15.4.2013 (national prison administration) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
170
based on an estimated national population of 76.02 million at April 2013 (from Eurostat figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
23.5%
(15.4.2013 - not including remand prisoners convicted but unsentenced) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
3.6%
(15.4.2013) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
1.4%
(15.4.2013 - under 18) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
1.8%
(31.5.2012) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
374
(January 2013) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 142,906
(28.1.2013) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
96.6%
(28.1.2013) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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