More than 170 jails will be built over the next five years in Turkey, according to a statement from the Justice Ministry. The ministry’s move comes after the overcrowding in jails caused by the arrests linked to the July 15 failed coup attempt, Hurriyet reports.
A total of 174 prisons will be built in the next five years, increasing capacity by 100,182 convicts in order to “meet the unanticipated increase in the number of convicts,” the reply sent to the prison by the ministry read.
“The number is above the capacity of the overall penal institutions in Turkey,” the reply sent on Aug. 25 also read.
