List of prisons in Turkey explained

The list of prisons in Turkey is based on official data provided by the Ministry of Justice in Turkey (as of December 2008).

Prison types

Type	Capacity
A	align=right	792
A1	align=right	508
A2	align=right	744
A3	align=right	1,731
B	align=right	1,068
C	align=right	1,696
D	align=right	1,732
E	align=right	29,753
F	align=right	4,966
H	align=right	3,225
K1	align=right	3,553
K2	align=right	1,446
L	align=right	15,084
M	align=right	9,107
T	align=right	3,400

Type B, C and D

Name/Place, Province	Type	Capacity	Name/Place, Province	Type	Capacity
	B	68		C	280
	B	70		C	84
	B	48		C	174
	B	66		C	460
	B	122		C	218
	B	86		C	220
	B	64		C	260
	B	54	Total Type C	1,696
	B	100	Diyarbakır	D	688
	B	44	Denizli	D	1,044
	B	58	Total Type D	1,732
	B	60
	B	60
	B	44
	B	64
	B	60
Total Type B	1,068

Type E and F

Place	Type	Capacity
	E	1,168
	E	576
	E	600
	E	550
	E	1,000
	E	850
	E	592
	E	514
	E	1,000
	E	704
	E	628
	E	744
	E	468
	E	608
	E	700
	E	1,000
	E	600
	E	500
	E	648
	E	648
	E	696
	E	522
	E	630
	E	516
	E	700
	E	508
	E	590
	E	544
	E	580
	E	854
	E	728
	E	670
	E	668
	E	522
	E	444
	E	550
		E	570
	E	600
	E	477
	E	850
	E	600
	E	586
	E	536
	E	1,000
	E	714
Total Type E		29,753

Place	Type	Capacity
	F	368
	F1	368
	F2	368
	F	368
	F	368
	F1	368
	F2	368
	F	368
	F1	368
	F2	368
	F1	368
	F2	550
	F	368
Total Type F		4,966

Type K

Name/Place	Type	Capacity	Name/Place	Type	Capacity
	K1	42		K2	60
	K1	42		K2	60
	K1	42		K2	60
	K1	42		K2	60
	K1	42		K2	60
	K1	42		K2	62
	K1	48		K2	60
	K1	42		K2	60
	K1	42		K2	62
Bahçe Tipi	K1	42		K2	60
	K1	42		K2	60
	K1	42		K2	60
Bozkurt	K1	42		K2	60
	K1	42		K2	62
	K1	42		K2	60
	K1	42		K2	60
	K1	42		K2	60
	K1	42		K2	60
	K1	41		K2	60
	K1	42		K2	60
	K1	42		K2	60
	K1	42		K2	60
	K1	42		K2	60
	K1	84		K2	60
	K1	42	Total Type K2	1,446
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	54
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	46
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	44
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	44
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	44
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	40
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
	K1	42
Total Type K1	3,553

Type L and M

Province	Type	Capacity
	L	1,000
	L	1,000
	L	1,000
	L	1,000
	L	1,000
	L1	1,000
	L2	1,000
	L3	1,000
	L3	1,000
	L4	1,000
	L5	1,000
	L6	1,000
	L7	1,000
	L8	1,000
	L	386
	L	698
Total Type L	15,084

Province	Place	Type	Capacity
		M	466
		M	395
		M	282
		M	394
		M	312
		M	468
		M	362
		M	294
		M	416
		M	332
		M	430
		M	330
		M	400
		M	300
		M	324
		M	406
		M	354
		M	470
		M	348
		M	404
		M	362
		M	398
		M	500
		M	360
Total Type M	9,107

Type H and T

Name/Place	Type	Capacity	Name/Place	Type	Capacity
	H	740		T	1,000
	H	740		T	1,000
	H	624		T	1,000
	H	511		T	400
	H	610	Total Type T	3,400
Total Type H	3,225

Closed and open prisons

Name/Place	Type	Capacity	Name/Place	Type	Capacity
	closed	228		open (independent)	300
	closed	120		open (independent)	192
	closed	274		open (independent)	310
	closed	356		open (independent)	300
	closed	148		open (independent)	160
	closed	60		open (independent)	200
	closed	80		open (independent)	300
	closed	500		open (independent)	280
	closed	70		open (independent)	240
	closed	150		open (independent)	260
	closed	30		open (independent)	210
	closed	192		open (independent)	100
İmralı prison	closed	1		open (independent)	250
	closed	2031		open (independent)	350
	closed	200		open (independent)	182
	closed	700		open (independent)	142
	closed	125		open (independent)	70
	closed	70		open (independent)	100
	closed	32		open (independent)	300
Paşakapısı	closed	350		open (independent)	160
	closed	32		open (independent)	444
	closed	320		open (independent)	300
	closed	208		open (independent)	80
				open (independent)	250
				open (independent)	240
				open (independent)	235
				open (independent)	400
				open (independent)	50
				hired	30
Sum		6277	Sum		6,435

Women, children and juveniles

Name/Place	Type	Capacity
	Women (closed)	144
	Women (closed)	352
	Women (closed)	912
	Women (open)	350
	Children and Juveniles	324
	Children and Juveniles	950
	Children (closed)	60
	Educational Centre	108
	Educational Centre	120
	Educational Centre	132
Sum		3,452

Explanatory note

The lists were created using a table of the General Directorate for Penal and Arrest Centres (Adalet Bakanlığı Ceza ve Tevkifevleri Genel Müdürlüğü) as part of the Ministry of Justice in Turkey. The lists can be downloaded as an excel-file. It reflects the situation as of 1 December 2008. For the locations neither the districts nor the provinces were mentioned. In addition the General Directorate for Penal and Arrest Centres presents a total of 384 prisons (omitting prisons that have no separate administration) having a total capacity to accommodate 98,238 prisoners.

External links

Website of the General Directorate for Penal and Arrest Centres (Turkish)