One of the biggest problems in prison stating that the condition of sick prisoners Hilal Basak Demirbas CİSST'ten, “The number of infirmaries and doctors are insufficient. We observe an increase in violations related to health problems. ” For LGBTI + prisoners, Demirbaş said that the problems started from the moment they were arrested and said, “There are huge structural problems. The prisons are based on a dual gender system. Priority is given to men. ”
News of violations of rights and violence continues to come from the prisons.
Last week, women inmates in Bakırköy Women's Closed Prison were subjected to violence by police officers who raided their wards and many were injured. Esin Kavruk was taken to hospital by force and DNA sample was taken. The most abused in prison prisons are sick detainees.
According to the latest data of the Human Rights Association (HRA), there are 280 thousand detainees in prisons for 220 thousand capacity, of which 334 are sick, 457 of them are heavy. In addition, since 2017, nearly 50 patients have been detained.
Hilal Başak Demirbaş from the Civil Society Association (CİSST), who spoke to the newspaper Karınca about the rights violations in prisons, says that there have been serious problems in recent years due to the capacity increase in prisons.
Asset, capacity overflow causes various problems, he explains":
“According to the latest figures there are 282 thousand prisoners in 355 prisons. However, the capacity is actually 220 thousand. These also cause serious problems. For example, the prisoners sleep alternately, laying places on the floor, workshops and course areas are turned into wards. There are problems in access to food, is given inadequate.
New prisons are being built away from the city. With these, prisoners are disconnected from the city and their relatives. Family, relatives and lawyers are difficult to leave. When we consider the duration of the ambulances to go to the hospital, we can talk about various health violations. The increase in capacity and the opening of new prisons do not minimize the violations. ”
Sick prisoners, LGBTI + and female prisoners
Indicating that one of the biggest problems in prisons is sick prisoners, Demirbas points out the increase in violations on this issue.
Demonstrating that the number of infirmaries and doctors in prisons is insufficient, referring patients to prisoners by ambulances can be extended, Demirbaş said, yok Patients do not have the right to choose their doctors.
Demirbaş, who says that the treatment process of the prisoners who are seriously ill is long lasting and prevention is another big problem, says that they have observed an increase in violations related to health problems in recent years.
As in all areas of life, Demirbaş explains that in prisons, women and LGBTI + prisoners are discriminated against in these words:
Yoğunluk If there is a concentration in the prison wards or waiting areas, men are given priority here. The attack in Bakirkoy is the only one we have experienced recently, but similar violations are occurring many times in other prisons.
Var There are huge structural problems. The prisons are based on a dual gender system. If she's blue, a transgender woman is put in a men's prison. This is a problem that starts at first and affects the whole process. For example, we see that trans prisoners are put in single cells while they can stay in the ward. The wards are usually built for male prisoners.
“Trans prisoners have recently come up with hunger strikes and death fasts. They often use this route because their problems are not answered in any way.
“While the state is responsible for the operations of other prisoners, the gender transition process does not cover Buse's for a long-term death fast. And now it's being discussed at a private hospital with a fee from Buse. This is a huge financial problem. ”