Turkey tops Council of Europe list for incarceration rates ...Saudi Arabia

Author: Fri, 2021-04-09 22:46 ISTANBUL: Turkey has been ranked first among member states of the Council of Europe (CoE) for its annual incarceration rate, with a record number of inmates convicted for terrorism offenses. Last year, the Turkish parliament adopted a controversial law to release about 45,000 prisoners to ease overcrowding in prisons and protect detainees from the pandemic. However, the amnesty law was found to be politically biased as several drug dealers and mafia bosses were released while dissident journalists and politicians were excluded. The Council of Europe released its Annual Penal Statistics report on Thursday: Turkey topped the list with an incarceration rate

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