#Prisoners with Special Needs

Prisons speak not only through walls and bars, but through the question of who they are built for. First written in 2014 and still relevant today, this article examines how Turkey’s prison system is structurally designed for adult, healthy, Sunni, heterosexual Turkish men—while ignoring those with different identities and needs.

This text is the introductory note written by Mustafa Eren for the unofficial Turkish edition of the United Nations Handbook on Prisoners with Special Needs. It draws attention to the human rights implications of imprisonment for prisoners with special needs.Originally published in 2013, now available in English.

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